ok let me clarify something. my street tires have a tread ware of 420. they
are nol season POS. when i attended the school last year i chewed off all
of the edges running around 45psi/40ish f/b. this was for about 4 fun runs
and some instruction exercises.
i am university student and just can't replace tires couple of times a year.
i have made arrengments for a seperate set of rims. and as of right now i
have a set of used R tires. thanks for the input everyone.
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Chase <randyc2@home.com>
To: Brian Porter <porterb@mediaone.net>
Cc: autoX-mailing list <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: May 5, 1999 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: AutoX: newbie
>
>
>Brian Porter wrote:
>>
>> As being an newbie to autox myself, I'd recommend you stick with street
>> tires for a while. I found street tires speed up the learning curve
>
>Agreed here.
>
>
>and are
>> much more forgiving when mistakes are made. (so you don't waste a set of
>> tires over a simple error) Plus they're cheaper..
>
>Do not agree here, but I can see how this can be true if you are running
>on certain tires. If you run on Toyos or Kumhos, I would bet that the
>tires can easily be cheaper than your street tires.
>
>I have seen folks finish a day's autocrossing on expensive street tires
>and be not too happy.
>
>Good reasons to use street tires:
>1. You will learn car control more easily. The R tires will mask your
>errors to some extent.
>2. You have only one set of rims.
>3. You are running in a region that has a street tire class.
>4. You are trying out autocrossing.
>
>But, for a lot of folks, once you play on R tires, even ones that suck,
>you will not want to go back.
>
>Again I agree with you Brian, if the R Tires you are running are a bit
>unforgiving of spins or lock ups.
>
>P.S. Jodi, if I got a chance to drive a new Elise, it would make my
>month. I still am jazzed about autocrossing the Ferrari 355 Spyder or
>the autocross ride in the Diablo SV. I *WANT* the Elise...it would be so
>cool if Lotus imported it.
>
>Randy Chase
>
>Randy Chase
>'91 MR2 CS
>
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