I love my SP8000's. I just wore out a set of AVS's
way to quickly. Plus they didn't grip like my SP8000's
did. I usually get about 12,000-15,000 out of my SP8000's.
As opposed to the 10,000 I got out of my AVS's. Plus
the Dunlops autocrossed pretty well. There's my $0.02.
All of this data is from my CSP Miata.
David Hedderick
CSP 94 Miata
AS 01 Boxster
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Berryhill <brianberryhill@flashmail.com>
To: Andy Whittle <awhittle@fastrans.net>
Cc: Autox <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: STS Tires
> We've talked a lot about tires on the streettouring email list a good bit.
> And the area is very grey. But here's my opinions and biases:
>
> -Kumho 712: for some people these work, but I've heard that it is not the
> stickiest tire, but still offers one of the best bangs for the buck
> -Bridgestone Potenza RE730: the successor to the RE71, I've heard they
grip
> just as good or possibly a little worse than the RE71, and to not be
fooled
> by the high treadwear number (280, versus the RE71's 140), more pricey
> -Bridgestone Potenza RE71: my current set, worn out, I loved them, wish I
> could get more
> -Yokohama AVS Intermediate: another good choice, wears quick, low price
> -Dunlop SP8000: I'm tempted to try these since I loved my D40M2's, low
> price
> -BFG ? : I'm biased against BFG's for some reason, so I don't keep up
with
> them. I've heard good things about the tire they only sell in 17" and
> larger though
> -Goodyear: does Goodyear make a good handling tire anymore? I hated my
> Eagle F1 GS tires. The Gatorbacks were ok though.
>
> Then the $$ tires that I don't really research:
> -Michelin Pilot Sport and MXX3: haven't heard any complaints except
wearing
> quick
> -Bridgestone Potenza S-02: another nice one
> -Dunlop SP9000: looks like a rain tire, I think I read on the Tire Rack's
> testing site that they wore quickly since they don't have large tread
blocks
>
> My next set will be either AVSi's or 712's or SP8000's. Anyone want to
tell
> me which ones to get or not to get? I'm pushing 10k miles on my RE71's
and
> will need some tires soon, but I'd like to get 15k-20k out of them and
still
> do about 30-40 autox runs on them. When you quit laughing, tell me what
to
> get. :)
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Whittle" <awhittle@fastrans.net>
> To: <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 8:03 PM
> Subject: STS Tires
>
>
> > Does anyone know what tires poeple are using in STS. I am thinking of
> > setting up a Neon but the tire choices are endless. My existing wheels
> are
> > 14x6.
> >
> > Any help would be appreaciated.
> >
> > Andy Whittle
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