wow.. now THAT is some good directions..
I'm suprised you didn't attach screenshots showing each step...
;)
let's clap our hands for Katie..
ok, my dorky ass is going to sit in the corner now....
:bryan
01 Neon ES
>
> Autocross Tires for Dummies
>
> There are your normal, every day, regular use tires, and "R" compound tires,
> thinly disguised as regular tires, but you'd have to be crazy to drive on
> them every day. The people running in our local Street Tire class are on the
> real life, every day tire. Most (but not all) competitors in the Stock
> category run on R tires. They are DOT legal, but won't last as long as your
> basic Sears tire.
>
> To answer your question, you can buy a set of Hoosiers or Kumho (better
> deal) R tires that are extra sticky, wear out extra fast, and you'd still be
> legal in the stock category. You can run "street (non-sticky) tires" in the
> stock category, but you cannot run R (sticky) tires in the Street Tire
> category.
>
> A good place to look for "R" tires is on our National sponsor's website,
> www.tirerack.com. Once there, on the right side of the screen, under Shop
> for Tires, you can select your car make and year and begin the tire choosing
> process. When you get to the Search for Tires by Vehicle screen, click View
> All. Then, on the Search for Tires by Size screen, under Summer Tires,
> select Competition. Since probably all of the older and wiser autoxers would
> recommend Kumho, so will I. You'll be happier. So, select Kumho as the
> manufacture, scroll down, and click Search.
>
> Next, you'll have three choices, Full Tread, Heat Cycled, or Shaved. Since
> you're just beginning, I'd go with Full Tread, though there is some debate
> as to which will last you longest. I purchased a set of full tread Kumhos
> that lasted me a full season, no sweat.
>
> I hope this answers your question (that by now must have been answered
> twenty times).
>
> Katie Kelly
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