> but you'd have to be crazy to drive on them every day
did someone mention my name?
but seriously, you can drive the kumho R-tire everywhere. the ride is kinda
rough, but on my light car, there doesnt seem to be any measureable wear on
them from street driving. not having to change tires is a wonderful
luxury!!! plus you can surprise the heck out of vettes, porsches, vipers,
etc on freeway on-ramps.
i just got back from a 1 hour drive on my kumhos, the fronts of which have
135 autocross runs on them so far and lots o rubber left:)
-james 'call me crazy' creasy
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
To: 'Clifford Richardson' <the_brain7@hotmail.com>;
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: treadwear rating
> 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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