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Re: Tire Questions

To: <creative@razorlab.com>, "BayArea Team.Net"
Subject: Re: Tire Questions
From: "Debbie Cunningham" <bartsmom@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:31:34 -0700
You better duck Bryan ;))...Otherwise I am going to have to drive your car
this weekend and embarass you...heheh...:))  P.S.  James is coming out this
Sunday...

Oh, btw, the rears are in good shape...Perhaps I should just swap them with
the fronts?

Debbie...aka The Grrrl :)

----- Original Message -----
From: <creative@razorlab.com>
To: "Debbie Cunningham" <bartsmom@mindspring.com>; "BayArea Team.Net"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Tire Questions


>
> well Debbie,
>
> since you have AWD, I think you could run 600 tread wear rated all-season
> plastic tires and still have grip...
>
> just push the pedal on the right...
>
> /me ducks
>
> =)
>
> seriously though, I don't think your Yokohama's are going to be any better
> in the rain then the R-1's since you have almost none of the tread blocks
> left on them... at least from what I remember last time I saw them
>
> :bryan medway
> 01 Neon ES
>
> > Right now I am running on Yokohama Advan-032R tires (Thanks again
Eric!!).
> > The rears are 205/55/16's (still in pretty good shape).  The fronts,
which are
> > getting pretty low on tread (;-), are 225/50/16's.
> >
> > I just purchased some used R-1's and lighter rims.  They have quite a
bit of
> > tread left and are 205/55/16's all the way around.
> >
> > It is my understanding that the Yokohama's are "rain race tires" and
that they
> > don't take very well to hot, dry conditions?  Is that so?  Should I
throw the
> > R-1's on there for Golden Gate Fields in Albany on Sunday and the rest
of the
> > warm weather?  And save the Yoko's for the Slush Series?
> >
> > Also, my stock sized Dunlop WP-10's (street tires) measure 215/55/16.
How
> > much of a difference does the smaller width of the R-1's really make?
Any
> > ideas??
> >
> > Thanks for any feedback!!
> >
> > Debbie
> > '95 Eagle Talon TSi AWD

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