You have a good point Rocky (about supporting those who support us). While
they gave up a couple of years ago, Yokohama _was_ trying to be a supporter
and ,for now, their street tires (A0032, A509, Proxies, etc.) are a pretty
good deals. The 509s are 160 tread wear as well as being great rain tires.
I use them as daily drivers on my Neon (BFG G-Forces on course).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Rocky Entriken
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 2:16 PM
> To: kart38
> Cc: autox
> Subject: RE: Tires
>
>
> As someone said, save the pennies for when you raise the talent level the
> go-fast goodies won't be wasted.
>
> but it sounds like you are in the market for a set of tires anyway. I'm no
> street-tire expert, but I think I'd go the BFGs if only because
> BFG gives good
> support to Solo II. They'll do nicely while you are on the steep
> side of the
> learning curve, and will be ok in the Street Tire class if one is
> available
> to you.
>
> I like supporting those who support us. I run slicks on the
> Prepared Solo car,
> and BFG doesn't make them for me, but I have the Goodrichs on my tow van,
> family car and street sportscar (and the Remingtons on the
> Trailer came from
> the BFG dealer).
>
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