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Posted by: nine14cats Sep 17 2003, 12:04 AM

I need some street tires. I've used BFG G-Force T/A KD's. I like them in the dry, don't like them in the wet. I have SO3's and they wore well and seem to be fine in the dry or wet.

Anyone have experience with Yokoham AVS Sports and AVS ES100's? I'm looking at them and they are pretty good on price...

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

P.S. This will be for the street, not for any competition.

Posted by: elmonte Sep 17 2003, 12:17 AM

I have the ES100's. I think it's a summer tire only. Doesn't look like it will move much water. Great dry traction
Smooth ride, great price!

Posted by: nine14cats Sep 17 2003, 12:18 AM

Yeah...the price on the ES100's is pretty attractive. Thanks for the info on the wet side of them.

Bill

Posted by: VegasRacer Sep 17 2003, 12:44 AM

The previous tires I had on my daily driver (Dodge Stealth) were the Yokohama AVS Intermediate. I was VERY happy with them. I liked them much better than the BFG T/A's I ran before or the ES 100's that are on the car now.

Don't know much about how they do in the rain.
The only time they get wet in Vegas is when I wash the car.

Posted by: ArtechnikA Sep 17 2003, 06:59 AM

i -just- put a set of ES100's on the 911 before the East Coast Ramble - 225-45-16 front, 245-45-16 rear.
i like them! price was right, Tire Rack delivered standard ground in ONE day (DE warehouse...)
we are having RAIN and i like them. (actually, it's clear today, it was clear yesterday, but whatever's left over of the hurricane should be here tomorrow night ...)

until i get my pedal bushing issue sorted i can't say i've 'leaned' on them but the ECR tour was quite spirited and there were no 'moments' and no squeal.

if you like the pattern but want to go even more 'cost conscious' check out the Nitto 450. i ran those on the GTI and liked them a lot. pretty sticky even considering the high wear rating, also good i the rain. they actually came with a 'M+S' rating, which is of course completely ridiculous for any 45-series tire - but it kept me legal in the Sierra (where i never had any traction issues - just ground-clearance issues!).

we might go AX the car on these just for a familiarization run but they we intend them to be just street tires.

Posted by: seanery Sep 17 2003, 07:39 AM

I just got a set of BFG KDWS for the teener. They got nice ratings across the board on the TireRack survey page.

Posted by: PatW Sep 17 2003, 08:07 AM

I ran Yoko's on my "other" cars in the past. Grip is good but, they let go rather quick.
My .02c