Street Tires--which ones to buy?, anyone have experience with Yoke's? Options

[nine14cats]

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.

[ArtechnikA]

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

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.