 Street Tires--which ones to buy?, anyone have experience with Yoke's? |
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| nine14cats |
 Sep 17 2003, 12:04 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
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. |
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| elmonte |
Sep 17 2003, 12:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 225 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Danville.ca Member No.: 499 |
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! |
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| nine14cats |
Sep 17 2003, 12:18 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
Yeah...the price on the ES100's is pretty attractive. Thanks for the info on the wet side of them.
Bill |
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| VegasRacer |
Sep 17 2003, 12:44 AM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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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. |
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| ArtechnikA |
Sep 17 2003, 06:59 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(nine14cats @ Sep 16 2003, 10:04 PM) 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. |
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| seanery |
Sep 17 2003, 07:39 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,852 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
I just got a set of BFG KDWS for the teener. They got nice ratings across the board on the TireRack survey page.
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| PatW |
Sep 17 2003, 08:07 AM
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Wassup? Group: Benefactors Posts: 565 Joined: 19-February 03 From: Rocklin, CA Member No.: 317 Region Association: Northern California |
I ran Yoko's on my "other" cars in the past. Grip is good but, they let go rather quick.
My .02c |
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