I have seen this tire running at recent local events. The tire is similar
to the Yokohama Advan A032R. It seems to wear well and looks to have lots
of grip.
James Gunn-Wilkinson
San Diego
SS Z06
-----Original Message-----
From: Vinay Sharma [mailto:bampfautox@lycos.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:45 AM
To: 'autox'; Stolz, Ken
Subject: Re: "New" Falken Avenis Tire
The tread design looks like it is pretty good, it puts a lot of rubber
down. It doesn't look like a very good rain tire though, there aren't
enough water channels, so wet traction wouldn't be all that great, which is
fine if you only use them for autox, but if you drive daily on them they
would have a higher chance of hydroplaning than the Kumho Ecstas (which suck
in the rain already), or AVS Sports, or something like that. It doesn't say
anything about tread wear or the compound, so there's no way to know how
sticky the rubber is either. But based on the tread design, they would be
pretty good for dry weather driving.
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On Tue, 29 May 2001 16:24:05
Stolz, Ken wrote:
>Anyone have an experience with the Falken Avenis tire -
>http://falken.innovapp.com/html/products/azenis/azenis.htm. They are just
>now becoming available here (apparently available in at least Japan and
>Aussieland for a while) and look to be a potential good STS tire.
>
>~ Ken Stolz
>Big Sky Region 38 - Missoula, MT
>'01 Subaru Impreza RS - #12 STS - "AUTOXER"
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