I'll second this opinion on Bridgestone as an amazing street tire... I had
Potenza 010's(oem NSX, Type-R....) on a civic in 195/50/15 and absolutely
loved them...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Fletcher" <richf@frontier.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: SO-3s
> They haven't made the tire "worse", but the S-03 tires' mission is
> different. I've spoken with two people who have driven both tires S-02 &
> S-03. They have connections to Bridgestone and tell me that if ultimate
> performance is the goal, and Bridgestone is your tire, then stick with the
> S-02 Pole Position. The S-03 is a better bet if and only if you want
longer
> tread life at the expense of a slight fall off in performance relative to
> the SO-2.
>
> Rich Fletcher
>
> ----------
> >From: owner-ax-digest@autox.team.net (ax-digest)
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:16:42 -0500
> > From: "Vinay Sharma" <bampfautox@lycos.com>
> > Subject: Re: so what tires WOUld you recomend?
> >
> > Well, here MHO:
> > Bridgestone S-03 Pole Position: pretty much one of the best tires on the
> > market. If you're looking for ultimate performance these are the way to
go
> > (the BFGoodrich Comp T/A KD and KDW are along the same lines, but don't
> > come in the right size). These aren't out yet, so this is based on the
> > S-02 Pole Positions, but I doubt they made the tire worse. They are
very
> > expensive though.
> SNIP I would go with the S-03 Pole Positions. If you
> > don't want to spend that much on tires, I would probably go with the
> > PZeros, or if you don't want to spend that much the RE730s or the P7000s
> > since you want the tires to last.
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