Ditto! That was great! Thanks. :-)
-Arnold
"Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
"Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world!"
>From: Bryan Medway <creative@razorlab.com>
>To: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>, "'Clifford Richardson'"
><the_brain7@hotmail.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: treadwear rating
>Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 15:34:44 -0700
>
>wow.. now THAT is some good directions..
>
>I'm suprised you didn't attach screenshots showing each step...
>
>;)
>
>let's clap our hands for Katie..
>
>ok, my dorky ass is going to sit in the corner now....
>
>:bryan
>01 Neon ES
>
> >
> > Autocross Tires for Dummies
> >
> > There are your normal, every day, regular use tires, and "R" compound
>tires,
> > thinly disguised as regular tires, but you'd have to be crazy to drive
>on
> > them every day. The people running in our local Street Tire class are on
>the
> > real life, every day tire. Most (but not all) competitors in the Stock
> > category run on R tires. They are DOT legal, but won't last as long as
>your
> > basic Sears tire.
> >
> > To answer your question, you can buy a set of Hoosiers or Kumho (better
> > deal) R tires that are extra sticky, wear out extra fast, and you'd
>still be
> > legal in the stock category. You can run "street (non-sticky) tires" in
>the
> > stock category, but you cannot run R (sticky) tires in the Street Tire
> > category.
> >
> > A good place to look for "R" tires is on our National sponsor's website,
> > www.tirerack.com. Once there, on the right side of the screen, under
>Shop
> > for Tires, you can select your car make and year and begin the tire
>choosing
> > process. When you get to the Search for Tires by Vehicle screen, click
>View
> > All. Then, on the Search for Tires by Size screen, under Summer Tires,
> > select Competition. Since probably all of the older and wiser autoxers
>would
> > recommend Kumho, so will I. You'll be happier. So, select Kumho as the
> > manufacture, scroll down, and click Search.
> >
> > Next, you'll have three choices, Full Tread, Heat Cycled, or Shaved.
>Since
> > you're just beginning, I'd go with Full Tread, though there is some
>debate
> > as to which will last you longest. I purchased a set of full tread
>Kumhos
> > that lasted me a full season, no sweat.
> >
> > I hope this answers your question (that by now must have been answered
> > twenty times).
> >
> > Katie Kelly
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