[Shotimes] Yokohama Avid V4S

[Donald Mallinson]

Reviews on the Tire Rack site are all over the place as far 
as how long the ES100 last.  I suspect it has a lot to do 
with the type of car and type of driving, but at 5000 miles, 
the wear was barely noticable on the front and the rears 
still looked new, mold lines still there on the edges.

I have hopes they will last more than 20k, but as summer 
only tires, that is still going to be about three years.

Don Mallinson

Mark Nunnally wrote:

>>So far they are really quiet, but a LOT of people on the
>>Tire Rack site say they get noisy by 3000 miles.  So at 5000
>>mine are still virtually silent.  Getting them rotated today.
> 
> 
> Just my experience...I put a set on my 92 last spring.  They were worn out
> at 18k (although I buzzed them down to the cords to about 20k).  Somewhere
> around 6k-9k they got really noisy.  They worn funny on all 4 corners, and
> in the rear cupped on the inside.  I honestly was checking around for bad
> wheel bearings they got so loud.
> 
> Good points are they are cheap, have good grip (even in a straight line) and
> a 225/55 fits pretty good on a 6" slicer.  Bad for me was they vaporized
> pretty quick (all street driving, no track stuff) and got really loud.
> Before the convention I went back to the 'ole trusty SP8000.  They were down
> to like $91/tire w/ free shipping from discount, and I've run a few sets of
> them and have liked them.  They don't last too much longer, but do have
> great lateral grip, and stay quiet and smooth.  After CA they got about 10k
> on them now, and are in much better shape (tread/noise) than the ES100's
> were at 10k.  The SP8k doesn't hook in a straight line like the ES100 do, so
> they stink for drag racing.  And the 225/55 SP8k is WIDE.  Thing needs to be
> on an 8" rim.  Doesn't fit on the slicer all that well.  But a good sticky
> tire for the $$
> 
> mark
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