[Shotimes] Speaking of tires..

[kerbyh@netzero.net]

Remember Ron, the 750s are all-season for Fort Worth...  :-)

Kerby

-- "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
Problem is that the RE750s are Summer tires, not all-season tires like the
RE950s.

Folks also like the Pilot Sport A/S, but they BETTER be good at $200/tire!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of George Fourchy
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:29 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Speaking of tires..


On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:16:13 -0400, Ron Porter wrote:

>The top all-season tires seem to be (in no particular order):
>
>Toyo Proxes (Subie guys LOVE them...not available through the normal
>Discount Tire or Tire Rack sources, though)
>Pirelli P Zero Nero
>ContiExtremeContact
>BFG KDWS
>Nitto 450 Extreme
>Bridgestone RE950

To this list I'd have to add the Bridgestone RE 750.  I haven't had any
myself....I
have Gen 2 RE730s on one SHO and Michelin Pilot Sport A/S's on the other.
But I had
a set of RE 730 Gen 1 tires on the one with the Pilots (the Lowrider), and
other
than the noise that the new tread design quiets down, those Potenzas didn't
know
what water was (this is totally disregarding their awesome performance in
the dry
and on the track).  I could go 10 mph faster (70+ vs 60 or less) than other
traffic
on the freeway in a pouring rainstorm, and apparent wet traction felt 100%
of dry,
or at least it was every time I'd check it by using the brake or steering to
see how
close to hydroplaining I was.  According to the Tire Rack rating scale, the
RE 750s
are even better than the 730 Gen 2s.  I'll try them the next time I get
tires for a
SHO.

George 
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