[Shotimes] Thoughts on Kumho Ecsta 711s

[Tom Smith]

Ooops, 17x7.5, 17x8.5 would cost way more that the car was probably ever
worth :)

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:

> 17x8.5" gotta be some custom rim!  You must tell us more, Tom...:)----- Original Message -----From: Tom Smith Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:27 pmSubject: Re: [Shotimes] Thoughts on Kumho Ecsta 711sTo: van Oss Cc: Kerby Haltom , 'Mark Nunnally' , 'Shotimes' > I agree on the street they are fine and I ran them as a rain > tire one> day last week at Watkins Glen, very happy with them.> > These are 235/45/17 on a 8.5 inch rim. No roll over and great > response.> Tom 91+> > On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, van Oss wrote:> > > The 712's are decent street tires for those of us on a budget.> > VO> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > I have the MXs on the Z3, they work quite well at the track > and on the> > street, especially for the money.  I agree with Mark on the > rest, they are> > crap.> > Kerby> >> > -----Original Message-----> > Kumho has some great track tire offerings, and the ECSTA MX is > decent, but> > nothing else they offer IMHO is worth fooling with.  Have not > been impressed> > at all by the 712 and 711, etc offerings on several cars I've > driven,> including a few SHO's.> > _______________________________________________> > Shotimes mailing list> > Shotimes@autox.team.net> > http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes> _______________________________________________> Shotimes mailing list> Shotimes@autox.team.net> http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes>
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