[Southern States] Questions bout 2 tires and looking foranopinion.. try this again!

[mardak at cogeco.ca (Mark)]

My friend Sean bought a set of Kuhmo ECSTA Supra 712's for his 85 8v and
is VERY happy with them.  They stick like crazy, and surprisingly the
treadwear is very good.  He brought the car out to the Cayuga track day
and after a whole afternoon of ripping around the track there was
minimal wear to the tires.  NO chunking either.  The last set he had
(Falkens - not the Azenis sports) chunked a lot and wore easily twice as
fast at an event last year.

I did a bunch of research for him when he bought the Kuhmo's.  This is
the tire I recommended to him.  One of the better qualities of the
Kuhmo's is that the wet weather performance is better than most of it's
competitors - even when the tire starts to show wear - stay away from
the Yoko Parada Spec 2's for this very reason...

The one downside I could find is that they're a bit heavy.  But if
you're looking for a tire that sticks well, wears ok (compared to other
hp tires), has good wet weather performance, looks cool, and has a great
price, I'd recommend them.

HTH,

Mark.
80 S
81 S  ABA/JH/4K



> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org [mailto:scirocco-l-
> bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Bureau
> Sent: November 11, 2003 10:30 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: [Southern States] Questions bout 2 tires and looking for
> anopinion.. try this again!
> 
> opps hit the send button by error  here is the complete message.
> 
> Well it is that time of the year again, the scirocco need new
rubber...
> 
> I have 15x7 rims, and for the last year and a half been listening to
the
> 205/50's rubbing on the fender and inner well so I will be cutting
down
> sizes
> to 195/55/15 this time around to see if I can stop the rubbing...
> 
> now the question is the following, anyone have experience with either
> ofthe
> following tires, this is for the Prowler, and keeping in mind this is
for
> the
> daily driving routine (I have slicks now for the SCCA future races I
will
> enter) so I need something solid on dry/wet pavement.
> 
> the choices are the following ones.
> 
> Yokohama AVS ES100     VR Speed Rated 195/55-15
> Kumho ECSTA Supra 712  VR Speed Rated 195/55-15
> Michelin Pilot XGTV4   VR Speed Rated 195/55-15
> Pirelli P6000          TR Speed Rated 195/55-15
> 
> or any other you may suggest. remeber I live in texas and ice and snow
> does not
> really apply here... when it snows we stay home...:)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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