Any tire recommendations, 205/50r15?

[Larry C Leung]

Hmmm, too bad I don't have any numbers to compare the 205/55-16 Kumhos.
They seem to possibly be similar in perf/$$ to the Kumhos. Too bad, the
Kumhos are cheaper (though not availible in the nifty 215/50-16 size),
seem quieter (they are really quiet, much quieter than my Toyo Proxes
blah blah (summer supposed high perf tread) 205/60-15s, and from your
description performance equals to the BFGs. I really was hoping that the
BFG's would shine. Oh well. Incidentally, the Kumhos showed no
appreciable wear after an Auto-X (boy, in stock form, these things are
like the proverbial guilded pig, looks nice, has rather good composure,
but all the same, by the numbers, it sure did wallow), though I haven't
tracked them yet.

LL - NY '89 200Q

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:59:07 -0600 "James Marriott" <marriott at micron.net>
writes:
>> Note, BFG came out with a reasonable priced high perf tire, the
>g-Force
>> KDW (dry/wet) and the KDWS (dry/wet/snow) which hasn't been
>apparently
>> "tested" by a lister yet.
>
>Eau contrair (Esperanto for "el wrongo."), mon frier (Yiddish for
>"the man who fries my potatoes."). I am happy, sort of, to report
>having run the KDW 215-50-16 for about 4k miles last summer/fall,
>including 150 miles at PIR in November. The report: pretty cheap
>($565 on the car, from Discount's local outlet), pretty loud,
>good "road" handling wet or dry, ride comfort is not much
>different from the 215-60-15 Comp TAs I run in the winter, except
>over _really_ bad train tracks and such (stock springs, Spax
>adjustable struts/shocks). However, after one lap on el tracko,
>they give up, and have about 0.07 "g" cornering performance.
>Oddly, after all that time squealing and understeering around
>PIR, they showed no wear except for the inner edges of the tread
>blocks being rounded off.
>
>Summary: I would buy them again, for an OK/cheap street tire, but
>not for the track (maybe OK for autox, if anyone is foolish
>enough to try same in these giant wallowing beasts).
>
>cu, James Marriott
>'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare NG engine, 181k
>'89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 132k
>Boise, ID, USA     http://www.webpak.net/~marriott/
>
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