RE71, RE730, YokoAVSi for '88 80Q?

[Tessie McMillan]

Works for me, guys. Hey, I hang out on the Alfa-digest, and kinky is kind
of a middle name there.... This is nothing &:-).

I decided to be CHEEEEEEP and just look for two replacement RE71s for now.
I will second Todd's comment that the RE71 is a good rain tire -- at least
it is for me when it has tread -- but wear down the tread and say good bye
to having confidence when barrelling through those huge rain puddles on
the freeway. I've gone from being able to barrel through slush and rain
puddles with no discernable change in traction (on good-grooved RE71s) to
having an 'ayyyyyYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!' panic reaction as the car lifts/slides
3' sideways upon entering a large puddle (with worn RE71s). First time
that happened it took ALL my nerve to keep from jerking the wheel in
reaction. I just basically hypnotized the car ("keep it going forward")
and forced myself to stay relaxed and keep the wheel pointed straight.
Jeeeezus that was a surprise. When you see that on the front straight at
SIR, you *know* those cars are going into the wall (seen it happen too
many times on the launching pad of the drag strip) and I did NOT want that
happening to me.

Tess
in Seattle (where rain and poorly designed highways *are* a factor)


On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Todd Phenneger wrote:

> Errr,
>    The longer you wear them in, the slicker they get?
> Ok,  I'm not going to go there. :-)  Lets just say that its a
> good rain tire so it should give good adhesion and better grip
> in wet and slimy surfaces.
> l8r
>   Todd
>
> --- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> > Sound's kinky!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:41:31 -0700 (PDT) Todd Phenneger
> >
> > >but with much butter wear
>