Falken tires any good?

[B Vibert]

 The Falken Azenis RS is the tire of choice for "street tire" class in
autoslalom (autocross in US)  Dunno much about the rest of the line
but they seem like good value.

Oh yeah, treadwear ratings are only really relevant across a single
manufacturers line.  They don't have a standard for the whole industry
so you can't accurately compare between different manufacturers.

Burl Vibert
1987 5kcstq
Kingston, Ontario


rob hod wrote:
>
>     In the UK Falken sponsor a Club race series for the XK engined Jaguar .
> Part of the formula is mandatory fitment of Falken tyres, I have a friend
> who races in the series and he has scared the bjaysus out of me on public
> roads in his xj6 equipped with them. Don't know too much else about them,
> but I can tell you that they make a  respectable tyre that can handle a 1.5
> ton car at 140mph.
>
>     HTH
>
> rob
> > Message: 8
> > From: "scott thomas" <scott at dreamtheater.zzn.com>
> > Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:12:23 -0700
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Subject: >
> > Coming up soon on a tire replacement for my 200q. I've been pricing
> > and checking out specsa online and saw the Falken Ziex ZE-502 are
> > really well priced. They seem to be a copy of Pirelli (?) tires. 6000
> > sport? About $10 cheaper than the Yoko Avid h4's. The treadwear
> > rating is a little better on the F's. Does anyone have any opinion on
> > these tires, or Falkens in general? The other issue is I don't want
> > to bother with mail order and Sears are the only places the dealer
> > locator lists. That's bad, right? I might just go to one of those
> > friendly used/new tire dealers near Shea in Queens.