Getting Fed Up with 17-in Low Profile Tires.....

[David Kase]

Well put Mark...

David Kase



Mark R wrote:

>Everybody has different criteria.  Asking a list "what tire should I get?"
>is akin to asking which oil should I use or which wax should I use.  There's
>nothing wrong with wanting a 70,000 mile tire, if that's your criteria.
>Frankly, I envy people who are happy driving a used economy car and view
>driving as simply transportation.
>
>Back to the tire, once you own high end tires (which are expensive, but not
>necessarily more than OE), you understand what makes them better
>performing.  But there's no free ride.  Softer compounds don't wear as long,
>by definition.
>
>Personally, I'm a tire, brake, and suspension snob.  I want very high
>limits, because we just never know when an emergency maneuver will be
>necessary  Tires are the critical element, because no matter what we do,
>we're ultimately (hopefully) controlling 4 contact patches.
>
>It's been my experience with my customers, once they own very high
>performance summer tires, they NEVER go back.  The exception is what we put
>on their trucks which is often very different criteria.  A set of track or
>high end street tires for my Corvette Z06 is $1200.00, so it's all
>relative.  =)
>
>Mark Rosenkrantz
>
>
>On 4/18/07, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>i just don't see the value of spending 200$ per tire.  but i'm a tire
>>cheapskate. =)
>>
>>maybe i need to spend a pile this time round.
>>
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