high performance street tires? ?

[LL - NY]

Last I checked, they are availible in Tess' requested size.

Definitely a decent tire.

On 3/25/07, Ameer Antar <antar at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I personally really like theEagle F1 tires. They are great in dry and wet
> and
> they look great. I got 205-55-16's for my 5k, but they might come in 15"
> for
> other cars. You might also check out EagleAssurance TripleTred for
> all-season
> tires.
>
> -Ameer
>
>
> -------------------- Original Message --------------------
> > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:29:16 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Tess McMillan [tessmc at drizzle.com]
> > Subject: high performance street tires? ?
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Message-ID:
> >     [Pine.LNX.4.44.0703250940210.5150-100000 at cascadia.drizzle.com]
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> >
> > Guys, what is the latest wisdom on high performance street tires in the
> > 15" size? I was browsing around on Tire Rack and was confused by the
> > dizzying array of brands that don't seem to be the same as the last time
> > I went out there...
> >
> > Many eons ago I had Bridgestone RE71s on my '88 80. I loved those tires!
> > But I didn't have a set of track wheels then and chunked them pretty
> > badly. My Alfa friends convinced me to try Yoko AVSis -- but those
> didn't
> > last long either. So I went to the old Dunlop SP Sport 5000s .... but
> the
> > Dunlops picked up nails in all 4 tires just a few months after I bought
> > them and I figured that brand had been hexed. I switched to the very
> cheap
> > Kumho Ecsta 712. And even though those tires make driving an "adventure"
> > (aka white knuckles, esp. in the rain), I've kept driving them because
> > they still had a lot of tread.
> >
> > So, the Kumhos have finally worn out. Looking for recommendations on
> > 205/50 15s.... Anyone out there still on 15" rims? Please, no
> > recommendations for the lavender-scented tires that Kumho now offers ha
> > ha ha.
> >
> > Tess
> > in Bellevue, WA USA
> >
> > Det beror inte p? vem du ?r; det beror bara p? vad du g?r...
> >
> >
> >
> >
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