[s-cars] RE: tire recommendation needed

[Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)]

Tom likely hit the same pothole that me and Swanson did:

<<<Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:06:12 -0500
From: "Tom Mullane" <tmullane at snet.net>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] tire recommendation needed


I have Toyo Proxes FZ4's on my car and I just damaged one in a pothole.
Of
course the pothole cruise was the only 30 miles I have put on the car
since
December.  Of course the FZ4 is discontinued.  I had planned to buy two
rather than one or four because the remaining three tires have about 80%
tread left - too much wear to just put on one tire, but not enough to do
all
four.  Long term, I had planned to run these until I hit the lotto, then
take the second set of stock wheels I have to be refinished and shod
with
something new.  The current set  - poor man's refinish but looking ok
even
without the polished lip - would become the track set.

What is the recommendation?  Four of something else?  Hunt around and
buy
two  - anyone have a source?  Buy two of something else (not crazy about
this idea)?

Tom>>>






I chuckle at your misfortune as it feels good to not be me.  That very
same thing happened right when I got my car, the dilemma of finding
discontinued 16" Pilot Sports, then only replacing one (luckily found
one).  Then it happened again and again on my 17" Contis...  never had a
flat in a car ever, now eaten 3 tires on the //S due to brick / pothole
/ nail.  'Yay'.

In one's Happy Place one buys 8 new tires and 4 wheels and has new road
tread and a set of mounted track rubber, simply because.  Oh and of
course you'd refinish both sets of wheels (preferably Fuchs) with
polished lips.  

In my Unhappy Place (read: reality / read: a set tires is f'n $$$ esp.
the way I 'use' them), I simply replaced the offended tire each time.  I
finally got down to cord on one of the original of the 4, so I got my
use out of 'em.  

Now, like many, I will be shopping for (4) xyz's??? 255s come spring.
Those Baloney / Maddock approved Goodyear F1s are likely out of my
reality, damn, f'n $199 a pop installed.  Maybe I'll just mount up the
rockin 14" Coopers back on the ur4kq and not drive the //S? 8-)

In the meeeeeaaaaaantime:

fourteen inch hakk ones
seven to ten predicted
Zenlike oversteer

Good luck to you in your predicament.

-Paul maybe see you out and about Sat. night, burning fuel, sideways, K.