[s-cars] CUMho's

[Taka Mizutani]

Craig-
I'm sorry to hear that you lost a 951S. That really sucks- I love those
cars.

I still think you're compromising too much in terms of warmer weather
traction- most summer tires are not made for 100F temps- they often overheat
in those temps (the Falkens are notorious for this). That said, most of the
max performance tires are not good below 45-50F.

Wet traction of the good max performance tires is excellent- as you probably
know, the tire compound is the most important thing for traction. That is
highlighted when you see how autox is run on DOT-R rubber even in the rain-
standing water is really the only condition that requires running on a tire
with more void area (i.e. Hoosier Radial Wet). Otherwise, the standard "dry"
tires grip better.

If you're seeing temps in the 40s, I'd still run AD07s until the temp
consistently drops below 50F and then switch to something like the Michelin
Pilot Sport A/S. If you ever hit snow, though, I'd go with something like
the BFG KDWS (I don't like it but it is snow capable) rather than the
Michelin- I wouldn't trust the Michelin if the weather gets cold.

Advan is the high-end line of Yokohama and they have a stellar reputation in
Japan. Right now, IMHO the Advan AD07 and the Bridgestone RE-01R are the
state of the art in max performance tires.

Taka

On 3/14/06, lebakken1 at netzero.net <lebakken1 at netzero.net> wrote:
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> ***Takatakataka. In Seattle, the summer rarely hits 100F, and then maybe
> we have one week in the 90's. This winter, we had a week in the mid 20's,
> and snow on the ground for two days. In the twenty years I have lived here,
> we have twice had snow on the ground for longer than a week. This means,
> that for damn near 90% of the year, we are in between 40F and 70F, with more
> rain than sun scattered in between. On the plus side, our roads are
> excellent (comparatively, from what I read), and can be driven fast. To me
> this is the perfect recipe for an A/S tire. Weather extremes as you
> apparently experience do not exist here - so extreme function tires like Big
> Hakka Snows and Hot Summer whatevers are not needed. An A/S tire attempts to
> bridge this gap and can only do so moderately. Perfect for the extremely
> moderate PNW.|||
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> Advan AD07 or Bridgestone RE-01R for summer, Nokian Hakka4/RSI/WR for
> winter depending on how
> severe your winter conditions.
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> |||Never heard of Advan AD07, and owned Bridgestones once. Something about
> not staying balanced pisses me off. That was enough. Hakkas would be cool -
> if I skied everyday like I did when I was younger. Pretty much a fair
> weather skier now, though I wanna wear snows on the drive up, despite
> that most times it is just light pack.|||
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> 245/40R17 is the proper size for an UrS running 17x8" wheels, that is the
> factory optional size in RoW/non-US
> markets.
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> 255/40R17 is, strangely enough, the factory size for the C5 A6 4.2 and S6
> Avant running 17x8" wheels, although it
> is not within tire specification for any tire make or model that I can
> find. Audi was running Continental Sport Contact 2
> and Pirelli P6000 in these fitments.
>
> |||Thanks, I may need this info in order to get 255's mounted. Costco uses
> a program that limits by percentage how much higher or lower that you can go
> over stock, and they will only sell you what is in between the limits. So, I
> may suddenly have a 2002 A6 4.2 when I bring the rims in loose ; >||||
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> I'll be running Falken RT-615 this summer because I'm cheap and poor. Next
> best thing to the Advan and Bridgestones
> I mentioned above.
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> |||After looking at the reviews for Advan, Bridgestone and Falken, I think
> that I would choose the Falken A/S...|||
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>
> Thanks for the input Taka.
>
> Craig Lebakken
> 94 S4
> Next Porsche: C4S Cab
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