[s-cars] Ordering Tires From Amazon

[Cody Forbes]

No, not once did I compare all-seasons to race tires in that message, please read it again.

 The grip of the DWS's as compared to ANYTHING was horrid. Other cars on various other street tires had MUCH more grip. 

With the amount of water on the track in the morning running the race tires would have been impossible so the choice was don't run or run the street tires. It was a private track day so there was no vendor available to buy tires from, and I wouldn't have anyways. Buying race wets for an less-than-HPDE level event where I was just having fun and instructing is stupid. I was expecting anything great, but they were horrible. 

DWS stands for Dry, Wet, Snow. That means they should have some wet capability. They didn't.

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a bit silly, Cody- you're comparing R rubber to snow-capable
> all-season tires on the track?
> 
> I don't know why you would use all-seasons at the track. Summer tires have
> a lot more grip due to the compound, there is no good reason to choose
> all-seasons. You should be running Hoosier Wets anyway, or cut slicks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:44 PM, John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've found the DWS to have pretty low grip when driven hard, and wet grip
>> at 75% tread is abysmal. I was at a wet track day at VIR with the GMP Audi
>> A5q. Normally we run race tires, but due to standing water I just left the
>> street wheels on with the DWS's. Wylie here rode with me in one session and
>> can attest to the fact that they were pitiful.
>> 
>> -Cody
>> 
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