[V8] tire musings

[Tony and Lillie]

Another good place to read is Tirerack's tests as well. And, I've drive on 
the General's, and they are a pretty good tire. Actually, probably nearly as 
much grip in teh rain as when dry. However, as an all out tire, they are 
nowhere near my Potenza S03's, or the XS. Then again, I'd take the Generals 
any day over either in the snow. Come to think of it, I'd rather walk than 
drive in snow on the XS's ;-)

Tony
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Subject: Re: [V8] tire musings


> If you are going with an all-out performance tire for the summer, there
> really isn't much anything better than the Dunlop Dirrezza Star spec for 
> the
> price.  Its getting a bit dated now, but god, what a tire.  Falken Azenis
> 615's are ok, but a dated design now and they have some odd habbits such 
> as
> getting a bit slick when overly hot,   and the Hankook RS2's were amazing 
> as
> well, so one can only assume the Rs3's have improved on a wining combo.
>
> If you are going for the most grip you can get from a tire, my personal
> choice would be 1. Dunlop star spec 2. Kuhmo Ecsta XS  3. Hankook Ventus 
> RS3
> (kinda spendy)
>
> I'm going to go out on a limb and say the General's offering will not be 
> on
> par with these competitors.
>
> Also, you may want to check out some "tire shootouts" from Road and track,
> or Grassroots motorsports, or a number of other magazines, where they test
> sets of tires using the same rubric.