Re: Tires & Pond

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

> Bridgestone has the Expedia E01 and SO1 both great tires and if you look
> closely on the 911 Turbo's of today you will see this tire, very grippy, but
> some question about the life of the tire. Might be a good tire to drive to
> the track on, but remove and save after track events. Potenza RE71 is closer
> to mortal pricing and has nice performance etc...

I have gone through 3 sets of Expedia S-01 and I must say they are one of 
the best street tires available (my own alternatives would be the SP8000 
and the P-Zero). FYI, the new Turbo has Expedia S-02 as OEM. The S-02 is 
a new design that's suppose to succeed the S-01/E-01, but has nothing in 
common with S-01 save the Bridgestone name.

The S-01 is grippy, but the tread life is one of the shortest I've ever 
experienced -- not mentioning S-01 is also among the highest-priced. And 
yes, I do drive'em hard. Typically, one set would last me for about a 
year. This year, I got smart and took the S-01 off just before the winter 
(yeah, you guess it -- I drove last two sets through the whole year long 
-- which is not wise considering that it snows at where I live). The 
Bridgestone RE930 (also new, with the S-02 and the RE900, for Bridgestone) 
I chose for the winter months are decent for the money paid -- a lot 
better than the various OEM tires I've experienced through.

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