Re: Bridgestone S-02 Tires

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

> them for $245 each.  I do not mind sacrificing a summer vacation to
> afford to buy these tires if the tires perform as well as the Tire Rack
> says they perform.  I especially want tires that provide excellent wet
> traction/handling and are not noisy and the Tire Rack says the S-02s
> cannot be beat in the wet.

> If anyone has experience regarding the S-02s I would appreciate hearing
> from you.  Also, if you can recommend another tire that is excellent
> that would be great.  I really enjoy driving my S4 and I hope that new
> tires will bring the handling back up to what it was before I switched
> to the Michelins.

I've went through 4 sets of ex-top-of-the-line Expedia S-01 in last 3
years. Excellent tire, especially used properly -- in the summer, that is.
The dry handling is superb, and wet handling is above average. Don't count
ultra high performance tire to be quite, like four-season tires.

If you count carefully, you'll notice that I went through quite a sets of
tires per year! Well, S-01 is the shortest life tires I've owned --
treadwear rating is 140. I think S-02 is 160, if that makes any
significant different. With S-01, I can turn at 4-way intersection without
tires screaming or car-spinning, at around 50mph!

Cool tires -- bit expensive and short-lived, though. I'd recommend you
to try the S-02 -- if it just means to share your opinion with us of how
you feel about it. ((: And since most people here use Dunlop and
Continental, I kinda feel left out with Bridgestones. (:

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