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Perfectlap · 08-23-2006, 12:50 PM

unrelated,
someone mentioned the inexspensive Ecstas at $500 (not including shipping, taxes, mounting bla bla) for 18"
I ran these briefly on my old car and they were purty good until I
tried them out on the Autocross(can you say oversteer) and quickly
swaped them for Azenis.
But for every day use? more than enough. I might give these a try since
this is the third time I tore into the sidewall of a $250+ tire
I'll have to budget for 18" snows soon too, arghhh...

here is some interesting testing data from the tirerack on the "most bang for buck" tire.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/kumho_ecsta_ast_c.jsp

p.s.
I had the summer 712's and not the all season AST's.
There's also a useful link on the tire rack site that lists local installers
and discounts. A few in my area charge as little as $18 per tire.

08-23-2006, 12:50 PM	#9
Perfectlap Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,709	unrelated, someone mentioned the inexspensive Ecstas at $500 (not including shipping, taxes, mounting bla bla) for 18" I ran these briefly on my old car and they were purty good until I tried them out on the Autocross(can you say oversteer) and quickly swaped them for Azenis. But for every day use? more than enough. I might give these a try since this is the third time I tore into the sidewall of a $250+ tire I'll have to budget for 18" snows soon too, arghhh... here is some interesting testing data from the tirerack on the "most bang for buck" tire. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/kumho_ecsta_ast_c.jsp p.s. I had the summer 712's and not the all season AST's. There's also a useful link on the tire rack site that lists local installers and discounts. A few in my area charge as little as $18 per tire. __________________ GT3 Recaro Seats - Boxster Red GT3 Aero / Carrera 18" 5 spoke / Potenza RE-11 Fabspeed Headers & Noise Maker BORN: March 2000 - FINLAND IMS#1 REPLACED: April 2010 - NEW JERSEY -- LNE DUAL ROW Last edited by Perfectlap; 08-23-2006 at 01:01 PM.