I was fiddling around today and saw these:
595 RS-R RACING - OnlineTires.com
Treadwear of 140, around $400 a set for 17"s. Has anyone ever used these? I am a firm believe in TANSTAAFL, and I figure you get what you pay for, but I wonder if something this cheap would even give a good level of extreme summer performance for even a single track weekend?
Ok enough fun
Realistically:
I am doing 2 track days at Road Atlanta with MVP Track time at the end of June and I think I am going to get a set of either the
Kumho Ecsta XS (low $600's from tire rack) or the
RE-11A (high 600's from tire rack). I like these over the
Hankook RS3 or
Direzza because these two are directional while the Ecsta XS and RE-11A are asymmetric and can be rotated side to side. (And while I probably will never rotate them I had it in my mind if I ever did a track day at somewhere like Daytona where they say the right rear wheel takes the most wear I could rotate halfway through the weekend and maybe make it wear more evenly across the set)
I for some reason thought the RE-11A would be way more expensive than the Kumho. Maybe they are on sale, or maybe I missed out on some special pricing for the Kumho? Are the RE-11A worth $46 more? The
g-force rival is right at that same price point too so I guess it warrants some consideration.
Why can't one of these go on major sale and make this easy for me... If they are all about the same I would probably go with the Kumho. If one of the others is better than I probably would spend the extra $50 or so and get a set of those...
I guess my main criteria at this stage is which one is likely to give me the longest life? I am still at the beginning phase and so that is probably the best criteria for me at this time.
Steve
PS this sure seems similar to my earlier tire thread...
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