Auto-X tires and brakes

[jb92563]

No luck on the Costco Potenza RE-71R's.
Great price at $750 for a set installed/balanced, rebate at the register etc.

They said that the Bridgestone supply has been exhausted and that it may be a couple months before the next batch is ready for distribution.

Anyone know whether Tire Rack still has any?

Plan B would be the Hankook RS-3's I guess.

Any other suggestions for ~ 200 stickiness tire just for track days or are the RE-71R's worth the wait?

Probably at my level of driving I would not be able to get all the performance out of them anyway as I have a lot of practice ahead of me at only about 7 auto-x so far.

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Originally Posted by jb92563

No luck on the Costco Potenza RE-71R's.
Great price at $750 for a set installed/balanced, rebate at the register etc.

They said that the Bridgestone supply has been exhausted and that it may be a couple months before the next batch is ready for distribution.

Anyone know whether Tire Rack still has any?

Plan B would be the Hankook RS-3's I guess.

Any other suggestions for ~ 200 stickiness tire just for track days or are the RE-71R's worth the wait?

Probably at my level of driving I would not be able to get all the performance out of them anyway as I have a lot of practice ahead of me at only about 7 auto-x so far.

RS-3, Dunlop Star Spec, Rival, RE-11 are all very capable 200tw tires for track days and AX. I often run Saturday on my RE11 or RS-3 and then switch to RE-71 for timed runs to maximize tire wear.

[jb92563]

I was expecting to race in mid May but since the RE-71's were not available I went with Tire Rack and a set of RS-3's instead.
Its also good that they have a price guarantee with Installer/Balancing so I had the local FireStone shop do that at $14.20 a tire. Their normal rate is $25 each.
Nice!!!

But, unfortunately my race day got pre-empted by a weekend Bachelor Party in Vegas, drat!!!
Must be getting old as I would have preferred to go racing instead.

What sort of break in will the tires need?
Perhaps the 80 mile drive to the track will help?