Which Tires?

[Rail26]

I have them too...my car stays on the road and they seem to grip well. As you can tell, I'm not a expert.

[8sum8]

Thanks guys.... I'm down to S0-3's or Mich PS2's.

[TriGem2k]

Ive had both....The S-03 is 100times better than the PS2s

[RandallNeighbour]

After ToolPants bought cheap Sumitomos I decided to try them. $340 for a whole set. I figured that if these are good enough for our resident Boxster Guru, they're good enough for me.

I love them so far. I have about 700 miles on them and they grip far better than the Kumhos I had on the car. They are not as noisy, and the Kumhos were out of round or thicker in places and I had lots of vibration from them.

If anyone reading this thread needs new rubber and just can't afford the excellent tires recommended in this thread, try a set of Sumitomo HRTZ II's. I would love to put far more expensive tires on the car, but hey, the wallet is skinny these days!

[mjw930]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

After ToolPants bought cheap Sumitomos I decided to try them. $340 for a whole set. I figured that if these are good enough for our resident Boxster Guru, they're good enough for me.

I love them so far. I have about 700 miles on them and they grip far better than the Kumhos I had on the car. They are not as noisy, and the Kumhos were out of round or thicker in places and I had lots of vibration from them.

If anyone reading this thread needs new rubber and just can't afford the excellent tires recommended in this thread, try a set of Sumitomo HRTZ II's. I would love to put far more expensive tires on the car, but hey, the wallet is skinny these days!

Had a set of those on my 930. Pretty good road tires up until about 7500 miles then they start to roar like you've blown out BOTH rear wheel bearings. YMMV

[smith12895]

Here is tire comparison from TireRack. They compare the SO-3, F1 and Pilot Sport. It's from 2003 so I don't know how much the tires have changed since then, but it's still interesting.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/gy_f1_gs_d3.jsp

[insite]

Randall -

glad the sumi's worked out. for all reading, i had a horrible experience with the HTRz (not HTRzII), so if going w/ sumitomo, i'd get the ones randall got.

as for tires i have tried, the S-03's are excellent. the re750's are also excellent; they last a bit longer and drive almost as well. the only tires that i have bought more than once, though, have been the BFG KDW2's. i love 'em.