Best Tires?? Recommendations!!

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

I dont think thats a myth.

Lately my Boxster is only getting driven once a week max,sad yes I know. But when I'm hoping in it it has to be flat spots that causing the shimmying in the steering,because it goes away within 3-5 miles of driving.

That's only when it sits for a week or more though that it's bad like that.

As for tires,I really recommend P Zero Rossos. I didn't realize how good they were until lost them. They were a little bit sticker then the S-03s I used to have,where the S-03s would start to break the Rosses stuck on a little more,but it seemed like the Rossos gave without any sign though while the S-03s would give signs of the grip breaking.

Don't buy BF Goodrich(don't know the model) if you want sporty,I have them now and they are only good for driving on from a-b,I won't be recommending these to anyone besides soccer moms.

Have you looked into Falken Azeni Rt-615s?
http://www.vulcantire.com/azenis_rt615_t.htm

They are great tires but don't last long.

I'm not saying they don't flat-spot, but it's not a permanent condition. Drive the car and the symptoms go away. If not, and you're on Pirellis, you have other issues.

I agree with you on the pirellis, I think they're much maligned on this forum ! They're really very good tires. I WILL replace my current set with the same next spring. They're spendy, and not the longest lasting, but having experienced Ironstones... er... Bridgestones, Dunlops, Continentals and Goodyears, I have to say that the perellis outperform them all (subjective of course).

One interesting tire is the Cooper. We replaced the conti's on my wife's car with a Cooper Touring Tire and nothing but positives to say regarding price, wear, Dry/Wet traction, etc They make a Hi-perf tire and considering the price difference, I may (emphasis on may) give them a shot.

[944boy]

Go with the Azenis 615's. They stick amazingly well and lasted longer than expected.

[Jacques79]

So if I want the best turn-in steering response possible, which tire should I buy?

[23109VC]

the car is in the shop now. dealer said all four tires have excessive wear and need to be replaced.

so i'm looking at a full new set of tires. the car Pzeros now. i love the grip, the turn in...

are the PS2s goin to have more or less grip? better or worse turn in / steering response?

i don't mind spending the money, but this is a summer, top down, go around corners in the dry car. i don't care about year round wet, snow, etc.

i don't wnat R compounds. i want to get 7-10k out of them.

i'm thinking either stay with pzeros as i like them.
or ps2s? or advan neovas? these all get good ratings...

i want a street tire, not a race tire, that has excellent dry traction, excellent turn in. stiff sidewalls are okay with me. i wan to have fun, not a comfy ride.

[23109VC]

i noticed on tire racks site they have an N3 and N4 Pzero tire. one has a higher treadwear rating.

the stickier one is only 140! even lower than the neova. the PS2 is 220. are these therefore stickier and have better grip? at the cost of tire life?

[kabel]

^ basically, yes

[7404]

I am running non-N rated tires on my 04 Boxster. They are Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R's. Rated as an "Extreme Performance Summer" tire. I run 265's in the rear and 225's in the front on 18 inch rims. I drive 2 old highways that are not used because of the concrete 4 lanes right next to them in some places. They are two lane blacktop that are not posted so that makes the legal top speed 55 mph. There is a reverse "S" curve posted at 15 that goes to one lane through a tunnel that is blind from both sides and several straight's where 100 is easy if you are not careful. On the rest of the road, most of the time I am in 2ed gear with the RPM's between 4K and redline. The RE-01R's perform excellent. I did put some extra air in them when I first got them and was disappointed but when run at the Porsche recommended 29/36 I was happy. I like the way I can feel the front tires bite in the apex and the rears follow right along. I do not feel the rear try to turn out but the whole car will drift. As far as life span, the tires not mine, at 4K I see no wear even though a 4 wheel alignment showed three of 4 wheels had a misalignment of some sort or other. Porsche was kind enough to enter in to my service record that I have non N spec tires on the car. I run mud and snows in the winter and run the same road with snow on it but a lot slower. Previous tires were Michelin's.