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I have Toyo Proxes, which aren't too bad...
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:00:51
In Reply to: Re: Sorry -- I SWEAR This Is The Last Tire Advice I'll Ask, aeroblues, Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:09:23
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I didn't have a choice in the matter as the dealer I got the car from last Sept. put a new set on the car to go on the 16" Aero wheels.
I only put a maybe 3K on them before I switched to my snows, but they seem OK. Decent (but not great) in rain and fine in dry. They are 55 series but the ride isn't a whole lot different than on my Dunlop snows--just crisper. Steering response is nice. They nibble more than I like on uneven surfaces, like when the road is abraded for resurfacing, has a lot of patches, or on metal bridge decks --they definitely give a LOT of road feel.
Can't really tell how they wear yet, but they are V-rated so I doubt I'll get more than 25K out of them. But I don't commute so it's not a huge issue dollar-wise.
Dealer said these were a second choice in his mind. He put them on my car because he had them on hand. He likes a couple of the Continentals better (not sure which--maybe Extreme Contact) but didn't have them on hand.
Good luck.
Noel
'96 9000 CSE 5 spd 94,600 mi
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Posts in this Thread:
- Sorry -- I SWEAR This Is The Last Tire Advice I'll Ask, Peter Ingram, Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:46:34
- You may wanna check Tire Rack site..., Scaniac, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:19:08
- Kumho Ecsta 712 - A good, inexpensive, sport tire, George, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:13:22
- Re: Sorry -- I SWEAR This Is The Last Tire Advice I'll Ask, Craig, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 08:17:17
- Dunlop SP5000 and Continental ExtremeContact>>>, Joe98, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:58:08
- Re:Firehawks, zeke, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:41:44
- Kumho Ecsta 712, John Rose, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 05:42:33
- Re: Sorry -- I SWEAR This Is The Last Tire Advice I'll Ask, RickG, Mon, 1 Mar 2004 03:21:36
- Re: Sorry -- I SWEAR This Is The Last Tire Advice I'll Ask, aeroblues, Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:09:23
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