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[boogamanXR6T]

Tyre quiz with no prize - here's something that's probably been done to death but can I ask you to answer the following q's about the boots you've got onboard? Rating scale is 1-5 with 1=bad and 5=great

1) which brand and model of tyre do you run?

2) rate and comment dry brake

3) rate and comment dry corner

4) rate and comment dry launch

5) rate and comment dry drift

6) rate a comment wet general

me

1) Dunslop SP Sport 3000A - original equipment

2) 4 - been quite impressed with the stopping - ask me again after I've hit something...

3) 3 - front end not bad - will push out reasonably easily when provoked on a hills run - rear a bit slipery although can be helpful to push it out and make up for the lacking front end

4) 2 - too easy to fire up - and she's still stock! - can barely get it down

5) 3 - good and bad - goes easily, predictable and comes back nicely but it's almost too easy to break traction - again, especially being stock

6) 2 - haven't turned much in the wet and don't usually bother to risk it - the rear is slippery as

[Guest]

1. ventus sport K104's

2. 3 - decent braking but not the best

3. 3 - little bit of skipping when cornering at high speeds

4. 1 - there is no launch... just haveto granny bash in first gear otherwise there will be no tyres left

5. 4 - easy to get it out and very predictable

6. 2 - handle like a re-tread in the wet

[Cro]

1. Michelin Pilot Preceda 2

2. 9/10, Ford Premium Brake package is definately the weak link in this equation, I can sometimes come to a hard stop without activating ABS

3. 10/10, Push them as hard as you want, and they will just keep sticking to the road. The stock suspension will scare you before the tyres give way.

4. 10/10 Very hard to do a proper launch, as mostly you want a bit of slip to get a good launch, these tyres don't slip.

5. 8/10 hard to get into a drift, and the drifts don't last long

6. 9/10 I drive just as hard in the wet as I do in the dry, with the only exception being straight line acceleration. I can break traction in the wet when launching.

My only dissapointment with these tyres is that they like to melt on the track when driving at 10/10's for more than 10 mins or so.

[Chris xr6]

My only dissapointment with these tyres is that they like to melt on the track when driving at 10/10's for more than 10 mins or so.

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This may be because of the new compound which has suposedly better wet weather grip, possibly they are softer with the added silica?

[Cro]

that's the one.

I still wouldn't buy anything else..well maybe some Pilot Sport 2's

[Guest]

1. Ribbed Ultra Sensitive

2. Not yet tested in dry conditions or under braking for that matter

3. Provides awesome traction around corners, once heated, traction gets better

and better.

4. Launch??

5. Ribbed during drift??

6. Better when turned inside out for better driver/surface communication

:grininvasion:

Darren

Edited 15/09/06 01:08 AM by Darren

[tab]

1. Ribbed Ultra Sensitive

2. Not yet tested in dry conditions or under braking for that matter

3. Provides awesome traction around corners, once heated, traction gets better

and better.

4. Launch??

5. Ribbed during drift??

6. Better when turned inside out for better driver/surface communication

:grininvasion:

Darren

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Is it true that you do a bit of mud larking as well?

[Guest]

No off roading for me mate!!! Washing the mud off ain't my thing, you go for it though!!! ha ha ha

Darren

[Fat-Tony]

No off roading for me mate!!! Washing the mud off ain't my thing, you go for it though!!! ha ha ha

Darren

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But you were the one who told me you used ribbed condoms so you could get traction in the mud