Re: Wheels vs.power, now Toyos suck

[Geordy <geordy@lodgepole.com>]

Then what would you suggest for 15x50x195, 15x50x205?
I heard michelin makes a 15x45x??? but it's expensive, anyone know
anything about this?  My car will be street raced in the seattle area so
I need reasonable wet weather handling(not top priority though cause I
have another vehicle), pretty good sticky factor, and resonable
longevity(about 10-15k miles).

Riley McDowall wrote:
> 
> At 12:02 pm -0800 1/12/98, dale witt wrote:
> >I found it interesting that you are happy with your FZ-4s.  I put a set of
> >205/45/16s on my 2.0 and as
> >much as I like the looks of the wheel/tire combo......IMHO they are the
> >absolute worse handling on dry
> >surfaces.  They break loose much too easy.  I bought them because of price
> >and should have known
> >better.  They have a treadwear of about 300 and probially will last longer
> >than I want them to.  I have a
> 
> Bingo.  I had the same tires, in the same size, and I agree 100%.  The Euro
> TAs I ended up with later gave me considerably more dry grip, and the TAs
> are almost universally despised.  I took the FZ4s to the track once, and
> everybody kept telling me I needed to bump the pressure up; what they
> didn't know was that they were already at 48-50lbs.  When they heated up
> they got greasy.  What was even worse, those FZ4s complained LOUDLY going
> around corners.  Stay away from them, and for good measure you should
> probably stay away from the Nittos that sit at the same price point and
> have virtually the same tread pattern.  Since Nitto and Toyo are
> essentially the same company, I have a feeling the two tires will be the
> same.  Just IME of course...
> 
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