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Good Tires

I just bought a set of Sumitomo HTR 200's, and I love 'em, but I'm not 
clear on what size you're looking for. They're cheap cheap cheap, which is 
one of the biggest reasons I bought them, but they're also sticky, and 
quite good in the wet. My one disappointment with them is that they don't 
have very stiff sidewalls, but running them at about 40psi seems to remedy 
that problem (they have a max pressure rating of like 51psi or something). 
My size (185/60HR14) was $31 apiece, I think. CHEAP. And they seem to wear 
fine so far, too. I've been autocrossing on them in STS, and they can't 
compete with those new tires by Falken that are basically race tires, but 
whatever - they're a lot cheaper!
	-Josiah



On Wed, 22 May 2002, Donald Walter wrote:

> Good TiresI have the Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 205/45/R16 and they are great for
> both dry and wet, even snow I got caught in this year with a late snow fall
> after I took off my snow tires.  On dry they don't squeal when cornering
> really hard.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Tyler Pease
>   Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:18 AM
>   To: List
>   Subject: Good Tires
> 
> 
>   I'm on discount tire direct right now.  I'm looking at 205/50-15's and
> want to keep the price below $100 per tire.  I live in Olympia, Wa so I have
> lots of wet weather but a good amount of dry weather too.
> 
>   Right now I'm looking at the Kumho Ecsta Supra 712, the Falken Ziex ZE-512
> and the Nitto NT 450 Extreme Performance.  Are any of these really good or
> even the best choice of what to get.
> 
>   Also are there any problems with putting 205's on 6.5 inch wheels?  Thanks
> and sorry for another tire question :o)
> 

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