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Goodyear F1, Protenza S-03 - anybody have an opinion?
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I have S-03 Pole Positions on my Scirocco right now.
As you may or may not know, I generally buy Bridgestone only (RE950s on the
all-season cars, Blizzaks on the winter cars, and RE71s / S-03 for the
summer). -- though I do have a set of ContiSports on my Golf right now,
ContiTourings on my 3-series, and Dunlop SP2000s on my 5-series.
I only have a few hundred miles on the S-03s, and thus far I am pleased
with them. A quick call to the Tire Rack verified my feeling that they
would need a long break-in, so I'm not panicking yet. Noise quality is
fantastic, as is sidewall stiffness. Overall grip (especially when cold)
is nowhere near the RE71s, but Tire Rack assured me it would be better --
and patience is definitely paying off -- as the miles come on, max grip is
getting pretty damned impressive. Sidewalls seem to flex a bit more than
the RE71s, but they were bald -- I'm sure it's just the tread flexing. 1st
gear was useless with the 2.0 on the hard, bald RE71s... I have no traction
problems whatsoever with the S-03s... and they keep getting better.
I'll try to do a skidpad test in the next month. On 2 different surfaces,
in both directions, the RE71s averaged 0.96g in lateral acceleration. I'm
very curious to see if the S-03s can better this (quite impressive)
number. I'll let you all know.
In the meantime, I haven't heard a single bad word about the S-03s, and
everyone's eyebrows rise when I tell them I have them on the Scirocco --
they're often considered the best Max Performance tire on the market.
And they're cheap as shit at the Tire Rack!
GL and HTH!
Jason
At 05:50 PM 4/29/2003, Tyler P. wrote:
>I need to replace some tires. Currently have a car running Kuhmo ecsta
>712s and thought I would try Yoko ES100 to compare but two models listed
>in the subject line aren't much more and have superior ratings on
>tirerack. Anybody have an opion on wether they are worth the extra cash
>($50-$60 more per tire) or any experiance with them. I'm not sure what
>to get now. If it were merly cosmetic I would go for the Yoko's but they
>are all cool looking and I just want to get the best performer.
>
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I have S-03 Pole Positions on my Scirocco right now. <br><br>
As you may or may not know, I generally buy Bridgestone only (RE950s on
the all-season cars, Blizzaks on the winter cars, and RE71s / S-03 for
the summer). -- though I do have a set of ContiSports on my Golf
right now, ContiTourings on my 3-series, and Dunlop SP2000s on my
5-series. <br><br>
I only have a few hundred miles on the S-03s, and thus far I am pleased
with them. A quick call to the Tire Rack verified my feeling that
they would need a long break-in, so I'm not panicking yet. Noise
quality is fantastic, as is sidewall stiffness. Overall grip
(especially when cold) is nowhere near the RE71s, but Tire Rack assured
me it would be better -- and patience is definitely paying off -- as the
miles come on, max grip is getting pretty damned impressive.
Sidewalls seem to flex a bit more than the RE71s, but they were bald --
I'm sure it's just the tread flexing. 1st gear was useless with the
2.0 on the hard, bald RE71s... I have no traction problems whatsoever
with the S-03s... and they keep getting better.<br><br>
I'll try to do a skidpad test in the next month. On 2 different
surfaces, in both directions, the RE71s averaged 0.96g in lateral
acceleration. I'm very curious to see if the S-03s can better this
(quite impressive) number. I'll let you all know.<br><br>
In the meantime, I haven't heard a single bad word about the S-03s, and
everyone's eyebrows rise when I tell them I have them on the Scirocco --
they're often considered the best Max Performance tire on the
market. <br><br>
And they're cheap as shit at the Tire Rack!<br><br>
<br>
GL and HTH!<br>
Jason<br><br>
<br><br>
At 05:50 PM 4/29/2003, Tyler P. wrote:<br>
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and thought I would try Yoko ES100 to compare but two models listed in
the subject line aren't much more and have superior ratings on
tirerack. Anybody have an opion on wether they are worth the extra
cash ($50-$60 more per tire) or any experiance with them. I'm
not sure what to get now. If it were merly cosmetic I would go for
the Yoko's but they are all cool looking and I just want to get the best
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