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Tires

I had 712's and when they were brand new they were good but as they wore 
they got noisey. I replaced them with the SPT's and they are a completely 
different tire. I went from 45 profile to 40's and they were not as harsh 
riding. they handle well but seem softer than the 712's I've got about 5000 
miles on them and they are just past the first wear marks but I did got to 
the drag strip with them. For the price I think they are a great tire.

On 7/25/05, Eric Person <scirocco25@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> The new Kumho SPT are 230 a set and seem to be better than the 712's
> that they are replacing. I'm not a huge fan of the 712s even tho I have
> them on my car now. I have seen the 712's wear pretty fast as well, and
> they cup quickly unless you rotate them frequently. From what Ive been
> hearing, the spt are better in most aspects than the 712 and only ~25
> more a set.
> 
> The 711 are pretty hard tires, if its only 40 dollars or so, I would go
> with the ES100. Even the dunlop fm901 are on special now but for only
> 10 bucks less than es100 or the SPT I doubt its worth it for those. But
> any of those is better than the 711 for not a whole lot more money. The
> 711 isnt a bad tire for the price at all, considering they are only 160
> a set, but its such a marginal increase in price for quite a jump in
> performance to go with something in the range of the es100 or similar.
> 
> Eric Person
> 86.5 16v
> 
> Gordy Stedman wrote:
> > I was looking at getting either some Kumho Ecsta 711 or for $44 more I
> > could upgrade to a set of Yokohama AVS ES 100 (195-50-15). Wanted an
> > inexpensive but capable tire that is good in both dry and wet that I
> > could get 30K from. Anyone have any thoughts on comments on either?
> > TIA.
> >
> 
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at 
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)