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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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Anhbody personally riding on hankook v12s? How is the road noise/comfor/dry/wett? I hear good things about it all the time. May get some
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Anhbody personally riding on hankook v12s? How is the road noise/comfor/dry/wett? I hear good things about it all the time. May get some
I have some Q....they are pretty much the best tire out there for all round DD'ng and even AutoX for the money.

Traction, noise, wet grip, are all good on this tire. I haven't heard anything negative about them.
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 01:42 PM
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Thanks Chris. Just what I wanted to hear. I've dealt with some noisy tires and it is not fun. I'll be getting some soon than.
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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Anhbody personally riding on hankook v12s? How is the road noise/comfor/dry/wett? I hear good things about it all the time. May get some
Travlee uses them as well and I think Adam (smokersmagee) uses them also. I haven't personally used them but everyone I've talked to raves about them.
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 02:03 PM
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Anyone have a friend that works at Discount Tire or Goodyear? Could use some help.
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 04:10 PM
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So this free test drive is like an autoX course ?
It was pretty much a toned-down version of autox with not much room to play with. There weren't many people signed up so they allowed 2 laps and it was pretty fun, even if they wouldn't let people turn off the traction control. The FR-S is so light and nimble, but lacks a little in power. They handling is pretty responsive and feels pretty neutral, but the traction control is very intrusive. Overall, I can see this car being very fun to throw around.


Here's a vid of my 2 laps:


And some resized pics from my phone.
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 08:25 AM
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That looked like fun....can't believe they outlined the whole course.

And no fuel cut-off ! Lol
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by quakerroatmeal
Anhbody personally riding on hankook v12s? How is the road noise/comfor/dry/wett? I hear good things about it all the time. May get some
i just got mine about a month ago 275/40 and 255/40. noise and comfort are great, dry traction awesome, wet above average until they wear down close to wear indicators and then they get a little slick but that is a given. i think i was at $1050 ish out the door with certificates. if you want to see how they ride and handle let me know, i will let you drive car around some

i am going through forum withdrawls while at work, i am going to talk to a buddy on our network team see of he can let my IP slide through, but i also have 4 ports at my desk with all diff IP's... so maybe if i change every week or so......

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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by fithamoto
That looked like fun....can't believe they outlined the whole course.

And no fuel cut-off ! Lol
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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I want Haltech platinum pro plug in
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 01:16 PM
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No!
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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LOL Chris I laughed for some reason when I saw you run over a few cones.
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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I did too!
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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Haha, I think you can see me smirk in the video, too!
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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weird hearing that motor/exhaust without the turbo whine and recirc blowoff - ohewhelz .... ^^ thanks for posting -
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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I sure did see the smirk. It kind of you rolled your eyes back at the camera at the same time and smirked lol.
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 05:41 AM
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I was thinking of going out there on Sunday around 2:30...but it was too hot.

I'm surprised they didn't make you wear a helmut.
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 06:16 AM
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woo hoo, i can get on here at work again.

happy monday everyone
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 07:40 AM
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woo hoo, i can get on here at work again.

happy monday everyone
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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anyone on here currently looking for comnputer job, desktop support... computer deploy, reimaging, printer setups etc??
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