Good article on performance tires in Car & Driver
#1
Good article on performance tires in Car & Driver
Hats off to Larry Webster of Car & Driver Magazine for writing an excellent article comparing performance tires. The tires tested in the December issue were:
1. BFGoodrich 9Force T/A KD
2. Bridgestone Potenza REO50A
3. Continental ContiSportContact 2
4. Dunlap SP Sport Maxx
5. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
6. Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212
7. Kumho Ecsta MX
8. Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
9. Pirelli P Zero Rosso Asimmetrico
10. Toyo Proxes T1R
11. Yokohama Advan Neova AD07
Testing included:
1. Dry braking.
2. Wet Braking
3. Dry performance handling.
4. Wet performance handling.
5. Autocross.
6. Skidpad (in G’s).
Other issues considered were:
1. Price
2. Tread wear rating.
Anyone considering purchasing new tires should check out the article.
1. BFGoodrich 9Force T/A KD
2. Bridgestone Potenza REO50A
3. Continental ContiSportContact 2
4. Dunlap SP Sport Maxx
5. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
6. Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212
7. Kumho Ecsta MX
8. Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
9. Pirelli P Zero Rosso Asimmetrico
10. Toyo Proxes T1R
11. Yokohama Advan Neova AD07
Testing included:
1. Dry braking.
2. Wet Braking
3. Dry performance handling.
4. Wet performance handling.
5. Autocross.
6. Skidpad (in G’s).
Other issues considered were:
1. Price
2. Tread wear rating.
Anyone considering purchasing new tires should check out the article.
#2
Thanks. If you compare Consumer Reports recommendations, Tire Rack recommendations, and the comparison that you posted, no one agrees on “best” tires. Still, what I notice is that about 5 tires end up at the top of all three lists. Any of those choices will suit the 350Z well.
#4
Originally Posted by zland
Hats off to Larry Webster of Car & Driver Magazine for writing an excellent article comparing performance tires.
Anyone considering purchasing new tires should check out the article.
Anyone considering purchasing new tires should check out the article.
zland .. How about scanning the article and posting it ? I don't have a subscription to C&D .. and have no easy way to purchase that issue.
Thanks !!
#6
Originally Posted by Gsedan35
I'll trust Grassrootsmotorsports recent high performance tire testing results way WAY before I"ll trust Car&Driver.
Gsedan35 ... would appreciate posting the results ... Thanks.
As soon as Bridgestone comes out with a JDM replacement for the RE-01R's (probably beginning of 2006), my recently purchased Michelin PS2's (to replace my better handling but very noisy S03's) are history.
#7
Originally Posted by fairladyZ in Japan
zland .. How about scanning the article and posting it ? I don't have a subscription to C&D .. and have no easy way to purchase that issue.Thanks !!
Sorry......
Last edited by zland; 11-04-2005 at 09:01 PM.
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#8
Originally Posted by zland
I understand that you wanting to see the article but as a matter of respect to C&D, it would not be right for me to do that considering I am a writer for another magazine. I will leave it as just a thumbs up from a fellow writer that he did a nice article. I am sure there other means for you to get the article other than asking me to do something really unprofessional and compromise me and Sport Z Magazine. From a legal and moral point of view, I do not think me posting a scanned copy of the article is wise. Look at it this way, I would not want someone to post my article from another magazine.
Sorry......
Sorry......
Thanks !
#12
Originally Posted by Gsedan35
I'll trust Grassrootsmotorsports recent high performance tire testing results way WAY before I"ll trust Car&Driver.
#14
I read the C&D article--it's a good one. They did a nice job of delineating the different aspects of each tire: feel, wet performance, dry performance, etc. It's up to the reader to mix and match the aspects that are most important to you. I've picked a couple of favorites.
#16
Originally Posted by SilverII
I was really suprised that the T1-R got rated so low..... It must been the sticker tires and the T1-R is knows to perform much better after the mold release compound is gone...
#17
Originally Posted by Gsedan35
I'll trust Grassrootsmotorsports recent high performance tire testing results way WAY before I"ll trust Car&Driver.
Thanks,
Gary
#18
Originally Posted by jjellyneck
Same here. And you're right--they might not have put many miles on before testing. I'll read the article again.