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- From: synth@deepthought.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim)
- Subject: Re: Yokohama tires
- Message-ID: <SYNTH.92Jul25235650@deepthought.unm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 06:56:50 GMT
- Organization: SynthMedia Productions Ltd.: The Danes Call It Quality
- In-Reply-To: hgm@ncsu.edu's message of Fri, 24 Jul 1992 12:14:56 GMT
- References: <21JUL199210343708@b56vxg.kodak.com> <1992Jul22.165641.17936@sei.cmu.edu>
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- hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
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- >In article Yokohama tires of 21 Jul 92 15:34:00 GMT Mike Stukalin writes:
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- >>I need a pair of tires for the rear of my '85 MR2. The size is 185/60hr-14
- >>I currently have 2 Yoko 352's up front and 2 bold Dunlops on the back.
- >>The car is driven on the street, although I'm looking forward to my first
- >>Auto-X in August.
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- Hal> I have a set of Y352's on my 1982 Fiat Spyder, and like them a
- Hal> lot. They were a big improvement over the Michelin MXL's that
- Hal> came on the car when I bought it, for about the same cost.
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- I recently put a set of Yokohama A378's on both my CRX and MR2. They have
- performed great on the Honda -- very responsive to steering inputs, great
- roadholding, and impressive wet weather traction, but they have been very
- poor on the MR2: handling is squirrely, roadholding is poor, and wet
- weather traction is much worse than on the CRX. Before these purchases
- the MR2 was out-performing the CRX in every category. I have since learned
- that the rounded tread design of the 378 is quite unsuitable for a rear-
- wheel-drive layout like the MR2. Mike definitely needs a square tread
- on his MR2 -- the Dunlops have probably been doing well for him, and
- any Pirelli would be a good choice (I'm trading my MR2's Yokos for Pirelli
- P500's next week).
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- Yokohama's more costly models may have square designs that Mike should look
- into; in general I've been really impressed with Yokohama, but anything
- more than the 378 is out of my price range. :-)
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