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- From: doug@vatmom.COM (Doug G. Miller)
- Subject: Re: Tire recommendation needed
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.130707.12515@vatmom.COM>
- Organization: The Vatmom Organisation
- References: <1993Jan19.134731.12611@pixel.kodak.com>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:07:07 GMT
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- In <1993Jan19.134731.12611@pixel.kodak.com> berry@ssd.kodak.com (Mike Berry) writes:
-
- >I own a Ford probe that has some eagle GA's on it that are virtually bald.
- >Im looking to replace them, but I'm not sure I want GA's again, because
- >I felt they had lousy wet/snow traction. I was considering GT +4
- >and some guy at the local Goodyear shop reccomended a tire by Cooper
- >That supposedly had good traction. ANyway, the size is 205 60 15 H rated.
-
- The Feb '93 issue of Consumer Reports has tire evaluations in it; you
- might get some ideas there. They don't include performance tires, but
- your old tires are in the tests (fared below average during non-ABS wet
- braking and general handling). The Goodyear Aquatred was the highest
- rated, however they only rated "touring" tires. The GT +4 is in the
- performance class, several steps up, and if you can spend the money it
- probably would do well.
-
- It's always a hard guess, though, because suspension systems are designed
- literally from the tire up. Pick up some of the consumer automotive
- and SCCA racing magazines at your local performance shop and see
- what the autocrossers and unmodified road racers are putting on the
- Probe.
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