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- From: usenet@oracle.us.oracle.com (Oracle News Poster)
- Subject: Re: High Perfomance Tires
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.203635.21676@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- Reply-To: jgong@oracle.com (John Gong)
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- References: <Bs7v9q.55z@taligent.com> <1992Jul31.195001.13733@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:36:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul31.195001.13733@cabot.balltown.cma.COM> welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty) writes:
- >In article <Bs7v9q.55z@taligent.com> tom_santos@taligent.com (Tom Santos) writes:
- >>I need to put new rear tires on my 1990 300ZX. I have been looking at
- >>both the Yokohama AVS and A008's. Does anyone have any experience using
- >>these tires or have a better suggestion?
- >
- >which model A008? the trick gumballs will be very shortlived on
- >the street (ca. 6000 miles)? in any event, A008s are prone to
- >hydroplaning, although the relatively recent versions do stick to
- >damp pavement well when there is no standing water.
- >
-
- I got 50,000(!) miles on a set of original A008's with an '85 CRX Si. So,
- "your mileage will vary". Given the car in question, though, I'd expect
- far less longevity with any of the A008 line.
-
-
- >the AVS is a more general tire. there are several versions; i'm familiar
- >with the AVS-I, which was good in its time, but has been caught up with
- >by newer yokos such as the A509 -- the AVS-I is still a better dry pavement
- >tire, but not much better, and the A509 is a vastly superior rain
- >tire, at a noticeably lower cost.
- >
- I second that recommendation. Got 40,000 miles on my A509's with an Audi 80.
- I'm just replacing them with Pirelli P600's. Don't have any comparative
- info yet. The Aa509's were a great tire at a very good price.
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- >richard
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- John
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