Miata Mailing List: October 1992, Message #52
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   From: (none)
Subject: Mixing Tires
   Date: (none)

Fellow Miatites (Miatesti?  Hmmm, we ought to come up with a name
for Miata Devotees),

Much to my delight, I blew one of my original equipment tires on 
the freeway recently.  This gave me an excuse to replace at least
some of my tires with AVS Intermediates.  My car is about a year
old, and I have had a hard time justifying getting rid of those 
rock hard SF-325s.  What I have done is put two Yokos on the back,
but left two SF-325s on the front.  I plan to replace the fronts
within a few months.  Grip is better and more stable in oversteer
situations, and the combination is better than stock tires all the
way around.  Overall, it seems pretty stable.  Is there any reason
to be concerned about driving the car like this for a few months?

-- 
Dennis Ordiway      4675 Newport Beach, CA 92626
Systems Engineer    Vmail: 8537
Silicon Graphics    
djo@sgi.com

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