Miata Mailing List: November 1997, Message #12
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From: 	Brian Porter <porterb@ix.netcom.com>

Subject: Re: Tires/advice for my cross country adventure

Date: 	Sat, 1 Nov 1997 01:25:46 +0000



If price wasn't an issue I'd buy the SP8000 or AVS (I haven't tried them so

I don't know).. I think the SPs are better overall than the RE-71s IMHO..

The RE71s seemed to give up a *little* sooner (with more notice) than the

SPs.. Of course, IMHO.. 



-Brian

95R



At 11:06 PM 10/31/97 +0000, you wrote:

>Kevin Morrison wrote:

>> Here are the results of my search:

>> Yoko A509    $75

>> AVSi                $115 (yikes)

>> RE71            $75

>> SP8k            $100

>> D40M2            $71

>> 

>> Tire Rack says that all of the above (except the A509) are comparable in

>> performance.  The obvious standouts (price-wise) are the RE71 and the

D40M2.

>> I'm leaning toward the RE71 in light of recent praise they received here.

>> What does the list think, 

>

>	Well this list member thinks the RE71's are the way to go.  Had this

discussion 

>a long while back before it was popular with another Laguna entrant.  Stay

with the 

>RE71's, good price, better than average performance for the money and they

can be 

>rotated (I think the D40's are unidirectional, no?).  The cross country

trip will be a 

>good time to scrub them in, and get some heat in them so they won't chunk

at the track.

>

>	Eric Schwarzentraub

>	'91 Silver

>

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