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From: "Jyri J. Virkki" <jyri@virkki.com>
Subject:Re: YokoOno A032Rs on the street?
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 22:33:08 -0400


Once upon a time Ted4Eagles@aol.com wrote
> 
> 
> toward track performance.  I'm wondering if Yokohama A032Rs at 205/50/15 
> would be at all reasonable as street tires -- that is, would they last until 
> the next snow?  I'm OK with 8-10,000 miles on a set of tires, and realize 

My A032s lasted about ~9K miles of street use, plus a handful of track
events.

The only drawback is that towards the end of their life they were not
sticking too well anymore, probably from excessive heat cycling
(however, even then they had more grip than regular street tires).



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Jyri J. Virkki - Santa Cruz, CA - Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation


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