redidrum

I use The B.F. Goodrich Comp T/A 225/50/16.. Grip excellent at $175.00 a piece at Discount Tire. Tirerack.com has them cheaper. I've qlways used B.F. Goodrich T/A's on my Vettes and BMW's over the years.

kshipp

I'm not affiliated with TireRack.com, but they do have tire reviews, based on the car (ie: 928, etc). So for those of you who have opinions to offer, here's the link so the rest of us can easily compare reviews when the time comes for reviewing tires.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/index.jsp

P.S. I'll be needing some soon, so I'm looking for advice as well.
I'm currently running Mich. Pilots, but they are rough and noisy (IMHO). Not sure what I'll get yet...

goliver

Haven't ever done blind testing on a car but have done so on street bikes at a track. Very enlightening. Psychology plays a bigger factor than I would have cared to admit. When I knew before hand that I was going to be riding the bike (all of which were identical FZ600s) with the new whiz-bang Michelin radials I had more confidence and turned in good lap times. When I was on the low cost off brand I didn't expect much and as a result took a few laps to get up to speed and never felt as comfortable. When I was on the bike with the Michelins but didn't know it, I never felt as good on it as when I was unkowingly on the low priced Dunlop bias tires or turned in as good of times. I wound up Liking the Metzler's the best that day (didn't even know they made street tires before that day) w/o knowing and turned in the fastest time of the day for me. Liked the Michelins the least in the blind test. At the time the Michelins were all the rave. Go figure. As you can tell this was ahile back and radials were new to bikes but it still told me a lot about me at least. Tire testing is VERY subjective. Be fun to do a similar test with our cars. Maybe someone with some juice could get Porsche to donate 8-10 new cars for a day at the track of tire testing? Porsche does IMO do extensive testing on tires as evidenced by an article that came out back in '83 chronicling the difference in buying an "S" with Pirelli (the tire of choice at the time for perf. buffs) and Goodyear I think NXTs. The difference in slalom, skid pad, braking was negligible at best.


Regards,

blau928

On the shark, I have used Dunlop, Pirelli, Kumho, and now Conti Sport Contact 2.. I like the Conti's for size and grip in dry. Wet is not too bad. The Kumho 712's that I had were great for the price, but did not offer the 18 inch sizes I went to (285/30 Rear).. I was planning on PS2 michelin, bu I think I will stick with the Conti's, as I get 35-40k per set.... Actually, I have to buy new rears this week. Will shoehorn the 295/30 on the rear..

To be fair, I tried only Kumho and Conti's on 18 inch Rims, and the rest were on 16inch stock forged dish rims.. 18's are great, but I have VERY good roads, so I am not sure about other areas where potholes are plentiful, and snow etc..

Oh, the Kumho's also lasted 35-40k miles with several track days 2-4... Contis as well..

HTH

kshipp

I'm currently running thin on my Michelin Pilot SX's and was really hoping to get some Pirelli P Zero Nero M+S! But, they don't make this tire in the 245/45-16. So.....back to the drawing board. What do you Pirelli guys run on 16's?

I guess I'll have to go to the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S$ or Yokohama AVS dB S2. What I'm looking for is an ultra high performance tire - that is quiet, sticky, decent in rain and a soft-ride (ie: Pirelli). Any recommendations?

redidrum

Change my input to my new S0-2's. Very nice handling and Low profile.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Geoff states ..."Tire testing is VERY subjective" ..............truer words have never been said !! plus most people compare a set of several years old nearly worn out tires with their brand new tires and if that is not unfair enough they throw in a new set of larger /bigger wheels and tires at the same time !! As Geoff points out in a BLIND sampling his expectations no longer influenced the outcome. If one tire were vastly superior there would be little need to advertise. I personally think it is hard to buy a BAD tire and that the differences in selling prices are to a large extent due to the costs of advertising rather than the use of better materials or technology. To a large extent tires are selected based on how they LOOK ,they are fashion accessories ! Not that there is anything wrong with that . If you never drive over 100 Mph perhaps you do not need tires rated to do 180 mph. I run cheap tires on the street , save money to burn up DOT race tires at the track .