ViribusUnits

I personaly like my tires round and rubber. Black is a plus.

In all seriousness I'm running Komo 225/45/17s on the frount. They seem to be a bit noise, but OK. They seem to grip well on anything at all.

I'll have to get back to you on the 245/40/17s on the rear.

I know the rear tires don't stick well on the wet stuff. They got more than enough on dry though. I just can't recall who make them. I think their Conntentionals, but...

Champagne

I have about 7K miles on my Kumho ECSTA, mostly Interstate, both wet and dry and they stick very well in all situation. I like them much better than the Bridgestone that were there before.

Only complaint is I find them especially noisy on cement roads.

Paul

John Struthers

I cheaped out and went with the Kumho 712's.
Very inexpensive at Discount Tire.
The techie/installer followed my instructions marked lug locations in relation to wheel.
However, had a scare when his Mechanics glove got caught between socket and nut , when he pulled the trigger he lost some finger meat and couldn't reverse the impact's direction. I thought he was going to beat on the new Quarter panel.
Anyhow she drives straight and true under acceleration or deacceleration. No pulling what so ever. Hands off straight tracking and wearing extremely well.

ViribusUnits

I gotta ask you John, was the scare that he lost a bit of his finger, or that he might beat on the quater pannal?

I've lost a bit of a finger with a similerly stupid accident, but...

Oh, btw, why do you care what lugnut does with what stud?

Jessa

My '84 came with half-worn P-Zero Assimetricos. I loved them, great stick and handling. That was in August. Nails claimed the rear tires in November, and I replaced them with Bridgstone RE730s. The 730s, compared to the Pirellis, had poor grip in the wet and were OK dry. Near the end of my 30 day return period, I decided to switch to the S-03s. Big difference! Great wet and dry. The P-Zeros were good while they lasted, but 6 months later I'm replacing the worn-out fronts with S-03s.

SL8GT

I've put 14K miles on Kumho 712's. Might be able to get another 10-12K out of 'em. They're pretty good wet/dry. Road noise varies greatly w/ surface type. Great value.

However will likely replace with one of these: Kumho ECSTA MX, Michelin Pilot Sport, Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3.

tdelarm

HOLY CRAP Viribus-maximus!

Careful now…I sense a sense of humor rearing itself…hope you can control that thing <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> I concur...round rubber is preferred <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />

LOL

Tim Delarm
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DaveW

Just last week I fitted a new of Continental Contisport Contact's to my 5spd. So far i've always had these on both my cars. They are not super sticky but do give a good wet/dry every day driving balance. And they are also the origional spec tyres the 928's came equiped with (showing their age I suppose!).

Cheers
Dave

928ntslow

4MIDLIF...I almost bought those Sumi's instead of the Yoko's. I think it came down to reviews and pricing between the two. That just MAY be my next tire to try in the future as I see it roght now.

When I bought my tires, I asked the rennlist what they thought of my choices of about 5 tires. 2 folks got back to me and said they liked the Sumi's and would buy them again. Certainly is a nice looking tire.

Keith

Barry Johnson

The PO put the Bridgestone RE940s on the front while RE71s were on the back. The 940s suck in just about everything, and the RE71s had some good stick and I really liked them, aside from their terrible tread rating of 140. I think the Kumho 712s have basically the same tread pattern, not the MXs, so I would assume that those would be a good replacement, however I've looked into the Yoko ES100s and they seem like a great tire, from what I've seen and heard.

morganabowen

I'm now on my second set of Dunlap SP8000's. 225x50x16's on the front, and 255x50x16's on the rear. Love the way they handle, but may change to Bridgestones when I upgrade my wheels to 17"

Larry
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'82 Porache 928

rjtw

Anybody else running A-008P's? I settled on this tire a few years back after experimentation with several other brands, and felt it gave me the highest dry-weather performance. The outer third of the tire is essentially a slick. It has outstanding grip, excellent turn-in, feedback, and breakaway characteristics, is surprisingly supple for everyday riding, and is reasonably quiet on the highway. (For that matter it's even quiet at the limit, the tire does not squeal).

The biggest drawback: hydroplaning, especially as the tread wears down. I don't drive my 928 on rainy days!! It's also not the cheapest tire out there, and tread life is short if you drive hard (but that's sticky rubber for you).

All depends on what you want in a tire!

Rick

Mike LaBranche

Yet another vote for Bridgestone S-03's. I'm running them on both the 84 and the 78. Started off with Pirelli P7000s' on the 84. Very loud. So loud in back I thought I had mechanical failure pending. The 03's are quiet, lots of grip, fantastic in the wet.
$142/ea from tirerack. Highly recommended.

tobinr

I tried the the Yokohama A-008P's and wore them out in 8k miles. A new record for me. I think they have the lowest tread wear index on any tire, they must leave tire marks just driving down the road.

I removed the Pilots that were on the car which were noisy and had marginal to moderate grip.
Then replaced tires all the way around with Yokohama AVS dB.

They have a very predictable and moderately high limit of grip, and they made the car ride so quietly, I thought I was in a luxury car for a moment.

Highly recommended.

$117.99 each installed in Houston.

A little more than some, but half the price of the new Pilots.

Erik - Denmark

I am running Good Year Eagle F1 in the summer, and Continental in winter period
Surprising for me to see how many are running 'discount tires' on there Sharks
For me, quality tires is more important that anything else