hey james thanks for the info i will go try and go down there to day and rack there brains.
cheers johno >From: "James Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: performance tires >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 03:54:26 +0000 > >Johno, > >I've heard the Yokohama A509 is good both on and off road. (ok so it's no >rally tire but it grips surpisinly well for a road tire) >A friend of mine was doing some marshaling for a rally and he did a partion >of the rally in his Stanza with A509s and he got a faster time than some of >the rally cars! >If you've ever looked at a A509, it has a pretty chunky tread pattern and >combined with a soft rubber gives good grip on the gravel. > >Unfortunatly Yokohama decided to discontinue the A509 with the release of >their new A539 replacement. It sposed to handle as well in the dry and 30% >better in the wet, bit I'm thinking it won't handle as well at the A509 on >the rough stuff. Pitty. > >On another note, if you want a cheap tire to go off-road in, that doesn't >have the horrable lack of traction that rally tires have on road. then I >suguest you buy some M+S tires (mud and snow) best option would be to have >2 sets of wheels, one with road tires, the other with the M+S tires. I had >a set of Bridgestone M+S tires on my datto for a year and the off-raod >handleing was great, I used to go down all sorts of muddy logging tracks >and >not get bogged, good grip on the gravel too. Handleing isn't so bad on the >black stuff either, but when it rains, watch out! If fact the rubber >compound was so soft that they didn't even squeal on the road! > >Anyhow, that's worth a look, they only costed me $65 a corner new (yes >new!) >for a 185/70/14. Go pester your local Bridgestone dealer for some. > >hope that helps, > >James Cox > >> >>hey people >> >>i am in the market for some new tires for my car. What would the best >>tires >>to get for a street car that also goes on the dirt everyso often for a bit >>of rally. >> >>the current tyres that i am running a pirelli p7000 and continental >>ContiSportContact CV90. >> >>What are some other good tires that are 195/50/r15. >> >>anyhelp would be great. >>Just thought i would see what everyone else was using on there cars. >> >>cheers johno > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
