Just a heads up for those of you who might be shopping for tires for your ITR...

Noticed that Tirerack.com has started carrying Avon "Tech M500" ultra high performance summer tires in the stock ITR size:

More info here:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...1=yes

They look pretty sweet, W speed rated, and the price is definately right - $71 each for 195/55R 15's.
Treadwear is 280, which is a little high, but that means they would probably last a while.

Anybody have any experience with these? Might be another alternative to Es100's/Azenis/Re010's for the stock wheels...

 

They also have a competition tire - the "Tech R" which is more like a dry weather only, street legal, racing tire:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...ech+R

 

What a ripoff, they forgot the tread.

 

your joking, right?
(I hope so)

 

You gotta go and question my sense of humor cause I have 43 posts right...

 

come again?

 

This streetlegal. It's very hard to believe.

 

It will be interesting to see how those new Avon tires will do against other tires in side-by-side testing. I'm sure the Tire Rack will do a comparison test soon.

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Sounds like you haven't checked out the new DOT-legal Hoosier R3S04 and A3S04 tires...

 

Wow. I've never seen such streetlegal tires in Europe. DOT requirements are probably softer.

 

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shut up! he wasn't questioning your sense of humor. he just couldn't tell if it was humor to begin with. it is pretty clear because of the way he put the smiley.

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(I hope so)
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anyway, quit acting as if you're the ****.

 

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shut up! he wasn't questioning your sense of humor. he just couldn't tell if it was humor to begin with. it is pretty clear because of the way he put the smiley.

anyway, quit acting as if you're the ****. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Relax man, we were just joking...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nightrider &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

anyway, quit acting as if you're the ****. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually, he lives near Philly, which technically is the *toilet*

 

for the price of a avon...why not get a hoosier ?

 

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Actually, he lives near Philly, which technically is the *toilet* </TD></TR></TABLE>
Easy James... the philly crew said they would help me with my new project

 

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Don't worry guy, everyone questions my sense of humor and I have 19xx posts

Those dry weather tires look nice!

 

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Don't worry guy, everyone questions my sense of humor and I have 19xx posts

Those dry weather tires look nice! </TD></TR></TABLE>

you got nothing on me. i have 12xxx posts and people take my words very seriously, even though im most the time a jackass online.

 

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im most the time a jackass online.</TD></TR></TABLE>

being a jackass and having a sense of humor are two different things.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Philly_NBP_R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">They also have a competition tire - the "Tech R" which is more like a dry weather only, street legal, racing tire:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...ech+R </TD></TR></TABLE>

Someone has been trying to get me to use these.

Does anybody have any idea how they compare to Toyo RA-1, Victoracers or Hoosiers?

 

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The new *4 Hoosiers are DOT, too, and they look about the same.

 

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The last time I looked at Hoosier, they were about $30 more expensive than the Avons.

The Ecsta V710's I don't like too much...when they "go" they <u>really</u> <u>go</u> (!!) and I'd prefer tyres to leave me with a little more warning. It's really weird to feel a tyre heat cycle out while you're in the middle of a session.

The Toyo RA-1 I tend to like. Perhaps I'm enough of an amateur that I appreciate the tread life and the warning they give when they're at the limit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by George Knighton &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The new *4 Hoosiers are DOT, too, and they look about the same.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Really!

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Neither does Kumho. They've been recalled.

 

In 205/50-15, current Tire Rack prices are $155 for the Avon Tech R, and $177 for the Hoosier R3S04.

Any idea why the Kumho Tech R would be rated B for traction and C for temperature resistance? (Or, for that matter, why the R3S04 would be rated C for traction?) Those are not typical grades for track tires...

 

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Those look awesome.

 

weird, i just read about these tires on the recent cargo mag

'avon, a british firm, has been in business since 1995. yup the outfit predates the automobile, having started out shodding wagon wheels. since then, its made original equipment for rolls-royce and aston martins...'

 

I think you mean 1895...

Nick
(who knows he IS "the ****")