ok, first things first.

for chirstmas my dad is gonna help pay toward a new set of tires for me. (1/2) but they gotta be from costco tire (basicly bridgestone potenzas and michilin only) i've got absolutly no complaints about that.

i need a tire that is all season (wa weather), and is good for autoXing.

my current bridgestone re920's lasted pretty long (bout two years) and that was with about 4 autoXing and constant aggressive driving.

right now they're almost bald and i need new ones...

the only thing i want to look at most was that after this last AutoX i went to the sidewall would i guess you would say "roll over" and the "edge" looks like it went through a cheese grater.


i'm looking into these tires:
RE950
RE910
S-03

anybody care to give an oppinion or experience?

also, would it be wise to invest in a 2nd set of wheels just for AutoXing (mostly for tire life)? or should i be ok? (it's hard to be a senior in high school...no $)



Modified by DIYaccord at 1:06 PM 12/10/2003

 

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That sounds like a tire pressure and/or alignment problem.

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IMHO don't worry about that stuff, just drive the car

 

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RE950
RE910
S-03
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Costco doesnt carry the RE950 or S-03.

 

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IMHO don't worry about that stuff, just drive the car
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Either tire pressure or overdriving the car and burning up the front, outside edge.

Yep, just get a decent set of all season tires and drive it!

 

yeah, my costco does carry all those that i listed

by just drive, do you mean AutoX with whatever i have or...don't autoX...i'm confused


i was running at 40psi in my 185/60/14 stock tires...and i was driving kinda hard...what do you mean by overdriving?

 

Just autoX with what you've got. Focus on the driver, not the car

 

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Forcing an understeering car with improper alignment and/or not enough air pressure into tight autocross corners well beyond the grip at the front end = overdriving = front tire outside edge/sidewall destruction.

 

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That's a problem.

Tires that are all season are designed for snow. They have deep gaps between the tread blocks, and are designed to have a wide range of operating temperatures. They are almost always poor for autocross.

Tires that are designed to do well in high performance driving are usually awful in snow.

If you really have to be able to drive in snow, then get a set of winter tires to use during the winter, and use a high performance summer tire the rest of the year. Remember that many of the high performance summer tires, like the Bridgestone S-03, Yokohama ES100, etc, are excellent in rain too - just not on snow. And they can do okay at autocross, too.

If you are autocrossing competitively and every hundredth of a second matters, then you may want to get a set of R compound tires designed for that purpose, such as Hoosier A3S03.

 

so, get a set for just autoXing...and then a set for everything else?

i don't make alot of money (senior in high school)