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Best Rain autox/street tire?

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Subject: Best Rain autox/street tire?
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:59:39 -0400 (EDT)
Howdy,

I'm in need of street tires for the neon and would like to get some summer
only tires that will be suitable for heavy rain use in autox.  I care
about stuff in the following order:

1st) Good rain tire for autox
2nd) At least 10k miles of street wear (with race alignment)
3rd) Street performance

Again, this is on a neon with stock wheels, so anything that isn't sold in
14" sizes doesn't help.  Stock tire size is 185/65-14, can go up to 205 in
width.  Want to keep speedo at least close.

I've only seen one tire that seems to meet the bill:

Yokohama AVS Intermediate.  205/60-14 ($72)

Are there any others?  I saw an RE-71 195/55-14, but that seems narrower
and would definately negatively affect the speedo...

The tire has to be workable on the street, so I don't know if the 'dirt
stocker' I've heard about would do that or not...

Thanks!

Mark
(tell me again how non-race tires are good?  You'd have to reclass based
on tire availability for smaller rims...)


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