I used the Yok. A032Rs last year, worked great in the rain..and snow.
It snowed at our Mckamey last march *heh*
Just ate thru deep puddles.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J. Andy [SMTP:marka@telerama.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:00 AM
> To: autox mailing list
> Subject: Best Rain autox/street tire?
>
> 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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