One thing that I imagine should be taken into account about
the tires in STS is what type of car they are going on. From what I have
seen of Subaru's, they like to be driven a bit "loose" to be fast. Could
this heat up some street tires to the point of loosing grip? I know that the
AVS-i's on my old VW Scirocco would get slippery on the third run on a
really hot day. Could this be one of the reasons that the harder compound of
the 712's seems to work so well on the Subaru, but seem to not be quite as
good on other cars?
John Moore
1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R (STS)
1993 Toyota MR2 NA (CS)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince Bly [SMTP:vbly@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:52 PM
> To: Craig Blome; autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Kumho ECSTA Supra 712
>
> At 03:47 PM 5/29/00 -0700, Craig Blome wrote:
> > >Date: 29 May 2000 10:38:49 -0700
> > >From: Jeff Lloyd <Jeff@cyberconceptz.com>
> >
> > >and KUMHO DOES pay contengecy in STS..
> >
> >You sure about that? Last I checked, the paperwork
> >specified Kumho V700's only...
> >
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> I called Kuhmo and specifically asked them about
> contengency for the 712 in STS. They said yes.
>
> BTW. Last year, I tried several tires and determined that
> the Michelin Mxx3 was the best for STS, followed by the AVS
> Intermediate. The results last year seemed to prove me out.
> This year, I tried the 712's and thought they responded well
> but had less grip than the Michelins or the Intermediates (this
> is about what one would expect based on the treadwear rating
> of 280 vs 140 & 160 for the others).
>
> So far this year I'm not driving well, so my results are
> not tire related. However, as someone else pointed out, nobody
> told Eric K' that his 712's weren't the best--doesn't seem to
> have held him back much.
>
> Vince Bly
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