Just don't put them on an Explorer :)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Sayer" <marc@gracieland.org>
To: "Roadster list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: Tirerack.com followup
> When I first posted this back in August I said I post a follow up. Well
this is
> it. MY wife absolutely loves the Firestone Firehawk SH30 tires. I've
driven the
> car too and have to say she is right. These are *great* tires for the
money. In
> fact they are just plain great tires. I'd gladly pay twice what I paid for
them.
> They handle wet roads better than any tire I've ever driven and their dry
> performance, while not on a par with some of the no tread DOT legal race
tires,
> is still outstanding. For most folks this is a great all around tire. We
haven't
> driven them in the snow yet (no snow around here) but reports of their
snow
> capabilities are quite good. They absolutely transformed the ride *and*
handling
> of our old Volvo.
>
> Marc Sayer wrote:
> >
> > This week my wife had a tire fail on her Volvo. We had been running
205-65-14
> > tires on the stock 5.5x14 steel wheels. They were a huge improvement
over the
> > 185-14s the car first came with but they were still not as high
performance a
> > tire as either of us would have liked. She likes the look of the stock
steel
> > wheels with the center caps and trim rings, what can I say, and that
limits our
> > selection of tires. She also drives pretty hard (not your typical Volvo
driver)
> > so we really needed some high performance tires. But we live in Oregon
where it
> > is often raining, so the tires had to work well in the wet too. After a
bunch of
> > research we decided on the Firestone (yes I know, but there's more to
that story
> > than meets the eye...) Firehawk SH30. We wanted a 205-60-14 because of
the rim
> > limitations, and 14" tires in those sizes are not all that common. Most
places,
> > including America's Tire/Discount Tire had almost no selection, and what
they
> > had was crap. In that size the Firehawk was by far the best tire for our
> > purposes, but it was hard to find. I called around locally and no one
could get
> > me the tire for at least 4-5 days and the best prices I got were high
70s to low
> > 80s. Tirerack had them in stock at $60 and they delivered them by Fed Ex
2 day
> > air for $28 for all four tires. I had problems with their website but
that may
> > have been because of the security settings on my computer. So I called
then
> > instead and they got me taken care of right away, and the tires arrived
at my
> > door two days later. Anyway, for my money Tirerack did good and I just
wanted to
> > pass that along. :-)
> >
> > BTW, I'll let folks know what I think of the tires after a few months
and some
> > serious Oregon rain, but from all accounts they are supposed to be great
> > high-performance all-weather tires. They are even supposed to do fairly
well in
> > the snow. The only thing good I can say about shopping for 14" tires is
they
> > sure are a lot less spendy than the 16" tires I buy for my 280ZXT.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Marc Sayer
> > 82 280ZXT
> > 71 510 2.5 Trans Am vintage racer
>
> --
> Marc Sayer
> 82 280ZXT
> 71 510 2.5 Trans Am vintage racer
>
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