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Need New Opinions On Tires Please
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The worst I can remember were the Nexens that came on my '17 Ram.
They were quiet and rode well, but the best part was that they started coming apart with about 20,000 miles on them, which was a perfect excuse to switch to Toyos. And it wasn't just my tires, many others had the same experience with those Nexens.
They were quiet and rode well, but the best part was that they started coming apart with about 20,000 miles on them, which was a perfect excuse to switch to Toyos. And it wasn't just my tires, many others had the same experience with those Nexens.
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Unpopular opinion incoming...
100 bucks a pop or 600 bucks a pop. They all make the same smoke.
Had Cosmo MuchoMacho's on it for awhile. Before the great covidhoax they were 83 bucks a piece on ebay. Honestly a TERRIFIC tire. Made it 2 seasons of absolute abject asshattery and all-around performance was great.
Currently on Accelera Iota or whatever the cheapest budget tire at Walfail was. Since all tire prices went to the moon the cheapest 275/40/20 I could find was about 120 bucks last year in the spring. These make great trailer burnouts on Drag & Drives. Rain performance is above average for class of tire (was able to maintain 65 in a literal sideways monsoon on the way to motion raceworks during sick summer...AFTER roaching half the tread off) and they made it thru Drag week and Buckeye Skips so far. I'll make it thru Southeast Street-N-Yeet too most likely.
I spend the good money where I have to. Mickey Thompson ET Street R's 315/50/17. Lol.
100 bucks a pop or 600 bucks a pop. They all make the same smoke.
Had Cosmo MuchoMacho's on it for awhile. Before the great covidhoax they were 83 bucks a piece on ebay. Honestly a TERRIFIC tire. Made it 2 seasons of absolute abject asshattery and all-around performance was great.
Currently on Accelera Iota or whatever the cheapest budget tire at Walfail was. Since all tire prices went to the moon the cheapest 275/40/20 I could find was about 120 bucks last year in the spring. These make great trailer burnouts on Drag & Drives. Rain performance is above average for class of tire (was able to maintain 65 in a literal sideways monsoon on the way to motion raceworks during sick summer...AFTER roaching half the tread off) and they made it thru Drag week and Buckeye Skips so far. I'll make it thru Southeast Street-N-Yeet too most likely.
I spend the good money where I have to. Mickey Thompson ET Street R's 315/50/17. Lol.
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Never. We really don't have any public streets around here, just great curvy roads with minimal, if any, traffic.
And I couldn't break the 200 mph barrier. Partially because my car supposedly tops out at 199, but mainly because there are no straight sections of road long enough to try.
Either way, to me it's not a matter of how often I go fast, be it in a straight line or around curves. It only takes a failure once to ruin the day, or life, and I sure don't want it to happen because of cheap tires.
So while I couldn't care less how much smoke they can produce or their grip from a standing start, I'm still curious about how they handle going fast through curves and what their speed ratings are.
And I couldn't break the 200 mph barrier. Partially because my car supposedly tops out at 199, but mainly because there are no straight sections of road long enough to try.
Either way, to me it's not a matter of how often I go fast, be it in a straight line or around curves. It only takes a failure once to ruin the day, or life, and I sure don't want it to happen because of cheap tires.
So while I couldn't care less how much smoke they can produce or their grip from a standing start, I'm still curious about how they handle going fast through curves and what their speed ratings are.
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I won't buy anything for the car not rated at least Y so technically 186mph. The Accelera Iota meets this and is a 106Y XL which matches the OEM Load range. Realistically it should be as safe to run as OEM. Now is it actually? I dunno. Most of the issues I see come up are right off the bat with trying to get some of the budget tires balanced or a bit of runout/OoR. That's still a warranty issue for any tire though regardless of brand. Hell I had TWO bad MT ET-R's in a row last year. So it ain't just the cheap ones.
As far as the everyday driving performance is concerned? I have zero complaints. I get into corners pretty deep and I feel as if the car will let go before the tire would on most roadways. I'm usually out of it long before I feel it slip. It was the same way with the cosmo's. Maybe I'm just lucky.
For almost all of the driving we do with these cars and the conditions we would normally encounter...I find next to no reason to spend top dollar on a daily tire. If I go to a road course I'll already have other tires for that. Same with the drag strip.
As far as the everyday driving performance is concerned? I have zero complaints. I get into corners pretty deep and I feel as if the car will let go before the tire would on most roadways. I'm usually out of it long before I feel it slip. It was the same way with the cosmo's. Maybe I'm just lucky.
For almost all of the driving we do with these cars and the conditions we would normally encounter...I find next to no reason to spend top dollar on a daily tire. If I go to a road course I'll already have other tires for that. Same with the drag strip.
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Thanks for that info.
I need new tires and have been running the inexpensive Firestone Indy 500s, which I thought was pushing it, but at least those are made by Bridgestone.
If I drove more daily-like I can see using something potentially questionable, but when mine's out it gets pushed to its limits (or mine, as I learned at Radford) on twisty roads. Plus there's generally a rock wall on one side and a drop on the other - in some places several hundred feet worth - so I'd rather not give up much grip to save a few bucks.
Also, I absolutely won't tolerate tires that aren't balanced to perfection. If it takes me an hour per tire to reach that goal, so be it. Starting with a quality tire usually makes that task quite a bit easier.
I need new tires and have been running the inexpensive Firestone Indy 500s, which I thought was pushing it, but at least those are made by Bridgestone.
If I drove more daily-like I can see using something potentially questionable, but when mine's out it gets pushed to its limits (or mine, as I learned at Radford) on twisty roads. Plus there's generally a rock wall on one side and a drop on the other - in some places several hundred feet worth - so I'd rather not give up much grip to save a few bucks.
Also, I absolutely won't tolerate tires that aren't balanced to perfection. If it takes me an hour per tire to reach that goal, so be it. Starting with a quality tire usually makes that task quite a bit easier.
