205-50-15/225-50-15 tire options, What's out there I haven't considered Options

[blabla914]

Looking for new tires. Drive my car 6-10k/year. Varies depending on what I do and what the weather is like.

Here's the options I know about.

ADVAN A048
Toyo R888
Toyo RA1
Falken Ziex 912
Khumo Ecsta AST
Maxxis MA Z4S

My experience is these cars are pretty easy on tires unless you are running a real aggressive alignment.

In the passed I've run Michelin SXGT. These lasted many summers. Hankook RS2 and Dunlop Direzza seemed to last just right, but I'd like a little more diameter in the rear for gearing. Dunlop and Hankook are now only making a 225/45/15.

I'm tempted to run RA-1's and see what happens. They wear real well on Miata's running 24 hour races, but I'm not sure I'd get much more than one summer out of them. 3 summers would be fine for me.

Any other ideas?

Kelly

[mittelmotor]

RA1s are a very streetable DOT R-compound tire. Tread pattern channels water a lot better than, say, a Nitto NT-01.

I've got them now on my 914….205s up front and 225s rear. Incredible dry bite, decent wet bite, but they don't like the cold. The compound can crack if exposed to subzero temps for an extended length of time, and tread blocks lose all elasticity (and grip) around that temp too. So a good summer tire, and they'll last just fine if you keep them toasty (either through a balmy climate or heated garage).

Mine are on track to last about 12,000 miles of aggressive street driving, or about 3 years at current rate.