learned a lesson about "high performance summer" tires, tonight.... |
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learned a lesson about "high performance summer" tires, tonight.... |
Aaron Cox |
Jan 14 2007, 10:01 PM
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they dont stick quite as good as they do when the asphalt is 130 degrees... LOL
so its 30 ish outside... coming back from dinner with my cousin.... offramp. 400 yds away.... approaching rapidly to make the light... BRAKE.... let off and set the line.... now i dont think i was trailbraking... but just as i rolled onto the throttle (like minimal increase) .... ass end started coming around slowly.... then faster got off the throttle a bit to try and let it bite.... it did... but im already sideways.... recovered.... cousin thought it was part of the show..... that was phun... note to self. "self... it aint 90 degrees out right now.." yoko ES100's are a great tire... but man... watchout when its low double digits and you are trying to corner at warp factor 9 |
grantsfo |
Jan 15 2007, 11:33 AM
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I learned that lesson when I was 16 driving my dad's 914 on a cold Nor Cal mountain road with hard cold Michelin radials. Did a 180 out of a corner on a cold road. Glad you kept the clean side up!
However I'm finding that some of the softer summer tires are fairly impressive in the cold 30 to 50 degree range) For example my Mazdaspeed 6 which has BF Goodrich g-force TA KDW hold remarkably well on cold moist roads that I drive everyday. Today it was 25 degrees coming down the mountain and in a few safe places I pushed the car and tires had remarkable grip. Finding similar charateristics with new Hankook VENTUS RS-2 Z212 on the MX5. The Yoko ES 100's didnt impress me as much in the cold. I spent 3 days on those tires on Infineon from rain to warmer sunny days. I noticed a signficant differnce with them when sun finally came out and warmed up the track. More so than with other tires. They are a predictable tire however |
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