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*clyde* · 03-20-2007, 08:21 AM

If I had to go with a street tire to act as a rain tire...the Hankooks are what I'd go with if the sizing worked. What I didn't like about the Hankook on the RX-8 was that because it was a little short compared to OE (225/40-18 vs 225/45-18), I racked up mileage about 3% faster than I should have. OTOH, having the speedo read a couple MPH high at highway speeds probably never hurt me.

The tires wore pretty nicely on the street. I put about 14k on them and they still have plenty of life left (and are going on the front of the Boxster as streets). One of them has a couple screws in it, though. They were quiet, ride nicely and have more than enough grip for the street. FWIW, this is the same set that I did the Evo Challenge school on back in 8/05. And they're cheap.

We only ran them in the wet once (Devens, Saturday), and the experience didn't give us the warm and fuzzies. I don't think that we were anywhere close to right on pressures, and I don't think we drove very well. Still, though, I'm not sure that we did the wrong thing running those tires.

03-20-2007, 08:21 AM	#11
clyde Chief title editor Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 26,599	If I had to go with a street tire to act as a rain tire...the Hankooks are what I'd go with if the sizing worked. What I didn't like about the Hankook on the RX-8 was that because it was a little short compared to OE (225/40-18 vs 225/45-18), I racked up mileage about 3% faster than I should have. OTOH, having the speedo read a couple MPH high at highway speeds probably never hurt me. The tires wore pretty nicely on the street. I put about 14k on them and they still have plenty of life left (and are going on the front of the Boxster as streets). One of them has a couple screws in it, though. They were quiet, ride nicely and have more than enough grip for the street. FWIW, this is the same set that I did the Evo Challenge school on back in 8/05. And they're cheap. We only ran them in the wet once (Devens, Saturday), and the experience didn't give us the warm and fuzzies. I don't think that we were anywhere close to right on pressures, and I don't think we drove very well. Still, though, I'm not sure that we did the wrong thing running those tires. __________________ OH NOES!!!!!1 MY CAR HAS T3H UND3R5T33R5555!!!!!!1oneone!!!!11 Team WTF?! What are you gonna do?