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Originally Posted by swamp2
RE-11's are sounding like a great choice for me, especially given they are way less expensive than the PS2. Anyone have any idea about tread life compared to PS2? Just in case anyone says compare the rating to the PS2 you really should know you absolutely can not cross brand compare wear ratings.
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Originally Posted by Dartanium
I'm also thinking RE-11 instead of PS2 for the stiffer sidewall and mostly price. I am running RE-01R, RE11's predecessor, on my other car and they grip quite well in both wet and dry. RE-01R has more grip than anyone needs on the regular street, curvy and challenging ones included. So with that mindset RE11 should be better than what it has replaced.
However with stiffer sidewall I expect PS2 to have a much better ride and probably be more comfortable for the daily commute.
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I too am thinking about going with the RE-11's
Look what i found on teh MB C63AMG forums:
Here is a link to the 350Z forum where they have a video of 4 Miata's running each of the four tires.
Toyo R1R
Yokohama Neova
Bridgestone Potenza RE11
Dunlop Direzza Z1 star spec
http://my350z.com/forum/wheels-and-t...ml#post7127590
For those that don't want to hop over and view the video here is the race analysis.
1) All laps
..........................Average............Stand ard Deviation
Bridgestone............71.363...................1. 624
Dunlop...................71.716................... 2.250
Yoko......................71.447.................. 1.899
Toyo.....................72.841................... 1.736
2) Dropping the starting lap (slowest lap)
...........................Average...........Stand ard Deviation..Total time for these 14 laps
Bridgestone............70.950....................0 .295...... .................993.297
Dunlop...................71.313................... 1.685..... ...................998.388
Yoko.....................70.959................... .0.196.... ...................993.429
Toyo.....................72.427................... .0.698.... ..................1013.984
3) Dropping the starting (slowest) and fastest laps
...........................Average............Stan dard Deviation....Total time for these 13 laps
Bridgestone............70.974....................0 .293...... .................922.657
Dunlop...................71.372................... .1.739.... ...................927.838
Yoko.....................70.981................... .0.183.... ...................922.772
Toyo.....................72.514................... .0.640.... ...................942.689