All season tires......

[Big Bald]

Will i lose anything buy purchasing these over Max performance summer tires? The reason i am considering going with these is because i don't like my stocker for the winter. I want to keep my rims on all year round basically. I know that Max performace tires are the best around, but would i be compromising anything at the track by buying all season tires?

 

[jtmcinder]

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

If the tires are designed to work on snow/ice/mud, etc, then they will not be as good when it's dry.

- Jtoby

ps. com'on ... did you really have to ask this? You knew it was true. I, too, can wish that it weren't true, but let's face reality, OK?

 

[Big Bald]

Originally posted by jtmcinder
There is no such thing as a free lunch.

If the tires are designed to work on snow/ice/mud, etc, then they will not be as good when it's dry.

- Jtoby

ps. com'on ... did you really have to ask this? You knew it was true. I, too, can wish that it weren't true, but let's face reality, OK?

Well i guess i can always hope.... Actually i was just hoping it wasn't a serious compromise or at least one i wouldn't notice.

 

[jtmcinder]

If you have ever run on R-compound tires (Kumho V700s, V70As, or the new V710, or Hoosiers), then even the step back to a very good street tire is extremely disappointing. And then when you get some M+S tires, it's like someone went out and screwed up your suspension when you weren't looking.

My advice: get the summer tires that you want and a second set of rims with some Blizzaks or Graspics for the winter. Yes, this will cost $500 extra, but - if you're anything like me - the compromise of M+S tires year-round is unacceptable. (The 16 months on Kumho 712s were the longest of my life.) I now have three sets of alloys and tires: some Kosei K1s with R-compounds for racing; a nice-looking set of 17s with MXs for the summer on the street; and a bashed-up set of no-names with Graspics for the winter and RallyXing. Yeah, so this means no FMIC, but that's how my priorities come out.

- Jtoby

 

[Big Bald]

Thanks.....I think i will go that route.....