Hoosier has a little competition.

[NORRIS]

I'd love to hear how they work, compared to the Hoosier and the BFG.

Obviously speed, but also drivability and life.

[cjb25hs]

I'd love to hear how they work, compared to the Hoosier and the BFG.

Obviously speed, but also drivability and life.

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Seriuosly considering buying these for next year. Hoosiers are out since I want to get 3 to 4 double weekends out of a total of 6 tires cycled as evenly as possible. So my leading tire choice contenders are

GY-RS's
Kumho-710's
BFG R-1's

What does everyone think is the best option overall on a FWD ITA car.

[Bill Miller]

The GY's have always been a dollor or two LESS than the Purple crack. I have a set of these on my car right now. They are BIG and FAST.
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I wouldn't say always Andy. I know when I was still running my Rabbit GTI in ITB, the GSCS were more than the Hoosiers. I also know that Hoosier has cranked up their prices over the last few years. From what I saw on the GY website, doesn't look like their pricing has changed much in that time frame.

[trhoppe]

The advantage of the goodyear is stability of speed. They will not go away like teh Ho Ho will.

The DISadvantage is life. They will NOT go 15 cycles like the HO Hos, will.

You can easily get 4 double weekends out of 4 New Hoosiers and 2 used ones

Weekend 1 - Pair 1 on the front, Used Pair (8 cycles) on the rear
Weekend 2 - Pair 1 (4 cycles) on the front (flipped), Used Pair (12 cycles) on the rear
Weekend 3 - Pair 2 on the front, Pair 1 (8 cycles) on the rear
Weekend 4 - Pair 2 (4 cycles)on the front, pair 1 (12 cycles) on the rear

That way you always have < 8 cycle tires on the front and < 16 cycles on the rear.

-Tom

[lateapex911]

The advantage of the goodyear is stability of speed. They will not go away like teh Ho Ho will.

The DISadvantage is life. They will NOT go 15 cycles like the HO Hos, will.

You can easily get 4 double weekends out of 4 New Hoosiers and 2 used ones

Weekend 1 - Pair 1 on the front, Used Pair (8 cycles) on the rear
Weekend 2 - Pair 1 (4 cycles) on the front (flipped), Used Pair (12 cycles) on the rear
Weekend 3 - Pair 2 on the front, Pair 1 (8 cycles) on the rear
Weekend 4 - Pair 2 (4 cycles)on the front, pair 1 (12 cycles) on the rear

That way you always have < 8 cycle tires on the front and < 16 cycles on the rear.

-Tom

Tom has no use for these silly RWD cars!

[rsportvolvo]

Does anyone know if the Goodyear Eagle RS will be available in more sizes? I'm specifically interested in 225/50-R15 or 225/45-R15.

[BruceG]

Here is the cut sheet with available sizes. Might just have to buy 6 of these to start next year off with.

http://www.racegoodyear.com/tires/pd...RS_09SEP09.pdf

Looks like no joy for us in IT7...LOL

[joeg]

It seems that all the tires are starting off at around 23.1 inches...darn.

[EV]

Does anyone know if the Goodyear Eagle RS will be available in more sizes? I'm specifically interested in 225/50-R15 or 225/45-R15.

now... 225/45-15 second line down on the link...