Nice day for a drive / T1R thoughts

"Frank Berger" > wrote in message news:...
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> "tooloud" > wrote in message
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>> Leon van Dommelen wrote:
>>> Scott Hughes > wrote:
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>>>> Lanny Chambers > wrote in news:lanny-
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>>>>> Sunny, mid 50s, light wind, and the roads have been washed clean of
>>>>> sand and salt--a perfect afternoon for the year's first serious
>>>>> top-down jaunt into the Ozarks. We headed south for the Two-hour
>>>>> Loop, about 100 miles that include three of our favorite twisty
>>>>> backroads. The centerpiece, a 10-mile blacktop section through the
>>>>> national forest with no traffic, no intersections, and only two
>>>>> straights, was in surprisingly good condition, with no potholes or
>>>>> loose gravel.
>>>>
>>>> Any chance you could provide the details of that tour? As fellow St.
>>>> Louisans, My brother (10AE), a friend (black 06), and I (black 94B)
>>>> would love to check it out sometime this year.
>>>>
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>>>>> I learned that the T1R (195/50-15 @ 28psi on 6.5" wheels) responds
>>>>> even better to subtle throttle input than its predecessor, the T1-S.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever had the Yoko AVS ES100's? I'm gonna be buying new
>>>> 14"ers in the next couple weeks and it's either the Yokos or the
>>>> T1Rs. Also, have you had the T1Rs out in the rain yet? If so,
>>>> how'd they do?
>>>
>>> Car and Driver did not seem that impressed with the Toyo T1R.
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>>> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y_f1_gs_d3.jsp
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>> No, they weren't. I've decided that people fawn over the Toyos for the
>> same reason they used to fawn over Clearwater speakers; the Miata
>> community led them to believe that they were something special, when in
>> reality there were a dozen other products available for a similar price
>> that probably did a better job.
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>> tooloud
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> Any chance they were reviewed badly because Tirerack doesn't carry them
> and Tirerack advertises in Car and Driver?
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Frank Berger wrote:

>>Any chance they were reviewed badly because Tirerack doesn't carry them
>>and Tirerack advertises in Car and Driver?

Tirerack carries the Kumho Ecsta MX, which finished dead last in the
same test by that same car magazine that Tirerack pays to advertise in,
so I don't think so.

Pat