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0-100 - Racing Tire 101-250 - Performance Tire 250+ - Street Tire I certainly don't expect a tire with the treadwear rating of "performance" to last very long. Street tires, in my definition, are something you throw on a car to tool around town in and keep from breaking your bank account.
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Now if I only knew how to split the topic of this thread....
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05-10-2005, 04:24 PM | #24 | |
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As an example....I have a set of Yokohama AVS intermediates that have a treadwear rating of 160...they are a fantastic street tire but also do very well on a road course...even in bald form they make good low budget race tires...but the tread design is good enough for even a couple inches of snow.
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05-10-2005, 08:14 PM | #25 | |
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As far as the semantics of a "Street tire" being DOT approved, its just that, DOT approved. Nitto drag radials are DOT approved. Mickey Thompson drag radials are DOT approved. I consider these "racing" tires even though they are DOT approved for use on public roads. All of these have a treadwear rating below 160, too. Hell, Kumho ECSTA V700 are DOT approved with a treadwear rating of 50? But I would NEVER consider that a street tire by any stretch of my imagination. So if you want to call and DOT approved tire a street tire, then any that meets the DOT specs is a street tire no matter its treadwear. But you sure won't catch me calling Quicktime Pro's or Victoracers "street tires".
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05-10-2005, 08:36 PM | #26 | |
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This all comes down to how you define a certain term. It's just like the never ending "Define what stock means" threads.
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My point has nothing to do with the drag tires or tires under 160 treadwear....I just think it's ridiculous to label a tire "not a street tire" just because the treadwear is under 250. Nobody in the industry uses "Race" "Performance" "street" as categories.....you have Race and you have street tires....Then you have subcategories of the TYPE of race or street tire based under those 2 headings. Since I am in the business of tires I will use some factual backing for my arguement: Here are the categories used....ALL...EVERY ONE is a "street" tire: -Max Performance Summer (IE: BFG G Force T/A/ Kumho ECSTA MX) -Ultra High Performance Summer (IE: BFG G Force T/A KDW/ Kumho ECSTA Supra 712) -Ultra High Performance All Season (IE: BFG G Force T/A KDWS/ Kumho ECSTA ASX) -High Performance Summer (IE: BFG Scorcher T/A/ Kumho ECSTA 711) -High Performance All Season (IE: BFG Traction T/A H&V/ Bridgestone Potenza G009) -Performance All Season (IE: BFG Radial T/A/ Dunlop GT Qualifier) -Grand Touring (IE: Kumho ECSTA KH11/ Pirelli P6000 Sport Veloce) -Standard Touring (IE: BFG Touring T/A/ Goodyear Eagle GA) -Passenger All Season (IE: Michelin MX4/ Goodyear Assurance Tripletred) -Winter (IE: Bridgestone Blizzak/ Goodyear Eagle M&S EMT) -Street Sport Truck Summer (IE: BFG G-Force KDW-2/ Pirelli PZero Rosso) -Street Sport Truck All Season (IE: BFG Radial T/A/ Kumho ECSTA STX) -Highway All Season (IE: BFG Radial Long Trail T/A/ Goodyear Wrangler AP) -Off Road All Terrain (IE: BFG All Terrain T/A/ Goodyear Wrangler GS-A) -Off Road Maximum Traction (IE: BFG Mud Terrain T/A/ Dunlop Raidal Mud Rover) -Commercial Highway Rib (IE: Bridgestone 603V/ Michelin XPS Rib) -Commercial Highway All Season (IE: Goodyear Wrangler HT/ Michelin LTX A/S) -Commercial Traction (IE: Dunop Radial Rover R/T/ Goodyear Wrangler TD) -Original Equipment (IE: Goodyear Eagle GS-A/ Bridgestone Turanza ER30) The category for "race" tires is: -Competition (IE: BFG G-Force T/A Drag Radial/ Kumho Victoracer V700)
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Therefore, your statement about all DOT tires working well with standard weather issues is wrong.
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