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Originally Posted by fatoni
all the talk about the lack of trust in the stock tire is unwarranted. if you feel out of control with the stock tires, its not the tires. its your driving. changing to another reasonable street tire isnt going to change the characteristics of handling but just where they happen. in my experience they are a relatively predictable tire that is really communicative.
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Originally Posted by GT86Dan
would have to agree with this , stock tires aren't all that bad. From my track experience with the car thus far feels great just needs more finesse with stock tires. But again all down to driver input
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I also agree with you both.
I ran all last season's local Auto-X on Hankook RS3s 225/45/17. Grippy but they hid a lot of my bad driving. It felt good but I wasn't learning as much as I should.
I just went to this season's first event. I was lazy and left my stock Michelin Primacy tires on for this event. Although the car was slower/less grip, it wasn't a tail happy drift machine either. It was very predictable and controllable. I had my air pressure up to 40PSI all around and the corner block wear was running true with the guide marks. IMHO the stock tires only lose grip when you aren't giving smooth inputs to the car. It sounds obvious but it isn't to most people. Not once was the car drifting with the tires ablaze rounding a corner. Sure they protested a little, but nothing that I couldn't correct and keep on line. Some car control education goes a long way. Its very eye opening to drive the stock tires on the limit in a safe environment.
