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Old 05-17-2018, 01:50 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by ZDan View Post
PSS are tremendously overrated, IMO. If you're going to the track, get a tire that's up to it. I just got a set of RE71Rs for daily and track use. If I hadn't been concerned with tenths of a second in time trials I would probably have gone with Hankook RS4.

Particularly being width-limited to 215 or 225, I wouldn't bother with a Max Perf tire for street *and* track usage.

For the record the RE71R isn't a 1-lap tire, my fastest lap in practice (a 1:20.554) on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (chicane/chicane) was 9 laps in. In the time trial I went faster every lap: 1:21.205, 1:20.554, 1:20.511, despite screwing up a couple of corners on laps 2 and 3. Won my class by less than a tenth :O
I appreciate the feedback. I won't be tracking the car, not in the near future anyway, I'll surely do it someday but that won't be for a while. It's my DD and I'll probably go to like 6-8 autox events a year. And even then like I said, it's mostly for fun, I'm not looking to get super competitive or anything. It's more of a release since I try not to do anything reckless on the road but when I'm behind the wheel of this car I can't help but feel like putting my foot down and having some fun haha.
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