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Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast
Oh, for sure. I was referring more about the classification of TW rating. I guess my commentary is aimed more at the NT01 being not worthy of its 100TW rating than at the Hoosier. It would sure be nice if ratings on tires actually meant something...
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It's a treadwear rating, lower number doesn't necessarily mean more grip. Tire manufacturers don't really have any requirements on how they rate for treadwear, and of course the super-200s are given that rating because of rules requiring 200tw minimum for some autoX, racing, time-trial classes. I.e. maybe they should be rated lower if based strictly on wear rate. I mean in the real world on the street, normal usage, I would bet their lives would be a lot shorter than the same manufacturers' 400tw tires!