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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Verdict on A052's? Prefer them over the RE71's? How does the wear look? I hear guys saying 2 days and they are done.
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The guys that say that type of thing are the guys getting every tenth out of the tire then throw them away when they fall off. I drive on the tire until it is corded.
After last weekend I have about 200 track miles on the A052s. 150 of which on a tiny 2nd and 3rd gear autocross course (Pineview Run). Pineview is the most abrasive surface I have ever driven on and you are always on tire. I have about 1/4 the tread life left after the glen. That may sound crazy but that is actually pretty solid considering how abrasive Pineview is. And the A052s felt AMAZING all weekend at the Glen around 33 psi hot. I plan to buy them again for 2021. Hopefully 2021 will prove to be a better year and I can test them in a more typical setting. I have't compared my data from last weekend to 2018 (RE71Rs) but I plan to. For reference, I drove all of 2018 on RE71Rs, about 1700 track miles. I expect the A052s to perform the same if not a little less life.
Last year I drove on one set of Z3s for 2300 track miles. I chose to do that because my track budget was SUPER tight for 2019 because I had just rebuilt the car after my crash. It was fun, but slow. Like 3 seconds slower than RE71Rs at the glen. It was nice to only need one set of tires the entire year but I hate being slow because of tires.