FR-S vs. C6 Vette?

[Twin4Life]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Pilot Super Sports for a performance package C6 ~$1k plus shipping plus mounting:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....ling%20Package


Pilot Super Sports for a Toyobaru in OEM size ~$540 plus shipping and mounting:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....S&autoModClar=

And not much more expensive for the sticky stuff: Dunlop ZII, Bridgestone RE11A both come in around $600 for a set in the OEM size, hell you could pick up a set of dedicated track rubber (Hoosier A6/R6) for the price of those Pilot Super Sports on the C6. Not to mention the handful of good tires in the ~$100 range from Continental, Hankook and Sumitomo. AAANND don't forget with less power and less weight the Toyobaru is not as hard on tires as a Corvette will be, for rubber that's actually being used at it's limit heat cycles do more damage than miles and the Toyobaru will put less energy into it's rubber than the Corvette.

Gotta pay to play and for a modern car, the Toyobaru is pretty cheap for what it can bring to the track. Just because you don't pay high-end sports car prices to get into a car doesn't mean you won't be paying high-end sports car prices to keep it on the road.

Yea thats a hell of a difference from $800 a tire!! But those thing grip like a gorilla!!