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Old 02-28-2017, 04:09 PM   #8471
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Had these on my tC for a while. Decent low rolling resistance tire.
Nice. Not a bad price, but honestly, I haven't even looked up tire prices yet, just reviews and such. That Yoko is the heaviest out of the ones I was looking at (19 lbs vs 17 and 18 iirc). lol
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**Blank stare** You've got issues.

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Nice. Not a bad price, but honestly, I haven't even looked up tire prices yet, just reviews and such. That Yoko is the heaviest out of the ones I was looking at (19 lbs vs 17 and 18 iirc). lol
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Nice. Not a bad price, but honestly, I haven't even looked up tire prices yet, just reviews and such. That Yoko is the heaviest out of the ones I was looking at (19 lbs vs 17 and 18 iirc). lol
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**Blank stare** You've got issues.
Compound by far out weighs (no pun intended) overall weight. Unless you have carbon fiber wheels, I don't think you should even consider it. Get the best tire compound you can get for the budget you have.
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You may be able to get them to price match. I had success with that when dealing with Discount Tire (same parent company) in other parts of the country.
Their prices were generally pretty competitive. Once I decide on a tire, maybe I'll look at Tire Rack's prices to see if they're lower.
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Old 02-28-2017, 04:15 PM   #8475
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Compound by far out weighs (no pun intended) overall weight. Unless you have carbon fiber wheels, I don't think you should even consider it. Get the best tire compound you can get for the budget you have.
Rotational mass on a car that has 106 hp. LOL.

I'm not necessarily looking for the best grip (I don't want to have to fight the car on onramps or cross winds, etc tho). My schedule changed, so I have tomorrow off to research some more.
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If you can do a double blind A/B test of two tires that weigh one pound different than each other and reliably and accurately tell me you can feel the difference and name which tire weight it is, I will award you with several hundred dollars cash.


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Rotational mass on a car that has 106 hp. LOL.

I'm not necessarily looking for the best grip (I don't want to have to fight the car on onramps or cross winds, etc tho). My schedule changed, so I have tomorrow off to research some more.
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I had Yoko Parada Spec-2, or what ever they were called back when I had my first Yaris. Great tire (best wet and dry tire I've had), but extremely noisy. I don't think I'd want to deal with the tire noise, so that's why I'm looking at GT AS tires. haha
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Old 02-28-2017, 04:19 PM   #8478
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If you can do a double blind A/B test of two tires that weigh one pound different than each other and reliably and accurately tell me you can feel the difference and name which tire it is, I will award you with several hundred dollars cash.
I'm sure I'll see a small mpg difference, but it seems like the newer tires with the new LR compounds (as mentioned) negate tire weight (although the 17 and 18 lbs I was referenced earlier are LR tires).
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Old 02-28-2017, 05:10 PM   #8479
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Welp... Staying stock didn't last very long. At least it's not a Cobb AP... yet



A beer to whoever can guess what these are
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Welp... Staying stock didn't last very long. Wish it was a Cobb AP...



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Diff cover and a pitch mount? American cars are wierd that its possible right? Lol

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Quickshifter and breather plate.

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Quickshifter and breather plate.
Damn... that didn't take long lol Well, I still need to catch up with you anyway, too bad you didn't get to join us last Sunday for a quick redwood run.
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What benefit is there to using the breather plate? Just helps cool things off?
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