[DeTomaso] Kuhmo Tires

Will Demelo wdemelo at cogeco.ca
Fri Sep 11 20:04:13 EDT 2009


That's good to hear. They are 1/2 the price of Michelins
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
To: "'Will Demelo'" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 7:56 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Kuhmo Tires


> Back in June, before the Run 2 Reno, I put Ecsta XS 245/40 17 on the front
> and 315/35 17 on the rear of 6328.  Over the old, hard Pirellis, it was a
> world of difference.  Out on the track they didn't loose grip at all 
> during
> the Thursday "much faster than it was supposed to be thanks to Mike Drew"
> noon drive-around.  They won the dry side of the recent auto-X tire 
> shootout
> that Car & Driver conducted, but their one word for them in the wet was
> "diabolical".  Very unpredictable with an instant break-away.  Now, that 
> was
> at track speeds.  We ran into a fair amount of rain in the mountains 
> around
> and South of Klamath Falls, OR, and I was hanging on tight, but they never
> seemed to loose grip.
>
> For the price, I would give them a huge thumbs up.  Also, I could have had
> the 335's for only $15 more per tire.  Beat that with a rubber hose will 
> ya
> . . . .
>
> Mike Thomas
> Panteras Northwest
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Will Demelo
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 3:55 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Kuhmo Tires
>
> Anyone running Kumho Ecsta XS tires? They are quite cheap with decent
> reviews. Anyone?
> Will
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