[DeTomaso] Another Tire Question

[Dick Koch]

Mileage and life depends on how hard you drive.  While mine should be 
replaced if I am going to track the car due to age, my Kumho's have 
lasted several years and over 7,000 miles, with three track events. 

Yeah, I know - I drive like a pansy.  But still great mileage and life 
for the V700 Kumhos (245/40R17 & 335/35R17).  While the price has gone 
up, they are in my opinion one of the best tires you can put on a 
Pantera, both from a performance and a price basis. 

When I replace the tires I will use the 315 on the rear since the 335 is 
no longer available, which is no big deal.

The tire is not a tire you want to run on wet pavement, which is not a 
problem for me since I don't run the car in the rain (when it is running 
- comment added for Dailey and all the other guys that are hounding me 
to get it back on the road).

A review on Tire Rack pretty much tells it like it it:

"I replaced my stock Pil*t Sp*rts with these, and the transformation was 
instant, and incredible! Grip is HUGE, and more importantly, break-away 
is soft and progressive - very controllable. On the track, cornering 
grip and turn-in is improved so much that I now use the corners to catch 
cars that used to walk away from me. Heavy push went to neutral, and 
rear snap went away - that does a lot for your confidence when you're 
hanging it out there! On a VHT surface, I have to add 1500 rpms to 
launch, or I bog. I did get a couple with open-seam problems, but was 
advised to run them backward for a while, and that seems to have helped. 
I was told to expect only about 3,000 miles from them, and given the low 
cost & high performance, that would be just fine. But with 1800 miles 
already, I'm expecting to get probably 5,000 from them. These tires 
transformed a twitchy, 500+HP, white-knuckler into a confidence 
inspiring cornering machine! *Definitely* buy again."

For more information on the tire, go to:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Ecsta+V700#Survey

Dick Koch - Atlanta

Larry Finch wrote:
> <<<<<Kumho makes the two sizes you are looking for in the V70A model  
> tire.>>>>
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> And that series has a tread wear rating of 54.
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> Good for a year or two, max.
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> Larry
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