[DeTomaso] Tire advice

Bjoern Flesland bflesland at gmail.com
Fri Feb 14 10:26:40 EST 2014


I would vote for the Toyos.
4-5 years on the shelf is OK if you are not running the SSCC or similar
events. You will probably never hit 149 mph anyway IMO.
Cheers Bjoern




On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Christopher Kimball
<chrisvkimball at msn.com>wrote:

> The rears are in pretty good shape, so that puts one vote for the Toyos.
>
> When all four tires wear out next time, my sons will be out of college, so
> I'll just buy a whole set of the Pirelli P-zeros.  They are rated to almost
> 200 mph.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2014, at 3:24 AM, "michael at michaelshortt.com" <
> michael at michaelshortt.com> wrote:
>
> How much life is left in the rears?  Ideally, all 4 would expire at the
> same time on the next cycle.
> Are you planning to upgrade to 17", if you  continue to drive as you
> hypothetically do, that's going to be your only option unless somebody
> (Coker) reissues a Z rated 15" series.
> If my rears where newish I would go Pzero, if my rears were 60% or less,
> the Toyos.
>
> Michael Shortt
> On Feb 14, 2014 2:58 AM, "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I know I'll get different opinions on this question, so I've decided I
>> will add up the answers I get within in the first 24 hours, and go with the
>> majority...!
>>
>> It turns out I need new, front tires.  I don't race my car, but I drive
>> it a lot (the current Toyo Proxes were new in 2008), and sometimes, on a
>> long trip, I might hypothetically drive at a hypothetically high speed for
>> a time.
>>
>> Here are my two choices--tell me what you think is the best.
>>
>> 1) The Les Schwab company discontinued the Proxes 225 50 15 which I have
>> now, but they still have 7 left in the Country.  They are probably 4 or 5
>> years old, but are new, and have been stored inside in a cool, dry area.
>>  They will match the Toyos on the rear of the car and cost less than $400
>> for both including mounting and tax.  They are only rated to 149 mph.
>>
>> 2) Pirelli P-0 tires are also available in the correct size.  They are
>> rated to 200 mph, will be newly-produced, but won't match what I have on
>> the back, and will cost over $800.00.
>>
>> Which should I buy, Toyo or Pirelli?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
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