[DeTomaso] Tire advice

[David Nunn]

Chris,

You didn't mention "which" Toyo Proxes you have (R-888, RA-1, T1R, 4, etc.)
but it's likely a P-Zero would be a complete mis-match from a rubber
compound/tire construction standpoint. 

As a general rule-of-thumb, you shouldn't run different makes of tires front
and rear. It can create huge handling balance issues. In fact, you also
shouldn't mix tires of the same brand, even if they are of the same rubber
compound and load/speed rating. I wanted to mix Michelin PS2 run-flats with
regular PS2's. Both tires had identical specs and even an identical tread
pattern. The only way you could tell them apart was one had "ZP" on the
sidewall. Both the Tire Rack and Michelin told me not to mix them. They
said, if you're just "putting around" you'll never have a problem but if you
start to drive hard; really hard, the imbalance created by running different
tires can be dangerous. Perhaps they're just covering their asses, in the
legal sense, but is it worth the risk just to save a few hundred dollars? 

As far as tire age is concerned, some experts attribute the Paul Walker
fatality to the fact the Carrera GT he was riding in still had the original
tires, which were approximately nine years old at the time of the crash.    

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