[DeTomaso] AVON tires

[Tom Shinrock]

Mike said ..

Recognize that these are classic RACE tires, and come with a host of drawbacks.  
Besides their high cost and short lifespan, they are a    decidedly 'vintage' tire 
in terms of their tread pattern, and I would be a bit skeptical about their performance
in the wet (Avon's claims notwithstanding).  Your paint would also likely take a pretty good 
beating as they picked up every rock and pebble and flung them into your bodywork. 

The  reason I took notice of the Avon tires was because I read a comment from someone on either a Corvette forum or Superformance forum 
that the tires had excellent wet and dry adhesion but did not cover themselves with rocks like other race tires.  They also said that it looked
like the tire would last 10,000 miles.

That is why I questioned if anybody put them on their Pantera to validate if these claims were true.

Tom
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Mike said ..


Recognize that these are classic RACE tires, and come with a host of drawbacks.


Besides their high cost and short lifespan, they are a    decidedly 'vintage' ti
re

in terms of their tread pattern, and I would be a bit skeptical about their perf
ormance

in the wet (Avon's claims notwithstanding).  Your paint would also likely take a
 pretty good

beating as they picked up every rock and pebble and flung them into your bodywor
k.


The  reason I took notice of the Avon tires was because I read a comment from so
meone on either a Corvette forum or Superformance forum

that the tires had excellent wet and dry adhesion but did not cover themselves w
ith rocks like other race tires.  They also said that it looked

like the tire would last 10,000 miles.


That is why I questioned if anybody put them on their Pantera to validate if the
se claims were true.


Tom

5186