Re: Tire recommendation
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axiomite
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axiomite
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I recently bought a new set of Coopers (forget the model) for my wife's Mini Cooper. However, that was really only because she liked (read "insisted") that they continue to say "Cooper" on them to match the car.
That being said, they have been a great all season tire. The first year we had the car it even saw a little snow as it was our only vehicle for a bit due to an accident. Both the car and the tires did surprisingly well in light snow/slippery conditions but they certainly would not match a true snow tire and we didn't drive it in more adverse conditions.
I don't know a lot about street tires but if you ever need advice on off road traction, feel free to ask.
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Re: Tire recommendation
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axiomite
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axiomite
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What happened to the good old days when you had a maximum of 5 or 6 different tires to choose from. My head hurts just looking at the array of tires available for a given vehicle.
It's nice that Tire Rrack puts them into different categories so a guy like me can make sense of them, but really, do we need performance, advanced performance ultra performance and ultra super-duper performance with extra more categories?
::Fred goes to tyre store::
"Hi. I need some summer tyres."
"What kind sir?"
"Um, round ones... with a decent amount of rubber, but not to much... and not so little that I look like a goof for not having alloy rims... maybe a little performancy, but not, like, ultra superdedupery performancy..."
That should narrow it down to a selection of around 200 models.
Fred
------- Blujays1: Spending Fred's money one bottle at a time, no two... Oh crap!
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Re: Tire recommendation
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Can't believe I missed this thread... I put a set of these on my 300C Kumho. Great performance, bummer of a name.
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Re: Tire recommendation
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I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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Re: Tire recommendation
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connoisseur
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connoisseur
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Kumho. Great performance, bummer of a name.
Sound like more of a command than a name.
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Re: Tire recommendation
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axiomite
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I always hear it like "Hodor" from the Song of Ice and Fire books.
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