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<blockquote data-quote="Tex Arcana" data-source="post: 10735630" data-attributes="member: 15892"><p>The Nitto's are toast, 26k over 3 years (I know, my fault, didn't rotate them soon enough), so it's time for new meats. </p><p></p><p>And, of course, it means I'm asking y'all what I should get.</p><p></p><p>The choices are either the Hankooks Ventus ST, a 50k tire with a warranty :rollseyes, or the Nitto 555 Extremes (street), usually good for 36k if I rotate every 5k, and swap them side-to-side every 10k. </p><p></p><p>The kooks are $200 per, $942 out the door, at Discount Tire; the nittos are $206 per, $968 out the door, same place.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, I'm torn. On the on hand, I LOVE the Nittos, best street tire for these things ever: stick well, excellent wet traction, predictable handling. On the other hand, losing this set at 26k hurts, and with the economy/job/financial situations the way they are, having to drop nearly a grand on tires is gonna hurt, and I'm thinking it might be best to go with the longer-lasting tire, and be done with it. But, if the Hankooks are hard and squirrelly, am I gonna regret it? :whine:</p><p></p><p>I don't drag race, I do the occasional "street demonstration" (rare now, most people won't bother to engage when they see the fender emblem), and I drive it daily 5.5 miles one way to work, and since I work for (b)Lowe's, I only get one weekend a month, which usually does NOT correspond with the local autocross and HPDE events put on by the local car clubs. I'd LOVE to get back into that, someday.</p><p></p><p>I've also got a full set of slicks on '01 wheels, and I'm gonna pick the straightest set to put on the street. My eventual plan is to hopefully get a set of R-compounds for track work, and swap as necessary; but that won't happen til I find a straight job that gives me my weekends back. :shrug:</p><p></p><p>So, whaddy'all think? Kooks or Nittos? And if y'all have any other suggestions, please go for it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p></p><p>Btw: mods in the sig.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex Arcana, post: 10735630, member: 15892"] The Nitto's are toast, 26k over 3 years (I know, my fault, didn't rotate them soon enough), so it's time for new meats. And, of course, it means I'm asking y'all what I should get. The choices are either the Hankooks Ventus ST, a 50k tire with a warranty :rollseyes, or the Nitto 555 Extremes (street), usually good for 36k if I rotate every 5k, and swap them side-to-side every 10k. The kooks are $200 per, $942 out the door, at Discount Tire; the nittos are $206 per, $968 out the door, same place. At the moment, I'm torn. On the on hand, I LOVE the Nittos, best street tire for these things ever: stick well, excellent wet traction, predictable handling. On the other hand, losing this set at 26k hurts, and with the economy/job/financial situations the way they are, having to drop nearly a grand on tires is gonna hurt, and I'm thinking it might be best to go with the longer-lasting tire, and be done with it. But, if the Hankooks are hard and squirrelly, am I gonna regret it? :whine: I don't drag race, I do the occasional "street demonstration" (rare now, most people won't bother to engage when they see the fender emblem), and I drive it daily 5.5 miles one way to work, and since I work for (b)Lowe's, I only get one weekend a month, which usually does NOT correspond with the local autocross and HPDE events put on by the local car clubs. I'd LOVE to get back into that, someday. I've also got a full set of slicks on '01 wheels, and I'm gonna pick the straightest set to put on the street. My eventual plan is to hopefully get a set of R-compounds for track work, and swap as necessary; but that won't happen til I find a straight job that gives me my weekends back. :shrug: So, whaddy'all think? Kooks or Nittos? And if y'all have any other suggestions, please go for it. Thanks! Btw: mods in the sig. [/QUOTE]
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