More grip means what was said above - The need for big brakes is greater now. But if the tire chage was coming, we havethe brake upgrade behind us and not in front of us. This tire would have likely pushed us there anyways. More grip means more parts failures. More grip mean less skill needed to drive fast. Perhaps we should all go to a 235 and the S-197 can go to a 205 (ha, ha).
Treadwear is factored by how much thread is there to start w/. If a full tread is a 100, and a new slick is 40, sounds liek they accually havea similar wear rate (not wear rating).
Surely Toyo wants to make a tire folks want to run, even those folks who don't run a spec class. How many folks do you think run RA1's that don't have to? Not a way to sell tires - only to those who have to run them. I like the move. I don't like change just for change, but I do like this so far. No shaving is big. There will no longer be the "trick shave job" ala the "JB Special" at Vilven ( ). I can now suport my local vendors even though they don't have a shaver. If it proves to last longer than the RA1, another plus.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pulling a Todd Covini here and painting all this to look like a rainbow.... I do think we will all be happier once we change..... if we change. I talked w/ AL today and he said nothing about it. If I recall, CMC change about other classes changed. It could be coming, it could not be coming.
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