Does treadwear matter using performance tires

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07-18-2011, 05:45 PM

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My main concern is how the tires handle through aggressive cornering in dry and wet conditions.

The stickiest dry surface tires will also be the stickiest wet surface tires.

That all goes out the windows if you throw in puddles/standing water.

Consider the "extreme performance summer" tires that TireRack offers. Not all of them will come in your sizes.

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07-18-2011, 09:46 PM

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I have used the Yokohama S Drives twice. I drive like a nut (very aggressive at times) and they lasted me 30k miles which is very good for an extreme performance summer tire.

The OEM Bridgestone RE050's suck. I got 8200 miles on the car and they're close to done.

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07-19-2011, 03:51 AM

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Yokohama S-Drives are not Extreme Performance summer tires.

They perform significantly worse than OEM RE050A.

Advan Neova AD08 > Advan Sport > S-drives

It is "just" a summer tire at best.

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