[Miata] T1-R Info

[Keith Tanner]

The GRM article may not be online, although they do sell back issues.
If you're willing to make a $5 investment to find out what they have
to say, that might be worthwhile doing. I don't remember what issue it
was in but it was recent. You can also read through their forums, a
quick search for "Direzza", "RE01R" and "R1R" pulls up some good
dicussions.

The Tire Rack has the tests of their tires linked from the tire page.
For example, if you're looking for test info on the Dunlop Direzza
Z-1, you go to the page for that tire
(http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Direzza+Sport+Z1).
Then click on "Tests".

Keith

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:17 AM, John Freas <john.freas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Previously on T1-R, Keith Tanner <keith at miata.net> said...
>
>> I'm not personally an Azenis fan myself - I think they're too
>> compromised a tire for anything but competition use, and they're not
>> as good as a pure competition tire in that case - but they're not the
>> king of the hill in the "street tire" class anymore. GRM has done some
>> testing recently comparing the newcomers, that's worth checking out.
>> Tire Rack has also done some testing of the non-Azenis contenders
>> (given that they don't sell Azenises, that's understandable) and you
>> can find the results on their website.
>
> Well, actually *I* can't find either article.  If any of y'all have a link
> I'd appreciate it as I'm currently on a set of Dunlop SP Sports and while
> they make corner drifts more fun, they definitely don't have the stick that
> I was used to with the Azenis'.
>
> It will probably be next summer before I need to replace the Dunlops, but
> I'd like to have a solution in a 205/50-15 size in mind by then.
>
> Thanks.
>
>     -John
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