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Ashburner

Haven't read the article yet but I saw something about this on the G8 board. Looks like I may be switching to the Hankooks!

JS + XES

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GO KOREA

charliemike

I'm sorry, I will never ever never ever ever buy anything from a company called Ling Long.

LuvMyTSX

Judging by other products out of China, I can't say I'm surprised about their performance. Not that I would buy Ling Longs anyway, based on all the other questionable products produced there.

DiaBando

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I do love mine. I would just check with TSXRocket. He is a wealth of tire info.

sho_nuff1997

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Interesting. I thought the Invos would have done better.

Josh99CL

I have some older tires from Hankook on my 1g CL it's Ventus though 225/40/18 and they're pretty good in dry.

I'm not up on the new speed ratings can I assume Y is >150mph?

Josh99CL

Edit: Y=186

CL6

I use Continental Extreme Contacts and they are not expensive and certainly the best tires I've tried. Those are some interesting results tho.

korrupted

wth is a ling long?

neuronbob

Who the hell is Ling Long?

And as a PS2 owner, I can confirm their excellent rain handling. Once the two sets I own have run their course, maybe I'll consider the Hankooks or the Star Specs.

tmnhs81

Yoko S. drive's. I have them, so far so good. nice grip on dry roads haven't driven on wet roads/weather yet.

AS3.0CL

i wanted to see if the General Exclaim UHP's was apart of this test...

sho_nuff1997

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They should have been...

Costco

Interesting, thanks for posting this.

WillrunifChased

I picked up a set of the star specs for my Honda Fit about a month ago, so far so good. My first autocross on them was a bust because I wasn't use to all of the grip.

Moog-Type-S

People switch tires from summer to winter?!?!?!?

WillrunifChased

^^I drove one winter day in my life with summer tires, and it will be the last.

neyeswhip

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I have Eagle F-1's and spent last year Jan-June in New Jersey. I didn't have to drive very far on a daily basis, and certainly didn't during snow/ice, but i had zero problems with them. I guess they aren't classified as "affordable" but i would certainly buy them again.

princelybug

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Yup, those and the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2's have been the benchmarks for a minute...but I'll look into the Dunlops and Hankooks now.

subinf

I put the G Force tires on the M6 and am happy with them. I don't drive the shit out of the car and I like how they look. They are a good fit

Fishy

I'm not sure how much of these results are applicable to anything other than a BMW 328i. Notice how the different tires added under/oversteer; that's because the 328's suspension was tuned for the oem tire. On a different car, especially a FWD, the results may be somewhat different. For that matter, a slightly different profile (i.e. 235R45) might alter the results, again also depending on the car.

So depending on the car, I think it would be a crap shoot between the top 5. The Dunlops look strong, but they might require some suspension tweaks for best performance. Having a track and mechanics at your disposal would be nice.

afici0nad0

very nice read.

i noticed the dunlop reviews once they were made available at tirerack. largely positive throughout.

the hankook v12 was a finalist on my short list of summer tires a few summers ago. however, i ended up with falken fk452's. perhaps i should revisit hankook again on my next replacement...

sho_nuff1997

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I had considered those, but everywhere I looked said they were really loud.

v6cord2k5

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I came in here expecting them to be part of the comparison

sho_nuff1997

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They explained on the disclosure next to the skidpad pic....they ran out of money and time.

v6cord2k5

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But they had time to test POS Ling Longs?!

subinf

They probably are. The car is so god damn loud anyway that I don't notice it. And it isn't the daily driver so it doesn't matter as much. I basically bought them because I like the tread pattern - and they were fairly inexpensive.

alexSU

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Seriously. That has been my choice of tire for some time now. Fuck it, still is!

sho_nuff1997

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They had to have a baseline shit tire.

Here's a good write-up of the General Exclaim UHP:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gen...im-uhp-review/

Legend2TL

I just put a set of them on my 05 TL 6MT. So far I like them alot more than the Avon M550 A/S's they replaced. The Conti's are about the same dry traction, far better in the wet, and much quieter and smoother ride.

Loseit

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I am surprised the INVO's did so bad. I hear such good things about them.

AS3.0CL

i really do like my generals and they are really sticky, i just wanted to see how they matched up against everyone else. consumer reviews are ok but it's real world test in which i want to see.

who the fawk kills about ling longs

cmschmie

Not sure if size would have anything to do with it

People buying them for looks?

CG2PROJECT

WHERES THE TOYOS!?!?!?

sho_nuff1997

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They don't have "affordable" summer tires.