I'm in love all over again.
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I'm in love all over again.
Back in October I took advantage of the $100 off deal at Discount Tire to pick up a set of 225/45-15 Nitto NT-01s to throw on the 6ULs as a replacement for the 225/45-15 R-S2s. They arrived a couple of weeks ago and it finally stopped raining long enough to get out there and try them out.
Holy.
*******.
****.
I had driven on these tires at Buttonwillow this past summer (courtesy of Emilio) but it had been awhile, and I have another 20whp now as well. With the R-S2s, the turn-in was OK, but the front end always felt a little wishy-washy, like you weren't totally connected. It felt better than anything on stock suspension, but there was always something missing. The NT-01s ******* SNUFFED that feeling. You THINK about turning in, they are already a step ahead. You can feel every little bump, every little divet in the road, and it's so easy to adjust the slip angle of the car mid-corner. Then, on the exits, you can actually stick your ******* foot in it vs. having to wait and then roll into the power with the R-S2s. The mid-corner grip is unnatural, too; you think the car is way, way beyond its limits, and it just hunkers down, glides through the corner, and asks for more on the way out.
They are quiet enough on the highway to make them liveable, they weren't terribly upset by the occasional patch of damp pavement, although at 6/32nds of tread for the 2 main grooves and 2/32nds everywhere else I wouldn't really want to drive them in the rain.
Seriously, I do not understand why anyone uses street tires for a high-performance application. Try R-compounds ONCE, and you will never go back.
Holy.
*******.
****.
I had driven on these tires at Buttonwillow this past summer (courtesy of Emilio) but it had been awhile, and I have another 20whp now as well. With the R-S2s, the turn-in was OK, but the front end always felt a little wishy-washy, like you weren't totally connected. It felt better than anything on stock suspension, but there was always something missing. The NT-01s ******* SNUFFED that feeling. You THINK about turning in, they are already a step ahead. You can feel every little bump, every little divet in the road, and it's so easy to adjust the slip angle of the car mid-corner. Then, on the exits, you can actually stick your ******* foot in it vs. having to wait and then roll into the power with the R-S2s. The mid-corner grip is unnatural, too; you think the car is way, way beyond its limits, and it just hunkers down, glides through the corner, and asks for more on the way out.
They are quiet enough on the highway to make them liveable, they weren't terribly upset by the occasional patch of damp pavement, although at 6/32nds of tread for the 2 main grooves and 2/32nds everywhere else I wouldn't really want to drive them in the rain.
Seriously, I do not understand why anyone uses street tires for a high-performance application. Try R-compounds ONCE, and you will never go back.
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it depends on the tire... even among different generations of the same tire. 215 azenis were crap for wear rate. the 615s last much longer.
but who cares? isn't the experience worth an extra set a year?
Sav: why didn't you just get the new 15x9 6ULs?
but who cares? isn't the experience worth an extra set a year?
Sav: why didn't you just get the new 15x9 6ULs?
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So these are your new street tire, then? Schweet.
I really debated long and hard on my last set whether to go with an RA1 or NT-01 vs the RE-01R. I don't do track days, just DD with an occasional sprint through the canyons. I settled on the Bridgestone, and while I don't regret it (it is a great street tire) I occasionally wonder what I'm missing...
I really debated long and hard on my last set whether to go with an RA1 or NT-01 vs the RE-01R. I don't do track days, just DD with an occasional sprint through the canyons. I settled on the Bridgestone, and while I don't regret it (it is a great street tire) I occasionally wonder what I'm missing...
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Sry... but people that feel the need to run R compounds on the street need to be hit in the head with a large bat wielded by a homerun hitter. If you are driving that hard on the street... please just end yourself and spare the innocents.
Hard driving is meant for the track... period.
(Comments obviously meant for anyone thinking of R comps as street tires... and using them for 'togue'/etc... drives)
Hard driving is meant for the track... period.
(Comments obviously meant for anyone thinking of R comps as street tires... and using them for 'togue'/etc... drives)
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Sry... but people that feel the need to run R compounds on the street need to be hit in the head with a large bat wielded by a homerun hitter. If you are driving that hard on the street... please just end yourself and spare the innocents.
Hard driving is meant for the track... period.
(Comments obviously meant for anyone thinking of R comps as street tires... and using them for 'togue'/etc... drives)
Hard driving is meant for the track... period.
(Comments obviously meant for anyone thinking of R comps as street tires... and using them for 'togue'/etc... drives)
The grip isn't even the best part. It's the feel and response that makes them so incredible.
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^^^This is all your fault
Joe, I actually have a set of Falken 912s I'm using for true street. I do too many highway miles (at least 500 a month) to justify running NT-01s all the time. It pains me to see my car sitting on daisies and 185/60s :(
Joe, I actually have a set of Falken 912s I'm using for true street. I do too many highway miles (at least 500 a month) to justify running NT-01s all the time. It pains me to see my car sitting on daisies and 185/60s :(