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Re: What are the "best tires" I can buy? Posted by doug [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: What are the "best tires" I can buy?, Nickshu, Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:21:07 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Please do not put Pilot Sport CUP tires on a street car for street driving. That is very dangerous, they are like hockey pucks until warm and you can crash very easily at low speeds on a cool morning or night. They get very hot and sticky after 2 laps on a track. The gray area between sticking and crashing is very small and they break away very quickly without warning.
I have used these for years on my Porsche at Porsche Club Track events, and sometimes drive to the track with the tires mounted. In the morning, if you back out of a parking spot while turning, the front tires will "skip" sideways and you will think your car is broken. You will have flat spots that take many miles to round out, and if you ever them hot (you wont on the street, trust me), then stones stick into the tire. If you do not get them hot, they are just crummy tires.
I am sure that the ones they make for Bugatti and other cars that are meant for street driving and yet go over 200 mph are different from the regular ones that you or I can buy in the sizes for a regular car. The regular Pilot Sport Cup tires are most defiantly not intended to be a street tire for daily driving. Are they legal? Yes they are. If you crash into somebody and kill their young kids, will you get sued and loose? Yes, without a doubt.
For the street, if you want the cat's meow, get the Pilot Sport II. They are, very, very good tires. They are also over kill for a Saab of any type, but that is your call if you have the money to spend.
For a Saab I would buy the Bridgestone RE30 or RE50 whatever they are.. they are nice.
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