good 14" tires hard to find

[Khiem Dinh]

Michelin Pilots Exaltos are pretty much a sure bet.

You can research them on tirerack.com; tirerack has a very good survey and
testing system.

-Khiem

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jason Puckett <dbax_fan at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  It's time for new tires to replace the second set of Yoko AVS ES100s for
> my (non-SE-R) car and I'm discovering that it's hard to find reasonably
> priced GOOD tires in 14 inches now, there just aren't many choices anymore.
> I guess 14 inch wheels are *so* 1990s and no new cars come with them anymore
> (I'm glad I have 15's on my SE-R!  I got the ES100s for something like $85 a
> tire a couple of years ago.
>
> I've narrowed it down to:
> BFG g-force super sport a/s for $88 each
> Falken Ziex ZE-512 for $69 each
> Michelin Pilot Exalto a/s for $101 each
> *maybe* the Falken Azenis for $100 each but with a 200 treadwear rating can
> I expect more than 15K miles out of them?
>
> Has anyone had any good/bad experience with any of these?  I tend to drive
> somewhat aggressively and don't mind noise/rough ride.  I want good
> traction, safe wet handling and hopefully at least 20K miles out of the
> tires.
>
> I miss the days of the awesome Yoko A509s that I had or the sticky Dunlops
> that all cost me $70 to $90.  I looked at the Dunlop Direzza but they're
> $126 each and that's just too high for me.  I'm wondering if in a couple of
> years I'll even be able to find ANY 14 inch tires when I need to replace the
> next set.
>
> Thanks for any input from the good ol' SE-R list!
>
> Jason Puckett
> '93 Ruby Pearl SE-R (weekend fun car)
> '00 Toyota Corolla (daily commuter)
>
>
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