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<DIV>As many of you, or the few of you left may know, my beloved 91 SE-R rests
comfortable most days under a car cover on the side of my house. Once a
month I start her up and take her for a drive to keep her alive. Well, the
tires I had on the car (Yokohama AVS Intermediates, which were awesome tires 10
years ago) had gotten so dry rotted, the tread was starting to separate, and I
no longer felt safe driving on them. So, I was stuck having to buy new
tires, or just not drive the SE-R at all.</DIV>
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<DIV>So, I started shopping for tires, and there are not many great choices left
for good affordable tires in the 185/60 14's anymore. I could pop
for some nice Dunlops or a new Yokohama models for about $90 a tire, or I could
go cheap with some Falkens or Fuzions for about $50 a tire OR, I could pop for
the Falken Azeni RT615s! At only a $79 (my cost), I figure, I stick some
sticky tires on my car and I can have some fun with it again. And if I
want to go autocrossing, I can just hop in and drive to the event (although my
helmet no longer meets the current Snell requirements :( ) For those
of you who dont know, the Azeni's have a treadwear rating of 200, but they are
really racing tires designed for people who run in SCCA's ST classes where the
super sticky tires are not legal. These are 195/60 14's and actually look
a little better on the car. And yes, they stick, really well. It
forgot how much body lean the SE-R has compared to my RSX or 350Z which has
none. But its still such a fun car to drive.</DIV>
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<DIV>So that's it, my SE-R is alive and kicking, and seems to be happy with her
new shoes. There might even be an autocross in her future once again, G
stock here she comes!</DIV>
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<DIV>Jaret</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>