DEATH_INC.
15th August 2005, 19:36
OK. With all the other tyre reviews I thought I better do one on the 218's as well.
These were recommended to me by a mate in aussie,as they're real popular over there.
Performance. Brilliant grip and feel in both wet and dry,I'd go as far as to say these are the best tyres I've used to date.I get most tyres to slide around a little but these up until sunday when the rear was getting shot have never slid once,even chasing LB in the rain at speeds I've never thought possible.After the rear got quite worn it was sliding a fair bit under heavy power,but still felt very predictable.The front is getting down too,but is still performing as good as ever.As LB pointed out we had a bit of a moment when we got a bit carried away in a cornering competition and to the tyres credit even after I'd f****d up big time they pulled me through fine even though the rear was almost shot at this point.I really cant say enough about how well they work.10 outta 10.
Wear. Now we meet the down side....the rear lasted exactly 950km before it was absolutely shot.By 600km LB and myself were looking at it wondering who stole all the tread.At 900km they started to loose a lot of their brilliant grip,but still only under heavy power outta corners.The front is getting pretty sad too,but it's been on there longer than the rear(prolly about 13-1400km),but I doubt I'd get two rears to one front.2 outta 10.(to put the mileage into perspective I normally get around 2000 k's outta a rear,and two rears to one front)
I can't comment on track performance (cause I'm slower than treacle) and haven't been on the track with 'em.
Conclusion. If money wasn't an object I'd stay with these,as I said before I haven't used better,but in the real world they just wear too damn fast.Overall they'd get a 7 outta 10 from me.
These were recommended to me by a mate in aussie,as they're real popular over there.
Performance. Brilliant grip and feel in both wet and dry,I'd go as far as to say these are the best tyres I've used to date.I get most tyres to slide around a little but these up until sunday when the rear was getting shot have never slid once,even chasing LB in the rain at speeds I've never thought possible.After the rear got quite worn it was sliding a fair bit under heavy power,but still felt very predictable.The front is getting down too,but is still performing as good as ever.As LB pointed out we had a bit of a moment when we got a bit carried away in a cornering competition and to the tyres credit even after I'd f****d up big time they pulled me through fine even though the rear was almost shot at this point.I really cant say enough about how well they work.10 outta 10.
Wear. Now we meet the down side....the rear lasted exactly 950km before it was absolutely shot.By 600km LB and myself were looking at it wondering who stole all the tread.At 900km they started to loose a lot of their brilliant grip,but still only under heavy power outta corners.The front is getting pretty sad too,but it's been on there longer than the rear(prolly about 13-1400km),but I doubt I'd get two rears to one front.2 outta 10.(to put the mileage into perspective I normally get around 2000 k's outta a rear,and two rears to one front)
I can't comment on track performance (cause I'm slower than treacle) and haven't been on the track with 'em.
Conclusion. If money wasn't an object I'd stay with these,as I said before I haven't used better,but in the real world they just wear too damn fast.Overall they'd get a 7 outta 10 from me.