Re: Dunlop Tyres

[Jaap Bouma <j.h.bouma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:55 AM 9/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Earlier this year I replaced the Pirelli P6000 tyres for the Dunlop SP=
 Sport
>2000E on my 164, after reading a tyre test in Autocar.  The Dunlop came top
>for normal (standard sizes) and I think Bridgestone(SO1) for the very low
>profile.  Two front tyres cost about =A3100 inc fitting, VAT etc.  IMHO the=
y
are
>substantially better compared to the more expensive Pirelli.  But it could=
 be
>that my driving style is not aggressive enough to get the best out of the
>Pirelli.

Friend of mine does regular circuit driving with his 146, and he was _not_
happy with his pirelli's: lack of lateral stability, and after one day of
circuit driving the lettering had all but disappeared from the sidewalls.
So I seriously doubt that your driving style is not aggressive enough. If
anything, I would suspect that a more aggressive style will highlight the
shortcomings of the pirelli's.



Best, Jaap Bouma (Netherlands)
'87 GTV6 2.5 Grand Prix

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