A-032R's

["Steve Schaeffer" <borrani@domain.elided>]

I had the good fortune to drive a P****e Boxster in the pouring rain at
Portland Int'l Raceway once, it was shod with A-032R's.  Never have I
experienced such a good rain tire!  Their 'aquatusk' pattern excels at
dissipating rain, I could literally hear those tires siphoning the water
away.  I believe the soft compound helps, but that tread pattern rules.  Be
warned, the A-032R is among the loudest tires there are on the street.
Makes you appreciate a good street radial!

There was a Lotus Elise here recently, a racing variant, it had A-036R's ??,
not the A-032, I was told it was a special variant for the Lotus racing
series.  In fact, it was Mario Andretti driving the car around Seattle Int'l
Raceway for a recent fundraiser.  Folks had dinner with him and 2 hot laps.
Lucky them!

Steve S.


>>A friend of mine is running Yokohama A032R 205/50/15 on his spider.  He
>claims they are great in the rain.  I guess the soft grippy R compound
sticks
>well.  Plus the tread design may look funky,  but look at the tires on a
lot
>of cafe racer motorcycles - same tread pattern.

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