Re: New shoes for Spider

[Robert Abatecola <robert@domain.elided>]

I can't comment on the P4000 but I switched from Dunlops to the 
Pirelli P6000 last year and am very pleased with the change.  The 
car's handling imporved so dramatically that if I hadn't known better 
I'd have sworn I was driving a different car!




> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:57:27 -0500
> From: "Giller,Bruce C." <bgiller@domain.elided>
> Subject: New shoes for Spider
>
> 	My aging Yoko A509s on my Spider need to be replaced (they could be
> mistaken for racing slicks).  I was looking at the Bridgestone Potenza
> RE950 and the Yoko Es100 in 195 65 14 size.  I called my favorite tire
> shoppe (Radial Tire in Silver Spring, Md) and asked them about these two
> tires.  Radial outfits lots of Alfas and go-fast cars; got my R1s from them.
>
> 	In reference to the Potenza, he said that they have turned out to quite
> a noisy tire; he is shaving about 20 a month to reduce the cacophony.
> His comment on the Yoko is that they are a so-so tire.  His
> recommendation is the 'new' Pirelli 4000 - it has a recently redesigned
> carcass.  It is all-season rated but wasn't really designed that way;
> much like radial tires are rated as 'snow' tires.  The 'new' ones are
> supposed to be much better than the 'old' 4000s.  The price is around
> $65/each - much in accord with the RE950s. 
> 	Anyone have any experience with these new Pirellis?
>
> 	Bruce
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 -Robert Abatecola, San Jose, CA
  1985 GTV6
  1987 Spider Quadrifoglio
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