Re: [alfa] Kumho tires - DIY Rear Brakes on Milano? How hard? Special tools?

[Steve An <san@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

I replaced the Yoko AVS Intermediate on my Milano with Kumho Ecsta 716, 
mainly, because of the positive reviews on the TireRack site and the fact 
the were dirt cheap, I compared them to the Dunlop D60 A2, which I liked OK 
on my old Audi.

I was really disappointed at first, they were like marshmallow, really 
killed the steering, the sidewall was really soft, perhaps due to the H vs 
V rating on my Yoko, but I found a post on the Miata list that claimed they 
need to have around 36 PSI to work right and lo and behold, this really 
transformed the tires. Funny enough the ride quality did not suffer at all 
compare to the Yoho AVS at 30 psi, must be the difference in the tire 
construction.

They worked OK in the dry, not as good as the AVS but I really don't care 
about the difference except during braking, and they seem really good 
in  heavy rains, I have Hakka 10 for snow so I don't really care about snow 
performance.

At something like $36 per tire, a great deal. I'd recommend them as cheap 
commuting tires.

        - S.

p.s. FWIW, I am not so gung ho about absolute adhesive on the street, so 
long as the tires break away predictably, I really like sliding around.




> hmmmm. i've been looking hard at the Kumho Ecsta line for my next round of
> tire purchases. there is an all season in that line, the prices look good,
> and the reviews on tirerack.com are generally positive.
>
> richard
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> Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
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