Yokohama S-Drive vs. Toyo T1-R?

Hello group!

I'm getting close to the end of my second set of 195-50-15 T1-Rs on the
mighty LISPmobile (my '99), and I thought I'd have a look at some of the
other summer tires that are out there. I live in Tampa so I don't care
about cold-weather performance at all, but I do put a pretty high
priority on grip in the rain. The Yokohama S-Drive comes in that size
and I've read a few people on the internet who say it's good, plus it's
20%-25% cheaper than the T1-R. What do you all think? Have any of you
tried the S-Drive? Are there any other brands I should be looking at?

yrs jp

"johnny p." > wrote in message
...
> Hello group!
>
> I'm getting close to the end of my second set of 195-50-15
> T1-Rs on the
> mighty LISPmobile (my '99), and I thought I'd have a look at
> some of the
> other summer tires that are out there. I live in Tampa so I
> don't care
> about cold-weather performance at all, but I do put a pretty
> high
> priority on grip in the rain. The Yokohama S-Drive comes in
> that size
> and I've read a few people on the internet who say it's good,
> plus it's
> 20%-25% cheaper than the T1-R. What do you all think? Have
> any of you
> tried the S-Drive? Are there any other brands I should be
> looking at?
>
> yrs jp

I'm running Yoko s-drives on my '04 right now. And I can tell
you with all honesty that they KFA in the rain. I just spend 2
days doing an HPDE at Pocono and we had rain the second day. The
Yoko's never slipped, slid or even squealed and I was doing a
good 95 mph.

This was my first track event with these tires and I was *very*
pleasantly surprised.


Iva & Vixen
2004 Classic Red
No more winkin' Miata

This is an incredibly strong endorsement from Iva and I'll keep it in mind
for myself next go-round. I can't give you any first hand info on the
S-Drives so, I'll just tell you about the tires that I DO have first hand
experience with.

I've had excellent results with each of these;

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 http://www.goodyear.com.sg/eagle_f1.html

Yokohama Prada Spec-2
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....=Parada+Spec-2

Falken Azenni's
http://www.falkentire.com/Tires/Pass...enis-RT-615-14

Good luck, let us know what you go with and how well you like it!

Chris
99BBB

>
> I'm running Yoko s-drives on my '04 right now. And I can tell you with
> all honesty that they KFA in the rain. I just spend 2 days doing an HPDE
> at Pocono and we had rain the second day. The Yoko's never slipped, slid
> or even squealed and I was doing a good 95 mph.
>
> This was my first track event with these tires and I was *very* pleasantly
> surprised.
>
>
> Iva & Vixen
> 2004 Classic Red
> No more winkin' Miata
>
>