Wanted Tire ( Tyre ) Recommendation

"pws" > wrote in message
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> Frank Berger wrote:
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> >>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:52:03 -0600, "Frank Berger"
> > wrote:
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> > wrote in message
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> >>>>On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:12:55 -0600, "Frank Berger"
> > wrote:
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> >>>>
> > wrote in message
> om...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:46:41 -0600, "Frank Berger"
> > wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>"David Kennedy" > wrote in message
> r.com...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I've had great luck with Yokahama's in that size, AVSi's 4 years
> >>>
> >>>ago,
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>replaced with ES 100's 1 year ago.
> >>>>>>>>Good luck.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Dransfield wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Please could anyone help with a tyre recommendation.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>I'm not after an out-and-out performance tyre, but a good
> >
> > quality
> >
> >>>>>>>non-shimmy
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>one.
> >>>>>>>>>I only do a couple of thousand miles per year and drive like a
> >>>
> >>>granny
> >>>
> >>>>>>>most
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>of the time.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>I put Pirelli P6000 's on about 5 years ago, and although they
> >>>
> >>>cured
> >>>
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>shimmy, look great, and feel nice, and have loads of tread
> >
> > left,
> >
> >>>the
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>>side-walls are now all cracked (dangerously apparently). I'm
> >
> > told
> >
> >>>>>that
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Pirellis are prone to do this, and all tyres do it when the car
> >>>
> >>>isn't
> >>>
> >>>>>>>used
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>much. So I'm not planning to replace them with Pirellis.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>I'm not looking for an out-and-out performance tyre, but don't
> >>>
> >>>want
> >>>
> >>>>>>>anything
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>that's not as good as the P6000s.
> >>>>>>>>>I like low noise and comfort.
> >>>>>>>>>I want to keep the same size (185 60 HR 14).
> >>>>>>>>>I guess tread life isn't an issue, due to my low usage. Same
> >
> > for
> >
> >>>fuel
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>>economy.
> >>>>>>>>>I don't want to have a shimmy in a couple of years.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Any advice appreciated,
> >>>>>>>>>Thanks in advance,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Mark in London
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>1992 BRG Eunos
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Sounds like you want the cheapest crap you can find. You don't
> >
> > need
> >
> >>>>>>>performance tires and driving so little, who cares if there's a
> >
> > little
> >
> >>>>>>>shimmy? Come to think of it, why own a Miata in the first place?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I'll try and balance the rudeness written above with some actual
> >
> > help.
> >
> >>>>>>I have the Yokohama ES100's, and I really like them. They are highly
> >>>>>>recomended by many here. Read the reviews of all your possible
> >
> > choices
> >
> >>>>>>at http://www.tirerack.com/. Hundreds of reviews there on all
> >
> > possible
> >
> >>>>>>choices.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Tom
> >>>>>
> >>>>>What I wrote wasn't rude. It was a reasoned, honest opinion. You
may
> >>>
> >>>need
> >>>
> >>>>>a tire like the ES100. Why does he?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>In New York it wouldn't be considered rude. In decent places, it was.
> >>>>Here's a guy who values his Miata as much as anybody. And you chose to
> >>>>denigrate him and his relationship with his Miata.
> >>>>
> >>>>Tom
> >>>
> >>>I'm stilll waiting for answer to my question. Why does this person
need
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>ES100? You called me out for "denigrating" the OP - but it was OK for
> >
> > you
> >
> >>>to denigrate a whole State.
> >>>
> >>
> >>I didn't say he needed ES100's. I just said I had'em and liked them.
> >
> >
> > He was asking for advice and spelled out his parameters. Given those
> > parameter the ES100 is too much tire for too much money. Your
parameters
> > are presumably different. So you really didn't answer his question.
> >
> >
> >>And I didn't denigrate a whole state. NY city folks have a reputation
> >>for being rude.
> >
> >
> > Oh, you only denigrated New York City. That's OK, then. And not rude.
> >
> > Interestingly, you used the oldest ploy in the book,
> >
> >>trying to deflect the subject from your own rudeness, which started
this.
> >
> >
> > No, what started this is your accusation of rudeness.
> >
> >
> >>If the original poster had been an American, I probably wouldn't have
> >>mentioned it in the first place. But he wasn't, he was a Brit just
> >>trying honestly to get some advice. You were presenting the "Ugly
> >>American" stereotype that we are perceived as being overseas. I wanted
> >>to let him know that all Americans weren't that way.
> >>What you said wasn't horrible or anything like that, it was just rude.
> >>Let's not make a mountain out of a molehill.
> >
> >
> > But you did. And I wasn't rude.
> >
> >
>
> If you think that responding to a tire recommendation request with an
> answer that includes "Come to think of it, why own a Miata in the first
> place?" is not rude, then we have completely different definitions of
> the word rude.
>
> I don't, however, think that anyone really gives a crap, either about
> your comment or the responses to it. This is usenet, and a fairly
> inactive newsgroup at that. There are no mountains to be made here, I'm
> not sure that we can even manage the molehill.
>
> pat

I simply asked why he owned a Miata, since he hardly drives it, and when he
does he drives it like a granny (his own words). It seems fair to ask why
he owns a Miata. I didn't say he was stupid to own one or didn't have the
right to own one. It was a fair question. Maybe responses like this to a
simple attempt to communicate explains why the newsgroup is relatively
inactive.

You will notice that so far I am the only one who gave him useful
information about his tire request. Which is, given the way he drives, it
really doesn't matter.