General Road Tyres...

[glendog74]

dont listen to the old woman - run on Cups all summer, no need for PS2. Cups ARE TYRES and need to be used

:birdman: I use Cups when on track, its just handy to save on uneccessary Cup tyre wear by using PS2s for the journey whilst having them as an option if it turns wet. A journey to the Ring and back is almost 1500 miles for me - not including any track miles whilst out there... :blalalala:

[glendog74]

Seeing how Terry's GT3 was in the wet at Brands with R888's I'm wondering whether I just chuck the Cups on now and leave them on there!?

With a professional race driver and instructor at the helm of course... :whistle:

Every situation is different of course, but i don't leave Cups fitted all year as it's predominantly wet where i live down here in West Cornwall and i really don't see the need to have 'Ultra High Performance' Cup tyres fitted for my 3 mile drive to work or the odd run to Tesco and back when not at track days...! :bigcry:

If i drove the 1500 mile round trip to the Ring and back only to have a sodden weekend of teetering around the track on Cup tyres at only two thirds my normal pace, then i'd be pretty fooked off! :banghead:

[Dan_csl]

With a professional race driver and instructor at the helm of course... :whistle:

Every situation is different of course, but i don't leave Cups fitted all year as it's predominantly wet where i live down here in West Cornwall and i really don't see the need to have 'Ultra High Performance' Cup tyres fitted for my 3 mile drive to work or the odd run to Tesco and back when not at track days...! :bigcry:

I didn't know who it was driving it to be honest, don't you know I'm a professional! (at something!?) :bigcry: :bigcry:

I'm not lucky enough to have 2 set's of wheels yet! :blalalala:

[glendog74]

I didn't know who it was driving it to be honest

http://www.mikewilds.com/racing.html :whistle:

[phat///M3]

I currently have Falkens on, they seem OK for the money I guess, cant fault them other than that they are hard.

[Dan_csl]

http://www.mikewilds.com/racing.html :whistle:

Will look later thanks! :thumbs:

[SpineOnABap]

I use

Vredestein Wintrac xtreme
255/35 R 19 96 W XL for the rear
235/35 R 19 91 W XL for the front


These are the only winter tyre that has a speed rate of 160mph


Basically, winter tyres work better then summer tyres when the temperature drops below 7 degrees
from November to March the average daily temp is below 7 degrees and wet in England


I think they will outperform PS2 in winter months I will use the cups from April to October as I always have done.



The odd track day in Winter I'll stick the cups back on.

I run those too, albeit 265/30 on the rear. I'm not impressed by their performance in the cold / damp, but they come into their own on snow! On the PS2 I couldn't get anywhere but on these it's fine :smokin:

On these cold greasey road mornings though I find the levels of grip astonishingly low - lower than the PS2 possibly. It doesn't take much provocation to get the rear wheels spinning widely in 3rd or 4th gear below 60mph.

[Craig]

Update on the Hankook's there a cheap track day tyre and are really scary in winter (worse than R888's) however yesterday at Oulton when it was wet in the morning they were very vague, however when it dried out and the sun was shining I found them very good for the money!!

[DuncanR]

from November to March the average daily temp is below 7 degrees and wet in England

Here ends the weather report !! :hahaha:

Same as Rob aka Glendog, PS2's for winter and wet track work.

[TANKSLAPPER]

Here ends the weather report !! :hahaha:

Same as Rob aka Glendog, PS2's for winter and wet track work.

Yeah, that's why they PS2 listed as a summer tyre.

Don't get me wrong I do think the PS2 are good for a wet track but cups are better on a damp track. And new cups can be better than part worn PS2 in the wet, but we are talking about a good road tyre on this thread. not track tyres.

If you are thinking PS2 are that good buy some for your Land Rover. lol

Horses for courses ! ! ! !