Porsche: Tire recommendations?

16" wheels? That's odd, sure they're not 17"?

I'm a Bridgestone fan, but the Michelins are good also...ride a bit stiffer.
No fan of the Pirelli's, as I think they wear faster and cannot out perform
the others you mentioned.

"Dan Stephenson" <com> wrote in message
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Dan Stephenson wrote:
 

I personally put a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 tires on my '97 911
this summer, and absolutely love them. Plenty of grip and great wet
traction (for the few times I take it out in the rain.) I'd say the
biggest thing I've noticed about them is how quiet they are. I replaced
Continental ContiSportContact tires.

I bought the Goodyears from Tire Rack and had them drop shipped to my
local performance alignment shop, who installed them, and aligned the
car too. My happiness comes from both the tires, and the alignment.
But that's just my $0.02 worth.

Car and Driver reviewed maximum performance tires in their December 2005
issue. Here's a link to the article in their webs site.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=10252&page_num ber=1

"Dan Stephenson" <com> wrote 

You should pick up a December Car & Driver and read their performance
tire test. They didn't like the Pirelli too much, they tested the Potenza
RE050A (the S-03 is not really comparable to the others as it's more
a race-ready tire rather than a street tire). You should also look at Yoko
Advan, ContiSportContact 2, and Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, which
along with the Michelin were the top 4.

The Yoko was killer on dry-road performance.

FloydR

All these suggestions of other brands is good and all, but doesn't the
"porsche certification" of the SO-2 Bridgestones, Michelin pilot sport
SX and Pillerri Pzero rossa mean something?

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"Dan Stephenson" <com> wrote 

Only the paper it's written on. Would you buy a Mercedes R-Class
because it's the "Official Car of the Rolling Stones Tour" just because
you're a RS fan?

FloydR