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Re: about to buy tires...

Postby twistedwankel » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:41 pm

Loren.

You think way too much. :thumbwink:

But we still love you :lust:
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Re: about to buy tires...

Postby Loren » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:49 pm

Turns out our hero didn't have the fastest time on the first day: Neal Tovsen (formerly of CFR SCCA) did with 78.237

And to further muddy the water... Neal was on Dunlops. Topping both the RS3 and the Toyo drivers!

The take-away here is that these tires are as I stated earlier in this thread, all equivalent. Different in some ways, but if you tune the car AND the driver to suit the tire, any of them can win.
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Re: about to buy tires...

Postby Loren » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:50 pm

Hey, thinking too much beats not thinking enough!
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Re: about to buy tires...

Postby AScoda » Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:05 pm

twistedwankel wrote:May the Lord bless Drew.
I'll settle for being knighted by Archduke Douglas of Lunchington

Sir Drew sounds nice. :king:
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dan wrote:Freakin' Drew and his freakin' Miata.
Rawkkrawler wrote:Freakin’ Drew and his OTHER freakin’ Mustang!
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Re: about to buy tires...

Postby Native » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:52 pm

That would be Sir Andrew of the Janky Hoopty, if I may, good sir.
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