Harold wrote:Marf wrote:AD08 would be my choice.
I love mine.
Far and away the best tyre I've used on the car, and I've used a few!
A bit of a compromised tyre though isn't it? I'm sure it's superb in the dry, but what about the wet, standing water and cold wintery conditions?
I'd love to try some, but I don't think i'd want such a focused tyre, unless it was a track car of course.
Not comprimised at all
They're rated to
-10c
http://www.yokohamatire.com/assets/docs ... a_ad08.pdf
Important Care And Usage Instructions:
The ADVAN Neova AD08 was developed using high performance
compounds which become brittle at low temperatures, and therefore
should not be used in certain conditions.
ADVAN Neova AD08 tires thus
must be stored or used only at temperatures at or above 14°F
(-10°C) to maintain performance characteristics and to avoid any
damage to the tire or injury to persons or property.
As for the wet weather performance, I fitted them mid April, and then it rained pretty solidly for 6 weeks.
I expected to be really disapointed with the wet weather performance and be tip toeing around, but I was pleasantly surprised.
More than pleasantly surprised.
They are utterly amazing in the wet.
No hint of aquaplaning and there's gobs more lateral grip and grip under accelerating/braking in the wet compared to
everything I've used before which includes
T1R
Yoko S-Drive
Yoko A-022
Falken FK452
Yoko A520
Yoko AD07
Moderate rain and I can plant it through first and second on low boost and the wheels don't spin up when the tyres are up to temp.
Seriously, they're fantastic.
The only downer for a daily car is the stiff sidewall, which does reduce ride comfort and increase tramlining.
On the plus side though this does mean you feel everything the car is doing, the grip breaks away very predictably and controllably.
I was torn between these and the R1R, which I believe is what is currently on Julian's BBS LMs.
What swung the AD08 for me was both the low operating temp(R1R min temp is
-1C I believe), the slightly deeper tread depth when new and the wear rate being lower.
I can't wait to get them on track and see what they can do, which hopefully I'll be doing next month at Bedford Autodrome.
I've also used Yoko A032 and A048 on my old Charade GTxx, they would be what you call comprimised for a daily tyre.
Not that it stopped me running them for 2 years!
