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post Mar 15, 2007 - 11:47 AM
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I'm looking at both tires in a 205/55 for the stock 15"s. Both brands - 4 tires + shipping ends up within 5 bucks of each other, so price doesn't matter. They both have the same speed rating as well. I know a few people run the Falkens, but I haven't heard much about the Direzzas. I've run BF Goodrich Traction T/A in the past, but I was dissapointed how they wore after autocrossing, so I want to try something different (less expensive). I've used Dunlop tires on 2 of my street bikes and liked them, but I've never had any experience with their car tires. I've done my research and I'm not interested in any other tires. I'm only interested in one of the two in the poll, so please don't tell me I should buy some other brand. If you have used either one of these tires I would appreciate any comments or feedback as to what u liked/didn't like and such. Right now this car is a daily driver, so I'm choosing these tires cause I drive 80 mi + a day, but plan on autocrossing several weekends this summer.


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post Apr 10, 2007 - 10:22 AM
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Thanks for all the feedback. I went with the Dunlop Direzzas. Part of my decision was cause the Dunlops ended up being less $ with the $50 rebate Dunlop offered. I really like them so far. I've been running them for over 2 weeks now (over 1 k mi.) They are every bit as sticky if not even better than the BF's I ran b4 when it comes to dry & wet conditions ($20 something less per tire too). The only thing I am dissapointed with is the snow traction during acceleration. We ended up getting 3 or 4 days in a row here with some late snow and these tires just wanted to spin when pulling out. Once I was up to speed tho they handled great (exceptionally well off road). I actually avoided a head on collision. A Titan & a Trailblazer were sliding in the other lane. The Titan caught the guardrail and got smashed up. The Trailblazer swerved around the Titan and was sliding head on towards me in my lane. I was able to maintain control and had enough traction to swerve off the road, go over a bank down into a field. Then I drove 30 ft or so thru the field up a slight slope to where I could get back onto the road....lol.


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Posts in this topic
- BBW 99GT   Tire Poll   Mar 15, 2007 - 11:47 AM
- - celicaST   i have the falkens. cant compare them to anything ...   Mar 15, 2007 - 12:05 PM
- - Valo666   i got falken FK452s on my car...but my sister has ...   Mar 15, 2007 - 3:07 PM
- - presure2   for that price range, i like the falkens. ive had ...   Mar 15, 2007 - 4:41 PM
- - LewFX   im a fan of dunlop   Mar 15, 2007 - 4:53 PM
- - BBW 99GT   Thanks for all the feedback. I went with the Dunlo...   Apr 10, 2007 - 10:22 AM
- - soulshadow   The dunlops are ok and thats wat I have on now, Bu...   Apr 10, 2007 - 1:40 PM
- - playr158   Pilot sport cups FTW   Apr 10, 2007 - 2:43 PM


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