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Federal 595 RS-R. It's a very well priced tyre.
Pros: well priced
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
I have slightly stretched Federal RS-RRs that still grip as much as the meaty Hankook V12s I used to run. Very affordable, but I've heard they're very poor in the rain.
Pros: affordable, good grip
Cons: poor in the rain
Federal FZ-201 M tires. They were as fast as my used Hoosier R7s on the same course. Ended up about 1 second faster on a 1:15 lap vs the R7s. Fairly communicative towards the limits. On Auto Cross they were very sticky.
Pros: fast, very sticky
Cons: limited sizes, short life
Vehicle:
Porsche Cayman
Tires: Federal 595 rear / Cooper Zeon RS3-A front
I use them daily for about 2 years now in SoCal. Daily drive them. I do fine at track days on them and they lasted quite a long time. Now they are pretty loud however but eh kinda get used to them.
Pros: lasted quite a long time
Cons: pretty loud
Federal RSRR. My last set lasted me 25k miles which included 4 track days and 2 auto xs
Pros: lasted 25k miles
Mileage: 40233 km
Yep, have these on my BiTurbos. Good size for a 14x6. I'll use them again when I find a set of 7 or 7.5\" wheels. Downside is they are just regular all-seasons. Not terribly fun but I'm not driving crazy at this height anyways. It'd be nice if there were some 14\" Summer options in a 195/50 at least.
Pros: good size
Cons: regular all-seasons, not fun
i have them on 15x8 on a 165/45 and they are by no means autocrossing tires. What they do have, is the forgiveness in treadwear so they tend to last much better than the toyo proxes that were phased out over a year ago. Now those handled great, but had a terrrible tire tread life.
Pros: forgiveness in treadwear, last much better
Cons: not autocrossing tires
They ARE crap. And that is spoken from someone who has had a set. Two of the 4 developed bubbles in the tread (tread separation) after about 10K miles.
Cons: developed bubbles, tread separation
Mileage: 10000 km
i had 205/40/18 and the sidewill blew out within 3 days
Cons: sidewall blew out
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