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Old 08-20-2011, 01:04 AM
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So recently Ive been checking out some corvettes... mainly the centennial one. I personally think this is the best looking corvette EVER production wise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqrH...el_video_title

on a side note.. The tires (Michelin Pilot Sport Cup) its using are supposedly claimed by some car-testing companies possibly the BEST tires in the world for a production car... with the many of many different sets of tires in the world what do you guys think? Anyone even buy a set of these yet? Or even have a price?

http://www.michelinman.com/tire-sele...port-cup-tires
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Couple reasons you're not going to see many "real life" opinions around here.

1. They dont offer sizes in the correct fbody diameter.

2. If they did you can be sure they'd be in the $400-$500ea range.

No sir, not in the "Land of Nitto" would that happen.
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"Best" is all relative. "Best" for what? Handling? Drag racing? Noise? Tire life? For the price? There are always compromises, a tire best for drag racing is going to be terrible for handling and tire life where as a tire made for tire life is going to be harder and less sticky than a tire for handling or drag racing.
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^^totally agree. and keep in mind suspension setups also utilize tires differently too. a production Z06, WRX, GTR, Camaro, Genesis will all use a tire differently.
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Treadwear rating of 86? "Barely DOT legal, pray it doesn't rain..." Yeah, not the "best" tire for my TA, that's for sure.




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