antnee
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Before PPC in the park @ mallory, I went out in the wet seeing where my toyo t1r's would grip, pretty well I found. But last night when it was wet, they were awful, as if the rubber has hardened!
Would some slight track abuse cause this?
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Calum
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Different road surface? Or would that not make a difference.
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Nic Barnes
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depends if and how they are worn due to the abuse. Surface does matter as well slightly. I dont get the hype about t1r tried them on a few cars and found them pretty poor.
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Whittie
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Look how hot it has been lately. Might just be extreme heat to cold due to the rain?
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antnee
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So you think it may be down to the fairly big drop im temp since the weekend they have hardened more than usual?
Nic- from my experience of them I think they are pretty good, loads of grip in the dry
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barter
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with the hot weather its a known fact roads get slippery after a little rain blast.
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AndyKent
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I'd say its more all the crap laid down on the road surface over the last couple of weeks of decent weather more than anything else.
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Nic Barnes
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christ does it. Had van cross ways a lot today round corners that never normally do in rain. Fun.
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lostboy
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quote: Originally posted by antnee
Nic- from my experience of them I think they are pretty good, loads of grip in the dry
Me too. Also grip well in the wet, and are voted better then Parada Spec 2's by a fair few.
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Nic Barnes
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different people like different tyres for various reasons. Toyo are better than some other budget stuff yes.
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antnee
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I think it depends on the car they are on too tbh, with mine weighing just over 1200kg's compaired to a 106 gti at under 1000kg
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Nic Barnes
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dunno they were gash on my standard vectra compared to the falkens that are on it now. Shit on my corsa compared to yoko s drive. I suppose i dont do much town driving. Mostly b road countryside abuse.
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Eck
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I hate T1R's as well.
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Graham88
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T1-R's are SHIT in the wet
They are quite a hard tyre anyway, certainly compared to the Paradas I have now
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Mieran
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Have you checked your tyre pressure?
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