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Dean · 2009-04-27, 02:32 PM

Remember, most of the owner/reviewers have no foundation for their reviews.

Other than autocrossers, name another driver that actually drives two tires back to back.

Even when they compare what they took off to what they put on, they are often comparing an under inflated heat cycled, uneven wear tired tire to what they just spent a small fortune on. You also seldom know what they had before. Imagine a driver going from RE070s to ES100s vs someone going from RE92s to ES100s.

You will be hard pressed to find any tire running below 80%. How can that possibly be true. Nobody wants to say I got F'ed and TR doesn't sell the real crap, but since they only drive one tire in a performance category, their numbers don't relate to each other.

There is occasionally interesting anecdotal evidence, but you have to look at the car, driving style, tire size, etc. to remotely value any of those and even then assume it is largely BS.

TR has professional drivers that do real tests in a controlled and repeatable environment. Lacking other data, I trust them 1000% more than the user reviews.

I like CR data as well, but they stick mostly to A/S for the 1 wheel set drivers and ice tests.

2009-04-27, 02:32 PM	#41
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Remember, most of the owner/reviewers have no foundation for their reviews. Other than autocrossers, name another driver that actually drives two tires back to back. Even when they compare what they took off to what they put on, they are often comparing an under inflated heat cycled, uneven wear tired tire to what they just spent a small fortune on. You also seldom know what they had before. Imagine a driver going from RE070s to ES100s vs someone going from RE92s to ES100s. You will be hard pressed to find any tire running below 80%. How can that possibly be true. Nobody wants to say I got F'ed and TR doesn't sell the real crap, but since they only drive one tire in a performance category, their numbers don't relate to each other. There is occasionally interesting anecdotal evidence, but you have to look at the car, driving style, tire size, etc. to remotely value any of those and even then assume it is largely BS. TR has professional drivers that do real tests in a controlled and repeatable environment. Lacking other data, I trust them 1000% more than the user reviews. I like CR data as well, but they stick mostly to A/S for the 1 wheel set drivers and ice tests. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids... Last edited by Dean; 2009-04-27 at 04:32 PM.