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<blockquote data-quote="525iBoy" data-source="post: 121341" data-attributes="member: 1183"><p>over the past 2 years Ive been fortunate to try the following tires on luxury cars ranging from lexus 300 3.0v5, Alfa 168v6, new GTI 2.0 SMG, Merc 300CE 3.0, Jetta VR6 2.8and e34 525i. IMHO:</p><p></p><p>ST115, fairly good grip in wet and dry. Horrendous wear rate of < 20k Km om my Alfa and yes I rotated them and kept good tire pressure!!.. Steering feel avg, turn in so so. cheap at 300ea but with that wear rate not that cheap.</p><p></p><p>Falken 512: wears about 50% better than ST115 but grips a lot less, and steering feel evern worse. about 300 ea.</p><p></p><p>Pilot Sport 2: bloody expensive at 1K+ ea. but very very impressive grip in wet and dry, wore well. tip top steering feel. A really impressive tire as it could be driven right to the limit and is so steady. </p><p></p><p>CSC2: impressively good grip, very similar ot P. sport2. on my mom car but wear rate looked good at it lasted 35K, kms over 3.5 years.</p><p></p><p>C-Drive, Decent grip and in wet and dry, not quite as good at st115 but a more steady planted feel. good wear rate - 12Kms and about 1/4 tread gone. i.e 75% tire life left. strange but 1 year old and it still looks "new" while the falkens look 10 year old at 1 year of use!! hmmm. I paid about 400 each. so I feel good value.</p><p></p><p>Stamford Tires's brand name: Firenza, v. similar to 512, but a bit cheaper and seemed to wear better. Grip about same as 512 but not as good as C-Drive. S. seemed a good everyday tire on the Alfa 168 and Merc.</p><p></p><p>I've found you get whatn you pay for. ST115 & 512 cheap but not cheap be they wear out in 1 year with my driving. I feel C-Drive are good value and same for firenza with C-Drive being more sporty. Best is DEFINITELY the CSC2 and Pilot Sports !! I think there is truth in we gets what we pay...!!! that is why mercs and BMW sell for more than Protongs!!!</p><p></p><p>if I had unlimited budget then there not doubt the CSC2 and Pilot Sports are king. but i would buy the CDrive again but not the ST115 or 512 as I think they cant take the weight of our continential cars esp BMW5 and 7s</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="525iBoy, post: 121341, member: 1183"] over the past 2 years Ive been fortunate to try the following tires on luxury cars ranging from lexus 300 3.0v5, Alfa 168v6, new GTI 2.0 SMG, Merc 300CE 3.0, Jetta VR6 2.8and e34 525i. IMHO: ST115, fairly good grip in wet and dry. Horrendous wear rate of < 20k Km om my Alfa and yes I rotated them and kept good tire pressure!!.. Steering feel avg, turn in so so. cheap at 300ea but with that wear rate not that cheap. Falken 512: wears about 50% better than ST115 but grips a lot less, and steering feel evern worse. about 300 ea. Pilot Sport 2: bloody expensive at 1K+ ea. but very very impressive grip in wet and dry, wore well. tip top steering feel. A really impressive tire as it could be driven right to the limit and is so steady. CSC2: impressively good grip, very similar ot P. sport2. on my mom car but wear rate looked good at it lasted 35K, kms over 3.5 years. C-Drive, Decent grip and in wet and dry, not quite as good at st115 but a more steady planted feel. good wear rate - 12Kms and about 1/4 tread gone. i.e 75% tire life left. strange but 1 year old and it still looks "new" while the falkens look 10 year old at 1 year of use!! hmmm. I paid about 400 each. so I feel good value. Stamford Tires's brand name: Firenza, v. similar to 512, but a bit cheaper and seemed to wear better. Grip about same as 512 but not as good as C-Drive. S. seemed a good everyday tire on the Alfa 168 and Merc. I've found you get whatn you pay for. ST115 & 512 cheap but not cheap be they wear out in 1 year with my driving. I feel C-Drive are good value and same for firenza with C-Drive being more sporty. Best is DEFINITELY the CSC2 and Pilot Sports !! I think there is truth in we gets what we pay...!!! that is why mercs and BMW sell for more than Protongs!!! if I had unlimited budget then there not doubt the CSC2 and Pilot Sports are king. but i would buy the CDrive again but not the ST115 or 512 as I think they cant take the weight of our continential cars esp BMW5 and 7s [/QUOTE]
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