Yokohama tyres: are they SO good?

[Lester H]

Been looking at tyres, 215/55/17. Nearly asleep looking at prices: Never heard of £60, Half Way decent £85, all usual mainstream premiums ( will buy) £100, Yoko (Oh, no!) £160.

[PhillipM]

Depends what tyre it was. They sell a few.

[Lester H]

thanks , Phillip M. Will look further but think Michelin/ Pirelli/ Conti. Will do for my sedate driving!

Edited by Lester H on Thursday 11th February 22:56

[aka_kerrly]

Not sure where your prices are from but 80quid gets you a choice of Yoko ae50, uniroyal rainsport3,Conti premium Contact,Bridgestone re002 and more premium tyres if you look on Camskill.

[PhillipM]

I would imagine at £160 the OP was looking at something like Yokohama AD08R's or similar. In which case they're road legal track tyres basically, probably a bit overkill...

[SonicShadow]

PhillipM said:

I would imagine at £160 the OP was looking at something like Yokohama AD08R's or similar. In which case they're road legal track tyres basically, probably a bit overkill...

A road legal track tyre would be more like an A048. The AD08R sits in between road legal track tyres and high end summer tyres IMO. AD08R's even have a B wet grip rating!

[V88Dicky]

Lester H said:

Been looking at tyres, 215/55/17. Nearly asleep looking at prices: Never heard of £60, Half Way decent £85, all usual mainstream premiums ( will buy) £100, Yoko (Oh, no!) £160.

Never heard of Falkens?

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m54b0s1714p97936/Falken_...

[PhillipM]

SonicShadow said:

A road legal track tyre would be more like an A048. The AD08R sits in between road legal track tyres and high end summer tyres IMO. AD08R's even have a B wet grip rating!

They're still not something your everyday punter would be running

[Rough101]

They’re lethal in damp conditions, couldn’t wait to swap mine for Pilot Sports.