Bridgstone S02 or S02A?

[silver993tt]

Looking at new tyres for my 993 turbo. Currently using S02As (N3) but wondering what the S02 (non-A N2) are like. Anyone had experience with any of these specific tyres?

[verysideways]

I'm currently on SO2's at the front and SO2A's at the back, IIRC N2 all round. Pretty good, but wet weather grip suffers after about 3.5mm tread.
I'm going back to Conti's when these four are worn through.

[BliarOut]

I far preferred the SO2's on my Boxster. The SO2A's seem to lack the outright grip and directional stability of the earlier SO2's. If I was choosing, I wouldn't bother with the A's.

[nel]

I'm fitted SO2 N2s front and back in August this year and find them very confidence inspiring wet and dry. However, someone suggested in a recent thread that Bridgestone have stopped making them now and so the supply will or has dried up - worth checking on availability.

However, my porker came with SO2s on and I've never driven the car on anything else, so can not give a comparative opinion.

[silver993tt]

Thanks for the feedback. I've still got some good tread on the front S02A's but the back haven't got much left until the limit. The tread pattern between the S02 and S02A is completely different, so you reckon it would be ok to have the SO2's on the back with the SO2A's on the front even with this pattern difference?

[BliarOut]

I had that combination on the Boxster for a short while. Made the car a little more twitchy

Probably be ok if you're just gonna wear them out over the winter, but not a good setup for spirited use.

[slippydiff]

SO2's everytime. I went from O2's to O2A's on a 964RS, though they were good, the SO2's certainly felt grippier (and rode more smoothly) The SO2 lack of availability "myth" has been doing the rounds for about 2 years now......................Bridgestone speak for "buy the SO2A's they cost us less to manufacture, so there's more profit in em" IMHO

[sundeep]

the 'A' should benefit from more current tyre technology.. but nothing wrong with the non-A !