P-Drive Yoko's Elise

[francelise]

A friend and I were looking for tyres in France for our Lotus Elise S1. I suggested Ao38's or AD Yoko's. When we came to buy the A038's they were no longer available. We then went to Lotus France and asked them what tyres they recommended. They sent me a Lotus document date 30 March 2006, and it stated only a new tyre, P-Drive Yoko, plus, they are a direct replacement for the standard factory fitted Pirreli (185/55/15 205/50/16).
Do you, know about these? They are softer than the Pirreli's, better all round tyre for Mr average, which includes a couple of trackdays.

Francelise

PS. I have the Lotus doc if anyone would like to see it. Is in french however!

[ferrisbueller]

Are these equivalent to Yokohama Advan Neova LTS?

[StuartB]

Have you tried ordering them from Geary:
www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=78&zenid=14290426b34d27ad7bd6a6b631b09f71

I would have thought he will ship outside the country

[francelise]

They are basically a NEW tyre. They do look similar but the tread is slightly different. Nothing like the A038/48.

Lotus France say fit these. In fact, we had a problem at the garage. Bascially I have 225 tyres on the back as I have sport wheels, but my friend has 205. The garage would not fit the A038 even if they could get them for my friend as they do not correspond exactly to his wheels, even though if you reduce the wall thickness of the tyre from 50 to 45.

That is why we went to Lotus France. I searched pistonheads for the tyre but, they are totally new it seems.

My friend has fitted his set, I am waiting to see how they are. They are cheaper also!

[francelise]

Well, it would cost an arm and a leg to get them to France. We spoke to the Yoko rep here in France, he just said, would have to wait a month, and then that wasn't totally sure. He didn't actually tell us about the P-drives, that was Lotus


>> Edited by francelise on Monday 8th May 09:19

>> Edited by francelise on Monday 8th May 09:19