[Sledge]

Tim:

I'm willing to give up a little of the performance for a bit more life on the street, and a little less rock-throwing. That's all I'm saying here. If it doesn't make sense to others I can't really help that, to each his/her own.

That plus the $1100 every 1 to 2 years or so just for the rears.

It comes down to why you buy a particular tire. You want top performance from a gummy tire. Fine. I wanted a V-rated 15" tire that looked period correct and performed great (I don't like the look of larger diameter wheels on Cobras). There are only three things wrong with this tire in my view: they wear very quickly, they throw stones etc., and they are heavy. None of which will prevent me from buying them again. But for my use they are a bit stickier than I need.

Cheers,