Cloverleaf Neutral Newbie January 26, 2004 Share January 26, 2004 (edited) Quote Yesterday was raining cats and dogs.....mondy using aspec DB...reali feels v.slippery and aquaplane quite a number of times any comments bro? depends on what kind of driver you are. to me, it sucks big time in both dry and wet, gimme free i throw away. if you even enjoy spirited driving at all, i wouldnt risk my life using this crap, what's a little noise when it comes to safety? the name is also some marketing gimmick, lots of people think it is quiet cuz of the DB in the name. not cheap some more, crap. Edited January 26, 2004 by Cloverleaf ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloverleaf Neutral Newbie January 26, 2004 Share January 26, 2004 Quote I realise dthat all these tyre discussion are about Japanese tyres.Has any of you tried the Michelin MXT. Personally, I find the wet (and dry) grip excellent. Prior to this, I was using Michelin MXV3A Pilot. Excellent road holding under all circumstances. That tyre lasted me 5 years (60,000km). There was still some thread left (within the legal limit), but I decided to change, as fine hair line cracks had appeared. you used your tyres for FIVE YEARS?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2P2 Neutral Newbie January 26, 2004 Share January 26, 2004 heheheeee think harden till like dunno what Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King 1st Gear January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 Quote I realise dthat all these tyre discussion are about Japanese tyres.Has any of you tried the Michelin MXT. Personally, I find the wet (and dry) grip excellent. Prior to this, I was using Michelin MXV3A Pilot. Excellent road holding under all circumstances. That tyre lasted me 5 years (60,000km). There was still some thread left (within the legal limit), but I decided to change, as fine hair line cracks had appeared. five year?????? u r the man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King 1st Gear January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 (edited) Quote Quote i don't knoe if this is good or not, recently changed to firenza tyres as my aspec db is botaked on one side. so i have front with firenza, went up to kl and it was raining on the highway. thing is, i saw a lot of water going/splashing towards outside of my front tyres, never seen b4 on my aspec db. gripping seems to be feeling good. no aqua planning feeling and overall handling i felt good. the splashing was obvious cause it was quite high as i can see it while driving. but i tried the max to 130-140km/h. i don't know if i can judge by that. So I'm not the only who has good experience with Firenza. Hopefully more people could try it out and concur with this finding. I haven't got the chance to really use the firenza in extreme conditions as yet, but nowadays when it's raining, I would purposely look for puddles of water to drive over and make the big splashes! I think after these few days of driving in heavy rain, I would say the tyres do inspire confidence. this firenza, from which country? Edited January 27, 2004 by King Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King 1st Gear January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 Quote From a shop with a not so good reputation - Yap Bros at Paya Ubi. yap bro, few of our fourmers visit them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspire Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 haha....atleast i found one user of the same kind....very satisfied huh? n the noise is not worse that aspec db... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspire Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 waaah.....he did 60,000 km in 5 years? not driving much huh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 do bear in mind that firenza doesn't hv silica compound so wet grip may not be as good as the other performance tyres. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 waaah.....he did 60,000 km in 5 years? not driving much huh? =================================================================== I cover 12,000km a year on average, on the low side. When I want to sell my car, I'll let you know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 Quote Quote I realise dthat all these tyre discussion are about Japanese tyres.Has any of you tried the Michelin MXT. Personally, I find the wet (and dry) grip excellent. Prior to this, I was using Michelin MXV3A Pilot. Excellent road holding under all circumstances. That tyre lasted me 5 years (60,000km). There was still some thread left (within the legal limit), but I decided to change, as fine hair line cracks had appeared. five year?????? u r the man Tyres can last that long - 5 years. I park my car 80% of the time in the shade, and use ArmorAll to protect the sidewalls. When driving, if it's red light ahead, I'll just release the accelerator and let the car glide to a stop. Plus no hard cornering. And of course the appropriate tyre pressure is impt. It CAN be done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspire Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 so ur oil change will last for at least more than a year.....impressive bro... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordgt Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 Quote Yesterday was raining cats and dogs.....mondy using aspec DB...reali feels v.slippery and aquaplane quite a number of times any comments bro? Aspec Db is a comfort tyre for the less concerned, keen and enthusiastic drivers. Yup the ones that hogs the road, the ones that makes you wanna kick butt type. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordgt Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 is it that you have 3 or 4 cars to rotate, that's why you have such low mileage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tiger156 Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 Quote Yep...want wet weather performance...go for Goodyear F1 GSD3. In my view (having tried F1, MXT, ST115), ST115 has the best overall performance . F1's wet performance is not as good because it lacks the "drainage system". Although the design is meant to channel water outwards sideways, it will still aquaplane because these channels are not deep and wide. Aquaplane happens when all the channels are "flooded" with water, so much that the bouyancy force increases and pushes the tyres upwards (off the road). For ST115, there are 2 extremely wide and deep grooves. These, coupled with outwards sideways channels reduces "flooding" of channels with water and so reduces aquaplaning. At the same time, the rubber compound and design makes it an acoustic tyre, i.e. quiet. MXT is just out of the league in the performance tyre category but very good in comfort and noise. I ever drive along the NS Highway at 140kph in pouring rain with the ST115 without any problem...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordgt Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 hahhahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccx2 Neutral Newbie January 27, 2004 Share January 27, 2004 Quote Quote one of my friend who drive passat ,brought the AspecDB,he is a light-pressure turbo car. so i ask him wet weather be beri carefull this AspecdB seems to be quite popular, saw lots of it being sold at autobac recently..... Probably lehlong lehlong ah??? I dumped mine only after 4000 km... after giving it lots of time to run-in. It does not cut it at all! Liao lui, but for safety sake, boh pian. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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