Bridgestones ordered

[fastpat]

I just completed my order for Bridgestone RE-01R's for my 16" Fuchs 7's and 8's; this was a switch from Yoko AVS Sports which were out of stock for the rear size.

I did a search for experiences with this tire with no results. Anyone using them?

[JeremyD]

sucks that they discontinued the AVS Sports 16/45/245....

[bigchillcar]

pat,
is this an all-weather or performance tire?
ryan

[EarlyPorsche]

I think thats what I had on a set of fuchs. The treadwear was 30! They were incredibly sticky tires just sitting there. I never ended up running them but for the track they should be phenominal. On the street your proabably rolling your money away.

[fastpat]

Originally posted by bigchillcar
pat,
is this an all-weather or performance tire?
ryan

They're a Ultra High Performance Summer Tire using TireRack's jargon. Wear rating is only 140, so I expect no more than 20k miles out of them at the outside.

My car isn't a daily driver, so these are for those "Tail of the Dragon" or other driving weekends. I want predictable performance and a high degree of lateral traction. Hopefully, these will do it.

I'm keeping the 15's with mileage and comfort tires mounted, but my car is truly not particularly comfortable for a long range drive. No cruise control, rides hard, etc.

And, yes, it does suck that both Bridgestone and Yokohama dropped manufacture of the245/45/16 sizes in the same sort of tire. I ordered 225/50-16 rear and 205/55-16 front. Best I could do. Won't be long before we won't be able to buy those I'm afraid, the fact that the Honda S2000, in some model years, uses those sizes may have helped us.

[fastpat]

Here's the TireRack review page for this tire, the most recent is from an '83 911SC owner (a Pelican perhaps?).

[fastpat]

They've arrived and look good, now to get the wheels ready to mount them.