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Originally Posted by Sycraft
just give me tires that can last 5000 miles, fairly inexpensive and v or z rated. plus they have to roll good and handle ok, wet traction a plus but not required. That's not too much to ask lol....1000 a set would be ok, Avons are almost double that. If they were around 1250 a set, they would be perfect.
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The above is the first "spec" for the tire I've seen. There are other characteristics that others would deem essential, and it would take another dozen or so to establish the top 3.
And this shopping list is precisely why there is no "ideal" tire. In the realm of "supercar" tires, which is what people are looking for, there is no tire that meets all of those criteria, regardless of what vehicle it's intended for.
In the old project management metrics language: Cost, Quality, Performance: Choose 2. (You will often see Schedule in the mix.)
Manufacturers priorities the items in the list and optimize 2 or three of them. Everyone has a different mix of what they optimize. That is why everyone perceives there are too many non-optimal solutions.
But in the Cobra space, "appearance" seems to rank high. Everyone wants the tires to look like Billboards, but in all other aspects, billboards suck.