At the Polls: Best Street-Legal Performance Tires (from One Hot Lap)

[LaszloT]

Surprising (to me) better than Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD07.

http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/at-...rformance.html

1. The Dunlop Star Spec Direzza got 36% of the vote with a comfortable lead over any other tire in the poll. I know from experience that the Direzzas were good for nearly 2 seconds over the Michelin Pilots on a 70-second autocross course. I have used 3 sets of them so far and they are equally good at autocross and track. At the autocross, the do not need a lot of heat to work at its optimal performance level. At the track, they remain fairly consistent after a fast 30-minute session and only get marginally greasy on excessively hot days. They are long-lasting and reasonably priced to boot. This really has been the best all around street performance tire for the past few years. As one E36 M3 owner summed up his experience with the Direzzas:

"160 Auto-X Runs
300 Laps @ NHMS
60 Laps @ Watkins Glen
5 Drag Races @ Epping
1 BMW Driving school
& 9,000 Miles

All on 1 Set of Star Specs......With plenty of tread left!"

No complaints from me either - so far.

[Guillermo]

That poll is not from this year, and does not include the awesome new BF Goodrich Rival tire. That is my favorite street tire for autoslalom and track.