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Finally got to "drive" my 2008 Roadster that I purchased in MN in October. Spent most of the day Saturday with Three Twisted Sisters down Kerrville way in south Texas.
The Gen IV car came with the stock Michelin Pilot Sports still on the car. Did not like these at all. And I came from a Kumho Ecsta XS on my Gen III 2005 Roadster for comparison.
I put Nitto NT05 295/35/18 tires up front, and Nitto NT05 335/30/19 out back. Nitto does not make a 345 wide tire for this car.
Dom426h has some stellar input as to why I made this choice.
After spending all day with the NT05 tires on the Sisters, with sunny skies, and temps in the low 50s, I could not be happier with my purchase. (I was waiting for the Pilot Super Sports, but made my buy two weeks before those finally came out, now I am not sad that I did.) The Nitto NT05 offered tremendous grip in the corners. I found it hard to comfortably push these to the limits, so I did not get a lot of experience with how forgiving these are or how much warning these give you before breaking away. But what I do know if that these NT05 tires stick in the corners better than my previous Kumho XS tires. The car was tracking corners like it was on rails. Looking forward to getting these on the track soon.
The NT05 were roughly $1200 locally. My next set I will go with the Michelin Super Sports, just to have a basis for comparison. But I am extremely happy with how well the NT05 tires corner.
And these were pretty damn good in the wet weather going home once the slush melted off the road. Much better wet than I expected.
The Gen IV car came with the stock Michelin Pilot Sports still on the car. Did not like these at all. And I came from a Kumho Ecsta XS on my Gen III 2005 Roadster for comparison.
I put Nitto NT05 295/35/18 tires up front, and Nitto NT05 335/30/19 out back. Nitto does not make a 345 wide tire for this car.
Dom426h has some stellar input as to why I made this choice.
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After spending all day with the NT05 tires on the Sisters, with sunny skies, and temps in the low 50s, I could not be happier with my purchase. (I was waiting for the Pilot Super Sports, but made my buy two weeks before those finally came out, now I am not sad that I did.) The Nitto NT05 offered tremendous grip in the corners. I found it hard to comfortably push these to the limits, so I did not get a lot of experience with how forgiving these are or how much warning these give you before breaking away. But what I do know if that these NT05 tires stick in the corners better than my previous Kumho XS tires. The car was tracking corners like it was on rails. Looking forward to getting these on the track soon.
The NT05 were roughly $1200 locally. My next set I will go with the Michelin Super Sports, just to have a basis for comparison. But I am extremely happy with how well the NT05 tires corner.
And these were pretty damn good in the wet weather going home once the slush melted off the road. Much better wet than I expected.
