m3matt

What are your thoughts compared to the new T1's? Do you think they would serve as a good winter tyre, for general use, or is it best to go for the T1's?

ta,
Matt

mark@wrx

I thought the 888's were trackday tyres? Don't you mean the T1-R's?

FASTER MIKE!!

mark the 888's are road legal cut slicks from what i read in jap performance

mike

mark@wrx

Yeah I know they are cut slicks which are e-marked but they are so soft they wont last 5 minutes on the road.

Tone Loc

iTrader: (1)

If they are anything like the Dunlop DJ-01 cut slicks they will last surprisingly well on the road. Giving them a bit of abuse now and again will still see at least a good years driving (average miles per year).

Not so ggod when it's cold and damp tho

Tony.

ozzy

So, just the perfect ticket for our UK roads

Gutmann pug

hmmmmmmmmm 'R' rated cut slicks on the road in the wet, not a good idea fella's and certainly not to be recommended for sure.

Even BMW CSL owners have to sign a disclaimer before they take there car out of the showroom if they have ticked the 'r' rated box.

bighead

iTrader: (1)

My TR1s had just been beded -in was on the motorway yesterday in the rain (100+) and they performed v well around bends

RRH

The R888s perform exceptionally well in both the dry, and, surprisingly (and IMHO) when VERY wet.

On damp surfaces (Oulton is the best test for damp as its rarely dry) I found them bloody lethal- much worse than RE070s (which aren't too hot in the damp either, but are excellent in the dry and wet, and are also phenominally resistant to aquaplaning!!!)

m3matt

thanks for the info guys - I think it might have to be T1-R's then...

powercrazed

try the new TOYO T1-S tyre. even better than the T1-R.

mark@wrx

I thought the T1-R replaced the T1-S?

powercrazed

sorry, got them the wrong way round. go for the T1-R.