Re: Autocrossing the D (& tire report)

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

I've been running the Yoko's on our car for the past month, and they 
have handled great! They only "problem" has been that the tires do 
have to warm up a little before you can really take full advantage of 
them. When the tires are cold, the rear end of the car has a tendancy 
to slide durring quick corners, ie: making a left turn durring a hard 
acceleration with quick correcting. But once the tires have heated, 
they become VERY sticky. I've only skid twice while braking hard, and 
both times were over 40 mph. If going slower, the car stops quickly 
w/o ANY skidding. While I haven't gotten the chance to use them on 
wet roads, they perform very well on gravel, dirt, clay & really bad 
roads (route 166, Lake Mead shore line @ 50 mph). But I have hit some 
large puddles, and can tell you that the Yoko's really do push the 
water out of your way, I've had water splash above my roof line. At 
high speeds the tires offer a great deal of stability. On several 
occasions we've had the car up to 114 mph on the highway, and there 
is no unusual shaking. It's a very comfortable, yet secure feeling 
ride. The night we brought the car home, they alowed the car to 
quickly manuver around a drunk driver w/o any hard leaning or 
traction loss. Thus we were able to avoid an accident. I highly 
reccomend the Yokohama AVS intermediate tires for the DeLorean. Yes I 
know that they're "V" rated, and most of us will never reach 149 mph, 
but the extra money that you pay is not for the speed. The money goes 
not only for the improved handling & suspension, but the overall fun 
& safety factors of the ride as well.

-Robert
vin 6585