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Old 11-16-2015, 03:50 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JARblue View Post
In for the RE-71R comparison.

I find it interesting that these worked well for you in the recent rains in Houston. My experience with RE-11s was once they were under about 5/32" tread wear, they hydroplaned like crazy in any amount of standing water; I was afraid to drive over 40 mph in them once water started collecting on the roads.
I'd check your pressures. Running a pressure close to OEM will get you a better contact patch where the channels are located. I would say even with that amount of wear and moderate rain (excluding standing water of course) I had no trouble doing at least 60mph
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