RE-71R experiment?

chrischhorn

I care especially because I have an STS Miata but you are correct in previous driving done from other forums. The RE-71R is basically an R-compound with a 200 TW rating. PROBLEM is that the TW number is not regulated in any way or by any one other than the company themself. A 200 TW tire from bridgestone can mean 10k miles wear while a 200 TW tire from Michelin can mean 30k. Its just to compare to each manufacturers own tires so if the RE-71R's get 200 TW and get 10k miles. Their next tire like the S-04's can get a 300 TW rating 25k miles worth of wear.

Why do you think randomly once the 2014-15 rules were announced about the 200 TW rule for any Street class that all of a sudden the RS3's, the RE-11's, the Direzza's and the Toyo R1-R's all randomly became 200tw. They didn't change anything on the compound but yes I'd love to see some testing of how the RE-11's and the RE-71R's compare. I'm running RE-11A's on my Miata right now.

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