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Yokohama ES 100
« on: March 29, 2007, 02:49:11 pm »
Yokohama ES 100

are these good tires? for a civic hatchback?
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2007, 02:53:26 pm »
How long is a piece of string?

You may need to add more things like...

driving style
dry or wet performance
cash flow
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2007, 03:05:28 pm »
pretty agressive interms of driving'
more so for daily driver but also will be going to the tracks a couple times this summer'

as for cash flow, my budget is 450-500 max.!

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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2007, 03:28:34 pm »
Not sure if you can a set of Yoki ES100 mounted and balanced for under $500. I had a set of the ES100, lasted 3 years summers, very good wet traction, on dry pavement the grip was excellent as well. Very poor traction and unpredictable in the cold tho. Stop ability was great, tread-wear life very so-so. I didn't find them noisy tho, as others indicated.
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2007, 03:36:30 pm »
Here's what my ES100's looked like after half a track day (actually a track evening) at Shannonville, on a Civic interestingly enough.   

The front shoulders chunked pretty badly.  Mind you, the Carousel corner on the Nelson track configuration was absolute :censor: then.  Everyone tore up their boots on it. 

Otherwise I was happy with the tire at the track.   It was after the tire wore past half depth that they got noisy, and I mean really noisy...

Lemme know if you want more real world or track feedback on 'em. 
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2007, 04:16:51 pm »
So is it worth the money! ?  is way better than the Kumho supra 712s right?
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2007, 05:12:10 pm »
Quote from: hatchie on March 29, 2007, 04:16:51 pm
So is it worth the money! ?  is way better than the Kumho supra 712s right?

I would not buy ES100's again, personally.   Plus, depending on sizes, the Yokes are likely 25% more costly than the Kumho's. 

I've had so many brands of tires over the years, based on what I'm reading out there,   lotsa guys seem very happy with the Kumhos.   From a price perspective they look hard to beat.   This is however, a brand I have no first hand experience with, but it is virtually at the top of my shopping list.   
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2007, 05:33:50 pm »
What would you suggest?  for tire size 195/50/15? or even 205/50/15

a decent summer tire for daily and also trackable?
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2007, 05:48:44 pm »
This is starting to sound like a broken record.

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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2007, 09:59:46 am »
Quote from: hatchie on March 29, 2007, 05:33:50 pm
What would you suggest?  for tire size 195/50/15? or even 205/50/15

a decent summer tire for daily and also trackable?

What year is the car, what size is on the car now?  Lotsa whats, need more deets. 
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2007, 05:33:25 pm »
Streetable and trackable. All depends how good you want to do at the track. You will end up sacrificing either way. If you not worried about wet then look at RS-2 or RT-615.
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2007, 10:05:10 pm »
Hey didn't I say that like 5 times now?  Loudpedal I think your tires kind of chunked up due to overheating you really have to take it easy on streets and head to the pits more often unfortunately.
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Re: Yokohama ES 100
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2007, 10:51:20 pm »
Quote from: wing on March 30, 2007, 10:05:10 pm
Hey didn't I say that like 5 times now?  Loudpedal I think your tires kind of chunked up due to overheating you really have to take it easy on streets and head to the pits more often unfortunately.

 ;D  I don't think I could do this to tires on the streets.   I had to sacrifice my tires to catch and pass those VR6's...corners were the only place at Shannonville I could get that done.  Those pesky VW's would pull 3-5 car lengths on my Civic down the straights  :P
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