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naz,Feb 21 2008, 12:36 AM Wrote:

ZED_not_zee,Feb 21 2008, 04:49 AM Wrote:alright,  my theory is this:

on the street you will never be able to use those tires to there potential..

they will wear really fast when you pull out of your drive way don't get em warm and stop at the store.. let your tire cool for another hr and then when you leave wear some more...  R compounds wear faster on the street because they rarely get to optimum temp...  and a cold Soft tire wears un-even and  chunks off instead of a nice warm wear down,,,

so I say go with a cheaper tire for the street and keep the R's for what the R stands for...
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so you've uses RA1s as a daily driven street tire and what you described happend to them?
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How about this (if my 2 cents counts at all as an enthusiast but not as a racer):

Stick with good, sticky shoes but skip r-compound stuff unless you're going to have several consecutive months with dedicated track days / weekends at least a couple times a month. I've been reading up on R-comps and they do need heat to wear/drive properly. You probably know some or all of this already.

Of course, your ace in the hole is that you live in Cali and you'll make much better use of them for more of the year than I ever could... and likely better than folks in Toronto as well.