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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by TIFF-C20WTH
I personally would have faith in the leading tyre makers....IE, Goodyear, Perelli,Bridgestone, Dunlop, Toyo as they put millions of pounds of development work into them.
I wouldnt be so sure Tiff, if that were the case, why have different ratings so close?

V = 149
W = 168
Y = 186

Not exactly MILES apart are they? What sort of stresses does a tire have at 168mph compared to 149? i reckon its significantly more and would personally be choosing the W's as a bare minimum.

The wierd thing is Z's are rated as 150 and above if i remember correctly.. WTF does that mean then?
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