Been attacked past 2 weeks on my Toyos!

Took the car to emissions. "Sir the car passed emissions but can I speak frankly. Those tires are totally bald on the edges. I mean how do you drive around on those??!!"

Me, " Look they are road racing tires okay. Bout 300$ a pop too. Can I just have my sticker please"

Next couple days guy comes up to me in the parking lot. " AMG baby!! Love that car!" Asks some questions and then " You not able to afford tires for this baby or what?".

"Okay these are Toyo 888s. Some of the finest racing tires you can run on the street. They are fine"

Tonight.....Mcds.

"Dudeeeeee, What is a Kompressor?"

"Its German for Supercharger. She's a beast for sure"

In teenager voice "buttt uhhh looks like tire-o mucho baldito"

"Look they road racing tires!!!!!!!"

THEY ARE ROAD RACING TIRES!!!!!!! (yelling with hands up in the air) $&@&)$&in ROAD RACING TIRES!!!!!!

Okay I feel better. Carry on

Nothing like a fresh pair of R888's for the beast... One fo the best R compound tire I have used.

lol, i still love ya jimbo! whenever you need to vent just give me a call buddy!

You and me both man...The inspection guy a couple days ago said, "I wouldn't drive in the rain if I was you, and I'd get those replaced" NT05's still 1/32 from the wear bars...NO s**t not in the rain...

hehe. See right there where it says "DOT approved?" :p:

Did you know that your tires are bald?

You need to rotate them tires more often. Love this thread. Going to try out a set of those tires as my next set in 295/30/19s. Hope they squeeze under as my fenders are rolled.

Man, them tires is bald!


/redneck.

Jim,

You're in Salt Lake, the people that asked you are probably still wondering how you drive in the snow with those tires.

Those tires are pure sex.

You should get the yoko a048's...much better then the triple 8

U cant get the yokies in 19" and you cant get the R888 in 275... only 265 .. great pity ....

Haha That is funny stuff.

sweet tires! how do they perform for you?
btw how long do they last?

I thought those were Goodyear Eagles...




wait for it....




because they are bald.

Here Jim see how deep the tread must be to get to zero.

Watch it!!! He might bury that in the head of the next guy who tells him his tires are bald...

Tom

R888 are great tires! Nice and sticky. Don't worry about those people, they dont know what they are talkin about. I had them on my kinesis wheels for roadracing and some street driving in the summer. They are much better than drag radials in the rain too but still not like a regular street tire. They should be good for low 1.7 or even high 1.6 60's. They just have stiff sidewalls and would be worried about breaking stuff on the launch if you get too aggressive.

Keep in mind that the R888's run wide for their size.


Anybody have experience with the new Toyo drag radial? Last week I went to buy tires and the guy was trying to tell me the new Toyo drag radials are better than mickey thompsons. Wtf??? Then again that shop is well known for pushing Toyo over any other brand, they have some kind of deal with them

LOL!

Too bad they don't offer this tire in 285/30/19's.

LOL I hear it about the NT05's I have... It gets old way too fast

I love those tires. I haven't had them on my 211 personally just yet but I've been in cars with them on at the track and man oh man do they bite!!!

The only reason I don't have these guys on right now is that I'm not sure how they will do in the rain I daily my car and the additional grip would be great for the power I'm pushing but don't want to end up hydroplaning into a wall or a tree *knock on wood...

Happen to me the other day!

dude your tires are BALD!

Very funny!

LOL.... we still love you Jim... no matter how bald of tires you use

If you say this.. maybe the point will come across?
Doesn't sound like the other explanations are working.. ahaha