bakaivar

I am a bit unsatisfied with mine (225/5016's on stock wheels). They stick like glue around the bends, but seem nervy under brakes and even on the straight sometimes. I didn't have any problems with the nervy-ness on the stock RE71's. The twitching only started after I had them installed. Not sure if it is just that they stick to everything, so every little bump in the road is pulling the wheel this way and that...?

Anyone else getting this... or did I get a bad set of GS-D3's

MO REX

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That happens when you buy sticky tires. I have so3s on 17s and I feel the tradeoff is worth it. Think about it, if the tires are soft and sticky they will grip uneven surfaces more than stock tires and cause the car to pull to one side or the other depending on the surface. Id say you got a bad set if they didnt do that.

Quoc

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I had So-3 for about 1 1/2 years and they are great tires, but the new Good Years were even better.

MO REX

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Your not the first Ive heard that from and I will be looking into the new Goodyears after the so3s wear out. (1) How do you drive your car? (2) are you runing any - camber (if so how much?) (3) how long did your so3s last?

Thanks

Kevin M

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I have a set of these. My previous tires were S03s. 205/50R16s on stock RS wheels followed by 215/45R17s on Gram Lights. I got them last week, broke them in over the weekend, and took them to the trackday at Buttonwillow on Monday. I bought 215/40R16s and put them back on the stock wheels.

Short review- pretty dang good, but I liked the S03s better. The Goodyears had good steering response and feel, and they act like the S03s as you get to the limit; very communicative with linear breakaway. But they just don't have the same ultimate grip. At least, not when they still have full tread. More importantly, the tread pattern made it so that it layed over and died from hard use (hard use being drifting turn one and the turn after the chicane ). Right now the tread blocks look triangular instead of squared.

I would add, though- for the money, these tires are great.

Kevin M

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Wait... are these GSDS or GSD3 we are talking about? FTR I have GSD3s.

MO REX

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Ban suvs, Have you had any scalloping problems with the so3s (I would guess not). The reason I ask is because a guy that goes to my mechanic had some Bridgestone tires (not sure of the model but they werent cheap) on his BMW and they scalloped really bad after some hard track use.

Thanks.

Kevin M

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I had more miles on my S03s before a track day, so not too bad. Maybe 1/32" worth of it, but I am really hard on tires at the track. Slipping and sliding around > faster laps when I'm not being timed.

MO REX

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Ill have a good amount of miles on mine before I go autoxing so that sounds good.

Thanks

meilers

Are we discussing these?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....Eagle+F1+GS-D3

AFAIK there's no such thing as a Eagle F1 GS-DS. Typo?

Kevin M

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There used to be GSDS. A friend of mine has them on his wagon.

meilers

I did some google searching, and you are correct, there is a "DS" model of those tires; however I don't see it for sale in several online tire sites I checked, so perhaps the D3 is the replacement for that model. They look identical (at least from a distance) in a few pics I found.

I plan on getting a set of these next week, so this is really valuable feedback. I feel secure in my choice!