At first I thought these were knock offs....

[Ozdavroz]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how shit are the RE003's? (10 being ultra mega shit)

Was hoping they'd be alright for a non-daily driven R32 that might get driven to Charnwood Macca's in the dry once a month, and maybe the odd hoon up and down the hills that pass for mountains in sunny Canberra.

 Bob Jane currently running a "Buy 4 Get 1 Free" deal on RE003s and my brain can't comprehend anything else being value for money

[silviaz]

19 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

They are real good. Big central grooves, sticky compound. I have no fears in the wet. Except for the first couple of miles where you wouldn't count on them to have any warmth in them yet.

Don't they cool down technically when you're sitting at a set of lights? 

[GTSBoy]

13 minutes ago, silviaz said:

Don't they cool down technically when you're sitting at a set of lights? 

Not enough to make any difference at all.

[GTSBoy]

38 minutes ago, Ozdavroz said:

On a scale of 1 to 10, how shit are the RE003's? (10 being ultra mega shit)

Was hoping they'd be alright for a non-daily driven R32 that might get driven to Charnwood Macca's in the dry once a month, and maybe the odd hoon up and down the hills that pass for mountains in sunny Canberra.

 Bob Jane currently running a "Buy 4 Get 1 Free" deal on RE003s and my brain can't comprehend anything else being value for money

Not 10 out of 10 crap. But just so......disappointingly....bleh. Just didn't do anything well. Everything was bland. Didn't even have a long enough life to justify the ongoing daily disappointment. Although I was so happy to see them go that I'm glad they didn't last longer.

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, Ozdavroz said:

On a scale of 1 to 10, how shit are the RE003's? (10 being ultra mega shit)

Was hoping they'd be alright for a non-daily driven R32 that might get driven to Charnwood Macca's in the dry once a month, and maybe the odd hoon up and down the hills that pass for mountains in sunny Canberra.

 Bob Jane currently running a "Buy 4 Get 1 Free" deal on RE003s and my brain can't comprehend anything else being value for money

Me, I would happly spend some more coin on better tyres for my street car 

Will they work, yes, of course, but why substitute some dry grip/braking distance, and wet weather grip/braking distance on what is really old tech to save some coin on your "precious" street car

In the end it might not be you that farks up, it's the thousands of other idiots on the street that you need to worry about 

For a street car that gets some "fun time", I have found that a quality tyre that can handle dry, wet, cold (Canberra gets pretty cold) and hot conditions, which may costs a little more, is great insurance 

From my experience with them (driving around Goulburn in the winter) the RE003's are pretty poor in cold and/or wet conditions on the street

If RS4's didn't hate gripping in the cold I would be running them always on the street,  great in the dry, OK in the wet, but, they do hate the cold, with a passion, I run PS5's year round now, basically, I've found the PS5 to be a great year round street tyre for all conditions, they last well, and are mid range pricing wise

TL;DR. Tyre choice is probably like what brand and grade oil you should use, ask 10 people, and get 10 different answers... LOL

[GTSBoy]

26 minutes ago, The Bogan said:

TL;DR. Tyre choice is probably like what brand and grade oil you should use, ask 10 people, and get 10 different answers... LOL

If you ask just me you'll get 3 different answers.

[niZmO_Man]

Background: my BMW 225i hatchback (rebodied MINI/X1) came with 3x RE003 and 1x Goodyear Asymmetric something. The RE003 roared and slid around, the Goodyear side was quiet and grippy. Definitely my car was thrashed before it got sent to dealers. My brother also got RE003 all round on his old VA WRX STI, I wasn't impressed with them, car was loud so can't comment on noise.

Anyway, Hankook stopped making/updating V12 Evo2. So bought S1 Evo3 runflats. Great daily duties tyre and not that harsh ride. Tyre reviews site/youtube rated them as best stopping in the rain and I believe them.

Next set, Goodyear Asymmetric 5 non-RFT. It beat PS4 in tests and is like $100 cheaper, so put them on. Great tyre, more grip then S1 Evo3 but a tad noisier as expected, still rocking them.

Next set I am looking to go runflats, probably the new Hankook Evo. Although the new Pirelli PZ5 did well in tyrereviews test. Or go Goodyear Asymmetric 6 which was top tyre last year.

The V12 Evo2 on my gen5 Liberty GT wagon did great in cold condition (drove to snowy mountains for a day so my husky can feel his ancestor's roots). Super impressive performance for $120 each lol.

Never skimp on tyres, brakes, suspension. There's old pics of my R31's crappy random brake pads bending in the caliper at Oran Park track day somewhere around here.

Anyway, my 2 cents.

[PranK]

This ad for Pirellys is still live. Maybe they are actually a thing?

[GTSBoy]

1 hour ago, PranK said:

This ad for Pirellys is still live. Maybe they are actually a thing?

AIs new frontier is as "personal shopper" for people too lazy to do their own research. You should try to get one of these AIs to purchase some of these "Pirellys". Would seem like an Inception moment.

[PranK]

I send my ChatGPT account some funds to purchase some.