Avon Tires?

[BMW2ner]

anyone have any experience with Avon tires?
I just ordered a new set of wheels and was looking for a new set of tires. I like my hoosiers, but I found the Avons on tirerack for pretty cheap.
Any opinions on them?

[euroshark]

Avons are actually fairly popular in the european car magazines... I don't know what that says about their quality, but they have been around for a while and their tires do well in the comparrison tests (like on Tirerack). I almost bought a set of the Tech M500s or something after I put the same tires on an older Porsche 911.

[BMW2ner]

what I hear is that they are about .5 to 1sec slower then hoosiers

[Bavarian3]

Haven't tried AVON yet but Hankooks are the same way (.5-1sec of Hoosiers).. for the price you can't beat them.

[cravnpup]

They're pretty decent tires. My buddy ran them last season on his street mod GTI. He was regularly in the top three, and they lasted the whole season.. The life on them alone is a great selling point...

[ZiMMie]

lol Avon Makes tires?

[Ben Carufel]

They're pretty decent tires. My buddy ran them last season on his street mod GTI. He was regularly in the top three, and they lasted the whole season.. The life on them alone is a great selling point...

That's what I was told today -- that the life expectancy with the Avons is pretty incredible.

Came from a very credible source, so +1 for that.

[2002maniac]

Haven't tried AVON yet but Hankooks are the same way (.5-1sec of Hoosiers).. for the price you can't beat them.

what does that mean? Over a 3.5 minute lap of a track or a 30 second autocross?

[Bavarian3]

Sorry wasn't speaking in terms of AutoX, but on a track....

[rede30]

I have avons and liked them from what i could tell. I only drove on them for about a month before i took my car apart but i hear good things.

[mscott]

I had avon slicks on the track this weekend. Best value for the dollar, they are on sale at tire rack. Even if the Hoosiers are better, I can't drive well enough to feel the difference.

[joshh]

Avon's race tire is pretty good. Theres a great driver that pretty consitantly beats me even with my 710's. He's a better driver though. He likes the Avons.

[xLibelle]

i asked the guys at a local autox and one guy said one side of the tire was thicker than the other so it has a slope of some kind.
i find this kinda weird but can anyone confirm?

[matt]

Hankook makes an R-comp?

[e30sd]

yea z211 and z214