New sneakers for the WRX

Submitted by austin on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 20:11.
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I just put a set of tires on the car. My old set of Bridgestone RE-01R tires lasted a good 25k miles and were incredibly sticky, but loud and harsh towards the end. My new set are Falken Ziex RT-912 in the same size: 225/45 R17. They have significantly less road noise (they are new, which helps) and are much more compliant. I have already heard some tire squeal so they aren't as sticky. But I don't expect to keep the car for more than a couple more months.