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JoelK · 2004-02-18, 10:25 PM

Ah, thanks for the inspiration

I decided to make a chart of the wet/dry g-forces data from the useful data on TireRack's website. By useful, I mean this: All the recent tests on Tirerack have used a BMW 330Ci sedan and included a Goodyear Eagle RS-A all season tire as a baseline.

I've taken the raw data and adjusted it based on the results of the baseline for that test. The chart is included below. The blue background is over the all season tires. The summer tires have the white background.
Maroon bars: Wet performance
Blue bars: Dry performance

I'm not sure I'm ready to interpret the results, but it would seem that wet handling is a bigger improvement for summer tires than dry handling.

(BTW, I adjusted the values by dividing a tire's score by the baseline tire's score for that test. The baseline is normalized to 1.)

Any thoughts or suggestions?

2004-02-18, 10:25 PM	#19
JoelK EJ22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minden, NV Posts: 144	Ah, thanks for the inspiration I decided to make a chart of the wet/dry g-forces data from the useful data on TireRack's website. By useful, I mean this: All the recent tests on Tirerack have used a BMW 330Ci sedan and included a Goodyear Eagle RS-A all season tire as a baseline. I've taken the raw data and adjusted it based on the results of the baseline for that test. The chart is included below. The blue background is over the all season tires. The summer tires have the white background. Maroon bars: Wet performance Blue bars: Dry performance I'm not sure I'm ready to interpret the results, but it would seem that wet handling is a bigger improvement for summer tires than dry handling. (BTW, I adjusted the values by dividing a tire's score by the baseline tire's score for that test. The baseline is normalized to 1.) Any thoughts or suggestions?