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Originally Posted by Pendragon
There have been indications that some of the LRR tires in Europe have failed tests for braking and have caused the EU to reevaluate their proposed standards requiring LRR tires.
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That's what happens when too much emphasis is placed on the LRR factor.
Tyres are, and highly likely always will be a compromise.
You can't win, you're only trading off for something else.
The problem is there are no challenging minimums for braking and handling.
So we can still get badly handling tyres with great LRR and FE, while first and foremost you'd want a tyre that handles and brakes decently, but still has good RR.
The Michelin Energy Saver is about as far as I'm willing to go in this trade off.