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Old 12-28-2011, 06:57 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by duffremle View Post
I'd call or e-mail Coker and ask them, maybe both. I'll bet there's an engineer or materials guy there who could give you a damn good idea of how sticky they are and how they'd perform for fuel efficiency.
An educated guess: Coker's market is vintage cars. Those folks are not going to be interested in fuel economy.

Further, because the market is pretty unique, even the prices aren't very good. I wouldn't expect tires from Coker be anything other than generic tires - without any redeeming qualities.
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