RH77 -
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Originally Posted by RH77
Do you know the Rolling Resistance on the new treads?
I used to have the Eagle GT's on a '90 Beretta. Brand new, they hyroplaned like crazy (stuck to the road pretty well, though). With the higher pressures on my Michelins, the biggest difference is cross-wind stability. It takes a bit more steering feedback to keep it straight.
Yeah, Kansas City has a higher wind speed average than Chicago (the "Windy City").
RH77
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I started from this document :
LOW ROLLING RESISTANCE TIRES - March 2003 - Page 5
http://www.greenseal.org/resources/r...resistance.pdf
Code:
BRAND = Continental ContiTouring Contact
MODEL = CH95
SIZE = 205/55R16
RRC AVERAGE = 0.0083
PRICE = $64.00
TRACTION COMPOSITE = 7.46
WOULD BUY AGAIN = 6.10
COMPOSITE TREAD WEAR = 7.29
COMPOSITE PERFORMANDCE SCORE = 6.95
Here's a picture of the Continental ContiTouring Contact from tirerack :
My tires are
not an exact match, but they have the same "pedigree" (fingers crossed
). I didn't get the tires from the GreenSeal document because I could not get the size I wanted that was also rated at 51 PSI,
.
CarloSW2