Bridgestone at Silverwater.
I’m going to miss the square sidewall/profile of the R-S3’s. The look tougher than the RE003’s, but hey I’m not going to miss those tribal flames!!! Truth is, these lasted WAY longer than they were meant to. 2 years of daily driving (down to the canvas almost on the inside!).
RE003’s on, you can compare how they look to the picture above. Quite an aggressive square profile for a street tyre but not as tough looking in the same specs as the R-S3 (the R-S3’s being more of a hybrid between semi slicks and street tyres).
All fitted. My initial impression was damn… not as tough looking as the R-S3’s! But driving on them OMFG. They’re SO smooth. Super quiet and they roll so smooth (my R-S3’s were really totally gone and felt bumpy and unbalanced). I was in traffic for most of the way home, so didn’t get to bed them in nice, but then it rained, and yeah! That confidence in the rain has come back (I’ve been driving on worn out R-S3’s for so long, pussy footing through corners in fear of wild understeer which is what I was getting when pushing it).
It’s so good to be on street tyres again for a change! I’ve definitely made my mind up on tyres which are half street half semi slick, and that is it’s just a waste of time. If you’re going to go to the track but some semi slicks in order to get really goods times and feel that amazing sticky grip, full stop! IE: Don’t buy something in between that will not be as fast on the track, but be noisier on the street and also wear faster on the street (and not be as great in the wet). Will report again one more time on these tyres later on, but I can already tell the love affair has begun.