s2kdriver80

I've had the stock OEM S-02 tires on my 2003 S2000 a few times and had the Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R tires before they were discontinued. Aside from being inferior in dry performance (obviously), when compared to the Bridgestone Potenza RE-11, BOTH of these older tires seem to have worse tirewear, worse wet performance, and pretty much all worse subjective attributes as seen on Tirerack's website. Obviously, the RE-01R can't be purchased anymore, but if I was happy with the S-02 tires and the RE-01R tires, would I be missing anything with the RE-11 tires? To boot, the RE-11 tires are cheaper than the OEM S-02s.

Thanks.

ScandinavianFlick

I have no experience with RE-01s, but the RE-11s are superior in wet AND dry grip to the S-02s, and last a surprisingly long time. The only downside is that they're noisy and very stiff (and they squeal quite loudly when pushed to their considerable limit).

RedCelica

squeal is a good thing

Carbon Blue

hmm Im still trying to decide between the star specs and the re11's

s2kdriver80

I ended up getting the RE-11s. I'd say the only thing the S-02 has against these better tires is that the S-02 rears look mean and aggressive, since the tread width is very close to the section width, making it nice and square.

spdracerut

Some data, mileage numbers, and track video with the RE-11s:
http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_artic...il-cooler.aspx