CN36 --- Another Take . . .
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https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...r-disappointed
I don't race or slalom or track my cars --- I just drive 'em a lot, almost always on regular streets + highways, maybe at higher speeds sometimes, but nothing that really stresses 'em to their limits. Besides, for me? --- tires are 'consumables' . . . I throw 'em away when they're used-up/timed-out (like the 10-year-old Vreds that are on there now) . . .
. . . so --- I don't get attached to tires
'As long as they hold air' . . . if you know what I mean
Having said that, I've commented previously about the 'lack of feel' on the Vreds. I'm WAY more timid on tossing this car into corners than any other car I've owned. Only had her sideways a coupla times, but I didn't really enjoy those experiences . . . or expect them
My yard-stick, here, is my 318iS --- a car that I've owned since '04. I've totally 'done' the suspension on this car --- shocks + mounts, springs, welded-in chassis re-enforcements, bushings, bars + mounts, brakes . . . even added a limited-slip and '+2' wheels + tires. Now, a 30-year-old car, w/2600 lbs + 130-ish HP may not sound very promising . . . but for me this car pretty-much defines the term tossable. Whatever this little missile lacks in power + presence it more than makes-up for in sheer usability, and is just about the most entertaining device I've ever stuck my butt in
I don't expect the 911 to have that same kind of handling --- I didn't buy it for that, nor do I use it that way . . . but I would like to feel a bit more comfortable pushing her into a corner or tossing her down a bumpy road. I'll admit that the Vreds were a cost/availability choice --- but they did the job I bought them for . . . they got me cross-country . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...%2C+costa+mesa
. . . and have held-up for the ten years since. All things considered? . . . I got WAY more than my money's worth
As for the CN36s? --- well . . . 'Pirelli' 's what's on my Kardex. I know-I know --- not exactly a well-considered or even informed choice, but? . . .
. . . I'm not really interested in improving or updating this car, like --- at all. I've sprinkled a few bangles, here + there, but I try very-very hard to keep 1059 the way it was when Porsche first built her. So. If 1059 had Pirellis when she was new? --- then I'd try to find comparable Pirellis, now
Luckily --- or not? . . . Pirelli is releasing CN36s, again
Now, different people have had different opinions/experiences with these tires, but --- my choice isn't really a choice
Pirellis are what Porsche built the car with, so . . .
. . . we'll see
Stay tuned
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