- that is TS's problem pretty much. cant have the best of both worlds. either draw a balance and compromise, or go with 1 without the other.

- after the track day experience, 100% agree with this
my semi-slick tires gripped the road firmly and having full control over the road. however body roll, from outside spectator's view, my car was rocking like a boat

warmed semi slicks also damn good in wet (LOL! )

anyways TS: you need to be more specific on your performance/comfort priorities.

if comfort is your priority, c.drive 2 or even the high end advan Db is among the best choice one can have for tires

if you got the dough, you can look into advan db instead of c.drive 2. additional nano compound, more complex treading design.

main features of less rolling resistance and superior reduction in NVH (the c.drive 2 is basically a cheapened/scaled down version of it after all)

s.drive are more for performance. and if you want good wet grip too, these are not for you. they are better on dry grip. comfort wise its nothing to shout about.

c.drive is vastly inferior to c.drive 2. no point to look back to c.drive

and i guess advan db is out of your budget

c.drive have better treadwear, and probably slightly better performance. however it defeats the purpose of marketing it as a comfort/silent tire. C.drive 2 excels much more in that, at the cost of treadwear due to very soft compound.

if you're not a very heavy driver, it matters not as you will need to change your tires around 3ish years even if the treading is still good as rubber ages and hardens under weather conditions anyways.

i drive my car at 150+ km/h and whack some corners hard if thats what you're wondering. and yes i am a c.drive 2 user.

i think in rain i went 130-140 max.

c.drive 2 compound auto hardens during wet/cold conditions, which increases its NVH considerably and that defeats the purpose of having a comfort/silent tire. that, and yokohama has never been a top performer in wet performance, so nothing to shout about on their wet performance in almost every model they have.

still, the noise on a hardened c.drive 2 is still NOTHING compared to semi-slick tires

i want the best nvh tire within my budget. nothing besides the c.drive 2 fits that.

not sure if can get for 14"

as yokohama in malaysia (especially c.drive 2) can be a b**** in supply. they may have produced that size in japan/other countries, however if malaysia distro has really low demand on that size, they will just totally not import at all :/

c.drive 2 generally comes from Philippines btw, and minor/some from Thailand.
really shitty production rate and have severe outage in almost every tire shop i visit in the KV that deals with yokohama, many frustrations were had while looking for my R15, i actually wanted either 185/55/r15 or 195/50/r15. in the end settled for 195/55/15 as i couldnt get the wanted sizes (managed to get 195/60/15 for mom as per nissan sentra stock spec though) and lazy to wait any longer (few months wait, btw)

highly recommended, been dealing with him for my recent 2 sets (of 8 pieces) if tires lol.

c.drive 2 prices also amongst the cheapest (220-230 compared to the usual 230-250 price hike due to low supply ) in KV, and most importantly he got them while other shops dont lol

advanti light weight rims are "cheap and cheerful". lol

basically original too, too cheap to be worth imitating for LOL!

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i have a picture of my wheels and including review too on his thread

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Mar 14 2012, 06:53 PM