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 [wta] Bridgestone Ecopia EP200, Comparing to Michelin Tyres

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Quazacolt
post Jan 26 2014, 11:06 AM

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QUOTE(efaceninja @ Jan 25 2014, 12:37 AM)
well, have you ]tghan89[/@ got the EP200? how is it??
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post Feb 2 2015, 03:05 AM

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QUOTE(imgaylord @ Feb 2 2015, 02:15 AM)
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nice that you're providing follow up review of the EP200 after a year thumbup.gif

btw may i recommend you to try Yokohama Bluearth AE01?
i am personally interested in a comparison between EP200 and AE01 smile.gif
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post Feb 3 2015, 03:51 AM

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QUOTE(imgaylord @ Feb 3 2015, 12:57 AM)
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AFAIK, Bluearth AE01 is a completely different line up in which the A drive is still in production (as with A drive R1):
http://www.yokohamatire.jp/yrc/japan/searchbytirebrand.html
japan don't seem to be selling a drive/a drive r1/c drive/c drive 2 so Yokohama australia lol:
http://www.yokohama.com.au/Tyres/A-Drive.aspx

anyways i've personally used a drive and AE01 myself, albeit both are on different cars, they are vastly different.
to put into perspective, the ae01 on the sentra is 195/60/15, while the a drive on the iswara was 175/70/13 and funnily, the ae01 is much lighter in weight, and waaayyyy softer.

it's like the tire is made out of fluff or something, like you're driving on pillows.

performance is ok if you're driving civilly, although i hate the steering response due to the damn soft sidewall. (could be biased as i'm someone who's own TWO sets of Advan Neova AD08R separately on my iswara and Inspira.)


personally, i find the A drive being rubbish aside from being dirt cheap smile.gif
another thing to note, the worker at the tyre shop could be very misinformed as a drive r1 is an entry level sport tire (below S drive), similarly to the ATR sport:
http://global.yokohamatire.net/products/adrive_r1.html
in my experience, almost all directional tires tend to be worse on NVH.
so there you go smile.gif
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post Feb 4 2015, 02:41 AM

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QUOTE(imgaylord @ Feb 4 2015, 12:49 AM)
Thanks for sharing bro. Looks like you have a lot of different cars at home.  notworthy.gif

My experience is based on the same car with different tyres only.  wink.gif

Anyway, I believe every tyre out there fits a purpose and targeting different user.
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np, not entirely my cars, however i do maintain them since females (majority anyways) don't really care about automotive lol.
my own ones are the iswara/inspira biggrin.gif

most of my experience are very limited to Yokohama since i tend to visit nestum lol
hence i tend to explore/gather various feedbacks from other brands that i am intrigued with, such as Michelin/Bridgestone in particular.
not exactly fond of the XM2, so ecopia ep200 is a good alternative.

out of topic:
on the extreme categories i am looking forward to the dunlop direzza zii star spec biggrin.gif

 

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