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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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oooooo.. those are some fancy wheels, I actually thought about buying a set of those

I think I heard 2nd quarter of 2009 is slated for nationwide release... but not sure.
Well you know, the wheel ***** can't disappoint can he
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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Nothing better then throttle oversteer. It's such a good feeling. I've been having fun doing that on my all-season coopers! I can BARELY do it with the Z1's. I may just have to try these once my Z1's are dead
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:02 AM
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nice ! I hope I can test my AD08 also at the track.
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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Great review and video! Wondering how these are compared to the new NT05s
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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im willing to bet my left nut they are faster
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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how do you think they would do on the street and drag?

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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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how do you think they would do on the street and drag?
street just fine.. i dunno about drag racing though, dont think they were really designed for that..
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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any pricing information and release date on the tires?
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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im willing to bet my left nut they are faster
I too am willing to bet nils' left ******** that the AD-08's are faster.






Nils, coax them into sending the wheel/tire ***** some 255/40R17's for me...seriuosly, because I just ordered the Buddy Club's .
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 11:44 AM
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J8dailo - I'd expect them to be similar price of the current ad07's.... release is sometime around april 09 i think...

Mitchu - ha ha.... trust me, i'd love to be the tire santa this year but yoko wont let me....
Old Dec 12, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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J8dailo - I'd expect them to be similar price of the current ad07's.... release is sometime around april 09 i think...

Mitchu - ha ha.... trust me, i'd love to be the tire santa this year but yoko wont let me....
I'm not asking for them free, just asking for them now
Old Dec 12, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Great vid Nils, as usual!

It was great hanging out with you, wife, and crew. It's hard to hate the competition when they are as nice as you guys are.....

Agree that those new Yoks are great! I normally run 255-40-17s (for Redline) so I couldnt do a direct comparo with these 265-35-18s, plus I was running low boost and different shocks etc. None the less, I could tell that they felt great and will probably be the street tire of choice for 2009. The A007's definitely were for 2008!

On a side note, Yok didnt want me to run these at Superlap as they weren't available to the public yet (just released the week earlier at SEMA, available early 2009) and they didnt think it would be fair to the competition, so I (and Nils) ran the A007's instead at Superlap. I was impressed with Yok's ethics to keep things fair, proper, and legal. However, Nitto had their new street tire (also released at SEMA and not available until early 2009) on at least one car at Superlap which was pretty weak.... Neither of these tires will be legal at Redline Time Attack next year unless they are available to the public at that time. I know Yok will stick to their values.....

The saving grace is that Nils still won Superlap anyway on the older A007 tire. Congrats again
Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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what an improvement on an already dominating tire! ....just amazing. This tire alone with nothing else changed to my car will dip me well into the 1:54-55's, maybe even the 53's at Buttonwillow (cw13)... yes, that is pure speculation, but well educated speculation
Very good insight- thanks for the preview.

One question- any idea how much focus they put on improving wet performance vs the AD07? We run a track event that includes a wet skidpad and usually a wet track event. Last time we ran the AD07s, and while they were great in the dry they got destroyed in wet/ cold conditions by Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics and the like. Trying to figure out if we should try these...
Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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how are these on daily driving, I might switch from my old Neova's to the new ones

are they available to the public yet?
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by petevb
Very good insight- thanks for the preview.

One question- any idea how much focus they put on improving wet performance vs the AD07? We run a track event that includes a wet skidpad and usually a wet track event. Last time we ran the AD07s, and while they were great in the dry they got destroyed in wet/ cold conditions by Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics and the like. Trying to figure out if we should try these...
honestly dont know.... where I live it rains about 2-3 times a year....


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