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Yeah I had the Nitto NT05 which is supposed to be their top, highest dry traction/high teadwear tire before you get into the drag radials. The NT05s would spin all the way through 1st hear and sometimes into second. I also didn't even get 10k from the rear set before it hit the wear bars. I consider these the worst performing tire I've had. I got 30-40k from my michelin PS4S and they would hold some of first gear sometimes. Although I feel tire life is a extremely and subjective variable that is not easily compared.
Anyway I still have the NT05s on the front and got a new set of NT555R2 in the stock size for the back and the traction going from a "street" tire to a "R" tire is very substantial. I can now get traction and not waste power going to the ground in first gear. Sometimes in certain conditions (sometimes randomly) especially when the sun shines on hot pavement, I can get close to dead hooking from first from a dead stop. Sometimes it will spin a little but once the torque converter couples it will usually recover.
I went from a best of 3.8 0 to 60 on the timer, to a 3.5.
I think I've got 1000 miles on them now and from just holding a penny up to the tread from when they were new I can't notice a difference in the wear yet, so hopefully that's a good sign.
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