Did you hear the one about the all-season, original equipment Goodyears that performed quite well on track? If so, that might have been us.
Our 2019 Honda Civic Si came from the factory wearing Goodyear Eagle Sport All-Season tires. Treadwear is 560. Honda no longer offers a summer tire option for this model, so you get what you get.
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So, wanna hear about editorial multi-tasking? The lead photo was taken in the Daytona infield during JG's Time Trial session. After helping him on grid, I drove over to the International Horseshoe bleachers: parked the car, swapped lenses, and ran to the top of the bleachers just in time to get on-track photos of him and our Corvette Z06 project.
From up there I thought, Hey, the Civic looks cool down there with those yellow dashes or whatever on the pavement. Snap, snap.
The shots taken just before the Civic photo looks a lot like this:
David S. Wallens said:So, wanna hear about editorial multi-tasking? The lead photo was taken in the Daytona infield during JG's Time Trial session. After helping him on grid, I drove over to the International Horseshoe bleachers: parked the car, swapped lenses, and ran to the top of the bleachers just in time to get on-track photos of him and our Corvette Z06 project.
From up there I thought, Hey, the Civic looks cool down there with those yellow dashes or whatever on the pavement. Snap, snap.
The shots taken just before the Civic photo looks a lot like this:
Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
I'm all for the idea of just arranging several different features where we can just stand in one place and shoot them all without moving. It would be a like a buffet.
mmm, buffet. What's for lunch?
Marjorie Suddard said:mmm, buffet. What's for lunch?
Booger
Mmmmm. But I brought lunch. It's in the fridge.
Marjorie Suddard said:mmm, buffet. What's for lunch?
The Indian one is pretty good.
Before we totally devolve into talk about food (yes, it's nearly lunchtime), what do you seek in a track tire? Does outright speed matter? Long life? Talkative? Price? What's your go-to?
Also, some foreshadowing from Falken:
Price and Grip.
Wear, predictability (especially with age) price, and grip in that order. I don't run for times during track days. I prefer to work on braking and keeping after speed between corners, both of which I need to fix before I'm actually fast at all. In the mean time I need to keep consumable costs low and keep out of walls and other smushy bits. I also have a set of 615's from Tire Rack. 
In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :
Yeah, I think we're on the same page. I'm okay with lower limits if that yields a tire that's stable and consistent through the entire session.
David S. Wallens said:Before we totally devolve into talk about food (yes, it's nearly lunchtime), what do you seek in a track tire? Does outright speed matter? Long life? Talkative? Price? What's your go-to?
As seen in the August tire test, the Hankook R-S4 pushes all the right buttons.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Just a quick correction. The articles states that the stock tire size is:
235/45R18
I think you will find that is actually 235/40/18.
This project car has me seriously considering the purchase of a Civic Si ... though my test drive the other day of a Veloster N certainly turned my head toward Hyundai for the first time ever! Local dealer even has it priced $2300 off sticker!
You are correct--errant finger. We'll fix asap.
The Veloster is very cool. No limited-slip, but a heck of a deal.
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