cant tell if its the camera angle, but doesnt it look like slightly uneven wear on each side?

just talked to seller, only 700 miles on them. what you think i should offer?

 

I love my NT-05s...great daily driver performance tire.

 

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Not a fan of Nitto!

Dan

 

Fair enough.........


I will be mounting the nt-05 in a couple of weeks and will give you guys my feelings.

 

great tires. i'm on my second set of 255/40/17's right now. best tire i've ever driven on. not the greatest in the wet, but the dry performance makes up for it.

 

Yep, totally agree

 

Spirited driving eh??? you mean street racing

 

Have not driven them in wet conditions, but they were awesome in the dry on track. Tenacious grip, good breakaway characteristics (I was able to power oversteer with ease), and they will definitely talk to you when you push them. The cons would be how quick they wear combined with the shallow tread depth equals needing new tires sooner. My RE-01s lasted a LOT longer...

 

I ended up mounting 255 40 17's on some rpf1's.


Its still i little cold here so i am going to wait until we have some warmer weather before testing them out.

 

Just finished a HPDE on NT-05's and I liked them. We did run a rain session Sunday morning and they did well. My instructor was driving a VW GTi with start-specs and yes they may indeed have a little more wet grip, but are no better dry, maybe not as good.

Dry traction up to breakaway was very close, but if you pushed into a slide, the NT-05 seemed to stick better and was very drivable past the limit. VERY predictable for a track noob like me when I hit a braking point late and got out of shape in a corner, gave me a lot of confidence.

 

i had randy pobst drive my car on nt05s and he was keeping up with a z06 on r-comps...it was awesome

 

well i could not wait...........I threw them on. First impressions are these tires are very very sticky in the dry. Has many attributes that almost feel like a R-comp.

I had a chance to drive them in the rain as well..............now here is were it gets a little hairy. They are for sure not rain tires. You can drive them in the rain but i do not recommend any crazy driving during the rain.

I will post pics soon.

 

get those pics up

 

+1 on NT-05's good in dry but can be sketchy in the wet when tread is low.

 

Don't be fooled into think you NEED to buy some of these expensive summer tires. I've been more than happy with the Nitto Invo for 30k+ miles now. I swallowed my pride and the "hardcore track-grippy" attitude of getting a tire like a Z1, RE11, or similar Ultra Summer Trackday tire. Simply put, I didn't need a tire like that. I commute 35 miles a day into Manhattan.

The Invo is great in the dry, and amazing in the wet. It's quiet and comfortable. I've used it in temps from 95 down to well below freezing, I've only taken them off when it snows! I've taken them out on a few trackdays as well, and yeah they aren't grip masters, but I'm not a expert driver in a competition. I've been using them for about 2 years now and will easily get another 6 months out of them.

If I had the choice, I would get a set of wheels w/NT05's for track events and Invo's on my Works for the daily drive, it does exactly what Nitto advertises.