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varying contact patches?
8600 miles and I'm in the market for new tires (the funnest 8600 miles). Anyways, I love the stock Bridgestone Potenza RE050's but would like some more tire life and that said I'm considering the Potenza RE750 (I used to have a car on the old RE730's which I thought were great). My cars a second gen, but I've heard people with first gen cars talk about replacing their tires with the Potenza RE750's, and mention how they would put 245 width tires in place of their stock 225's in the rear(don't remember about the fronts)because of a contact patch difference between the RE750 and the old S02's. Wondering if something similar is necessary between the RE050's and the RE750's, or if it's all just speculation and rumor. It seems weird that Bridgestone would have such widely varying contact patches on the same listed size between it's models with the exception of minuscule differnces in tread pattern.
Other tire recommendations similar to the RE750 in performance and price(Continental?, BFGoodrich?, the others?) will be apreciated! AS I NEED TIRES SOON!! Yes, I've been on tirerack but I want to hear it from the people.
THANKS
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