Falken Azenis as an autocross tire??

[ATSChristin]

So I am really wanting Aaron to get me race tires for my Miata for Christmas, but my Miata also needs street tires. So I REALLY need, 2 sets of tires and one additional set of wheels. $$$$$$ I was thinking of letting him off cheap and just buying one set of Falken Azenis in 215/45/R16. Have any of you autocrossed on these tires? How are they?

Or anyone have a nice set of 15" or 16" wheels with decent race tires on them?

Thanks,

Christin

[Treibenschnell]

If you conducted a poll of all the autocrossers on this board, they'll tell you that using Azenis as an all around tire is a smart thing to do. I know I feel that way!

[onething]

If you conducted a poll of all the autocrossers on this board, they'll tell you that using Azenis as an all around tire is a smart thing to do. I know I feel that way!

WOW - he got one right



That is definitely the tire of choice in the Street Tire class. Several of those running race rubber for AX are on Azenis on the street.

[Treibenschnell]

WOW - he got one right

You can't say I didn't listen to my seniors!

[sammm]

Another vote for Azenis! Great for street and/or AX! A downside is I only got around 6000 miles out of my first set while doing double duty.

[OzCop]

Yep, get the Falkens. Mileage may vary from driver to driver, but I got over 15K miles out of a set a couple of years ago on my daily driver/STS Neon autox car before retiring it from double duty.

[altiain]

If you're looking for a single set of tires to do double duty, then you can't go wrong with a set of Azenis. Great tires - they can be a little loud and they don't ride quite as smoothly as some other tires out there, but no one is going to confuse a Miata with a Cadillac anyway, Azenis or not.