I just bought a set of these at the local tire shop. Not what I went in to buy, but from all the UHP tires they had on the rack, these were on closeout at $70 a pop for 215/45/17, about $50 cheaper per tire than any others in stock. I did a search, but I can hardly find anyone else on NAM who runs these, only two threads total that discuss these tires lol. I know coopers are virtually unknown for performance, probably due to the lack of serious options, but has anyone else picked them up?

Good to know someone is still making something in the USA too..

 

Here's my post in another Cooper tire thread...
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...763-post3.html

 

hey Aero, 0dtmini7 from NEMINI, I have the Cooper Zeon ZPT's wrapped on the Kazera's you almost got from me. Great tires! Very good performance in the summer time heat and like Partsman said, strong sidewalls for all the cornering we do!

 

Yeah I wish I could have bought those, I'm dying for some wheels. :-P My last tire was a Hankook K104. Put it through some hard driving, and a couple auto-x's, and they lasted me several seasons of use, and they were really inexpensive. Those were like a 300 wear rating, the coopers are a 280, so I'm expecting the same life from them. If they last two seasons from spring to fall, then I'll be happy.

 

Yeah, they're still for sale! Break down! lol...Where did you auto-x and how haven't we met yet? You go on the rally's and run's?

 

I autocrossed once with FCSCC before they moved even farther away (Fairfield county, what?) and once with CART both in 2007. I do go on the rallies, mostly litchfield and that area. I don't go to any of the far flung stuff, other than the one time i went to MOT07. Did two summer splashes too, perhaps we were both there last summer? Also went to limerock for vintage fest in 2008, and led the group coming from Marcus Dairy. I was living in Norwalk all that time too. (oops, just noticed I haven't changed my profile info lol.)

On a side note- this morning I noticed my Coopers are NOT made in the USA, but even stranger, they're made in England (stamped on the side)... even more surprising that they still only cost me $70.

 

I have those on my Subaru. (275/30R19). They're cheap, they ride okay, they have decent grip, they're quiet, and they're cheap.

I say thumbs up. I don't think they're going to give a Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 a run for their money, but they're like 1/3 the cost.

--Dan
Mach V