I have decided to go for the LSD when time and finances allow - my commute with all its twists and some tight twists in dips cries out for a LSD and I am reassured that the LSD does not remove all the understeer/feel for traction. It is still very much a 'luxury' item for me though.
What I have been very surprised about is the difference in prices between UK distributors of Peloquin or Quaife ATBs and particularly the difference compared to USA prices. Also, where a Quaife may be more expensive in the UK than Peloquin, a look at APTuning.com in the USA shows Quaife to be cheaper. I don't get that given that Peloquin are US and Quaife are UK
I will probably visit the US in the next few months and have an engineer friend over there who regularly comes to the UK so I may chance it.
the problem is though tyres are a consumable, if you could get an LSD and then go for a slightly less extreme tyre like the PS2, eagle F1 and have a similar amount of grip. this will be more initially expensive, but you consumables will not need changing so often. so in the long run i think this is the sensible option
That's a very fair point, Sy. It is certainly the sensible option for me as I do a 60 mile round trip each working day and a fair bit at weekends - I'd be changing tyres like my underwear (i.e. once a month
) if I went for the extreme performance options. I have also decided that I will be doing the summer tyre / winter tyre thing given recent experience with say PS3s or Sessantas and Wintracs. The latter may not be a performance thing but I value keeping the car on the road.
I currently have Vredestein Ultrac Centos on the car which are very much summer tyres imho - they were a bit 'lollopy' and non-confidence inspiring until I put a few more psi in them but they have soft sidewalls to accomodate some 2012 EU tyre noise regulation. Unfortunately, like others, when the temperature went below about 5 celsius the rubber hardened up and became were uncompliant. Great summer tyres though and the grip may even beat the Sessantas despite still being a bit less confidence inspiring.