AVS Sport is Yokohama's street version of their winning Formula Atlantic race rain tire. Its Y-shape
AVS Sport is Yokohama's street version of their winning Formula Atlantic race rain tire. Its Y-shaped tread pattern featuring a continuous center block, reduces the amount of groove area, provides a larger contact patch, greater stability on wet surfaces and monster grip in the dry. You'll experience a sense of control that's like riding on rails. Available in 16-20 inch sizes.
Summary: I have been extremely disappointed with this tire. Both Wet and Dry traction have proved to be perfectly acceptable. Cornering Stability was also quite good. But these tires are so noisy that I will never purchase them again (or possibly any Yokohama product, for that matter).
When new, I was fairly impressed with hydroplane resistance. They nearly matched the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's that have firmly established themselves as the tire to beat, in this arena. The noise was there right away, but I've learned to expect that from a High Performance Summer tire.
After about 5k-10k miles, they started to really sing. I just replaced them after the indicators showed at only 22k miles and they were really and truly HOWLING.
This is no exaggeration. At 40mph, they would make so much noise that spare change would actually rattle in the cup holder. On top of that, they had a hard time holding balance, despite paying out a considerable sum to have them rotated and balanced quite frequently.
The shame is that I put these tires on a car I just purchased for my wife and she's yet to enjoy the car - all because of the tires. She would be embarassed to chauffer her friends around because of the noise. It was that bad.
I didn't see any unusual cupping or other abnormal wear. Normal wear pattern across the tread. I can't believe Yokohama would allow such a worthless piece of garbage into the marketplace.
Strengths: Decent Performance
Weaknesses: Unacceptable and extraordinary noise levels. Poor treadwear.
Similar Products Used: Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3
Bridgestone Potenza RE730
Kumho ECSTA Supra 712
Sumitomo HTR Z
Dunlop SP Sport 9000
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Summary: Noisy...very noisy and getting noisier. After 5,000 miles they started to get noisy and have gotten louder as time goes by. They have been looked after...rotated...balanced but they make horrible wailing,whirring howling noises at anything over 30 mph. I took my car to the dealer thinking the bearings had gone and was told " no it's tire noise" They also wobble all the time despite being balanced regularly. My previous Marshall tires were a better buy at half the price. The grip was better and there was little or no noise althoug the tread wear was abyssmal. The cornering abilities of my car have suffered considerably...they squeal at the limit and the limit is so much lower than with the Marshall's. I am not an aggressive driver so can't comment on their race-ability but as a daily driver tire...forget it. They turned my composed, quiet, smooth Jetta into a squealing, grumbling, growling monster it is now no fun to drive my car at all now. I also cannot afford to replace them at the moment so I will have to put up with them. Never again!! I will either go back to Marshall's or save a lot of money for some Michelins or Continentals.
Strengths: Good looking. Seem to have low tread wear.
Weaknesses: Noisy, cornering ability could be better for a max performance tire, noisy, not cheap to buy, noisy, uncomfortable rumbling ride, noisy, they tramline like crazy and last but not least they are very, very noisy!!.
Similar Products Used: Marshall
Pirelli P Zero Rosso
Michelin Pilot Sport
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Rating Reviewed by: Dobber (Unregistered User)
Review Date October 31, 2001
Overall Rating 3 of 5
Value Rating 3 of 5
Used product for 1 to 3 months
Review 4 of 9
Price Paid:
$170.00
Year / Model Reviewed: VW Bora
Summary: Not a bad tyre but not a brilliant one either, I was a bit reluctant to buy them initially but couldn''t stretch my budget to Michelin Pilot''s. I bought 225 / 40 /17" on 8" wide wheels. They were noisy to start with but soon settled in and they are quiet and smooth on motorways. They don''t deal with rough tarmac on backroads at all well though and rumble very loudly and thump very noisily over breaks in the road. My Bora now also understeers quite noticeably compared to when I had the OEM Michelins. I have heard though that these tyres need a bit of warming up first so I will endeavor to see if this holds true. Not my first choice and next time I will hold out for Michelin Pilot''s. I am told however that the tread life is longer than the Pilot''s so I will let you know next year how they have fared. On a lighter note they look absolutely fantastic on big rims and the lip on the sidewall to protect the rims have proven to be well designed, saving my rims from damage on more than one occasion.
Strengths: Reasonably quiet on motorways once "settled" in. Good in wet weather. Not as expensive as Michelin Pilot''s.
They look fantastic.
Weaknesses: Noisy on anything other than motorways. Seem to understeer more than they should.
Similar Products Used: Marshall (forgotten the tyre model)
Michelin Pilots
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Summary: S2000''s handles excellent. Overall rating by experiance and magazine reviews, that S2000 handles much better than any of it''s competing class and the above M3. I realized that when I purchanced my car. The tires originaly on my car was POTENZA SO2 225/50/16. As I ran out of rubber at about 19,000miles. I replaced them with the Yokohama AVS Sports 225/50/16. 100$ cheaper than the Potenza''s. One thing I noticed right away. My car''s handling performance dropped dramaticaly. Beeing a rear wheel drive, I felt the changes on lane changes, S curves, and 90 to almost full 360 degree turns. One is that the tire is noisy as far as squealing when a corner 90degree turn is made, which the stocks never made at even higher speeds tested. (2) I noticed on lane changes that the cars rear seems to dragg or lagg, and often have to correct my wheel to stable the car. Tested at speeds from 65 to 85mph. Once again, SO2''s also tested at same speed and more up to 120mph, and car was 100% more stable with the Potenza''s. I noticed when I was on the track, that the tires are really unstable in sudden direction changes. One other thest I performed is pushing on the rim to test the sidewalls. The car seems to sway side to side more, with the Yokohama''s. The Potenza''s provided more stiff sidewalls, at the same tire pressure recomended. I think this tire is good for people who like nice looking tires, but do not need the high performance. It will be a nice commuter tire, and around city driving. I do not recomend this tire to someone who will do autocross or try your local back roads S curves at above normal recomended speed limits.
Strengths: LOOKS, Good City Driving tire,
Weaknesses: Sidewalls, Grip, Stableness at highspeeds direction changes. Noisy turns.
Similar Products Used: POTENZA SO2 205/55/16 Front
POTENZA S02 225/50/16 Rear
Yokohama Avs Sport 205/55/16 Front
Yokohama Avs Sport 225/50/16 Rear
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