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How is the ride quality and noise levels of the cooper zeon rs3-g1 compare to the cup 2's?I've been running 305 all around cooper zeon rs3-g1 all seasons for about 6500 miles now (mild pittsburgh winters). I highly recommend them for street only use in 3 season driving (excluding snow and ice).
pros (on the street):
- They have better grip than the cup 2's in almost every street situation outside of 80+ degree days on winding backroads where the cup 2's can finally start to get enough heat. The cup 2's have amazing grip on the track compared to even the PS4S, but on the street they almost never get enough heat in them to give you any confidence.
- with the cup 2's under 60f, the wheels spin at any speed when you WOT. In the coopers it's probably around 40f where that starts happening.
- In any amount of standing water cup 2's have no grip (hydroplane threshold is right around 50mph when the road is wet enough where you can see water on top of the road). I drove through the remnants of hurricane Ida in the cup 2's for about 9-10 hours and I was limited to 50mph max the entire drive. The coopers make driving in the wet feel like a normal affair in any normal car.
- I also survived a white-out blizzard for ~300 miles where I passed by over a dozen cars that had crashed into the ditch. Typically I don't take the car out when there's any snow in the forecast, but this was a poorly planned road trip.
cons (on the street):
- You lose some of that directness in the steering feel. Although for some people this would be a pro because with the cup 2's the steering is very anxious and jittery wanting to pull you off the road with any uneven surface.
- The sidewalls on the coopers don't look as cool as the cup 2's.
EDIT:
here's some photos of the coopers
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