Semi-slicks ... in the wet?

[Golf Houso]

Deflated??? Sorry mate, what do you mean...I was running them at 35psi cold.
By the way, the car wasn't running to its full potential the other night...It had 2 fault codes when, now rectified, so it feels a hell of alot better now!! It felt very laggy after the repairs, and had them cleared in Brissy on the way through.

I meant the lack of wheelspin, it just bogged down and gripped I haven't been in a car that did that before. It wasn't like some harder compound tire or something with alot of PSI which which just squeal and spin without really going anywhere.

It was pretty quick when I was in it, and the semi-slicks under those conditions certainly made a big difference in your car.

[Blitzen]

Ahh, sweet as man...Sorry about that. I'm still buggered after the drive home. Seriously though, if you do go with the slicks, you do have to consciously remember that you have them on in the wet, and another thing I found, was slippery intersections(like the Horsely Drive, Cumberland Hwy one) where you get lots of truck turning, you really have to watch for Diesel/oil on the road too, even on dry roads, but doubly so in the wet. I had a small incident in my SRi where I came into an intersection on the old Hume Hwy in Albury, and found myself under steering into the traffic island due to Diesel on the road...All I can say is thank God the tyre walls were higher than the lip on the traffic island. I just bounced off, and was able to drive away(after a thorough inspection of the running gear...No damage).

[Golf Houso]

Yeah no worries Ryan, I've been caught out on oil and diesel slicks before, I almost launched off a road divider into a truck once in the GL and I wasn't even pushing it.

I'll look into this a bit more before I decide to order them in and put them on my VR6 which will still be a reliable daily, well eventually...

[KWICKS]

Branko, I have had semi slicks on my last 2 cars(Falken Azenis on the SRi, and I currently have Federal 595RSR's on the Polo). .

Fixed for you. I just ditched a set of Falken Azenis RT-615's on my Spec B Liberty. They lasted 40000km. They were ok in the dry, being larger than OEM width (225/45/R18 vs 215/45 R18 OEM) they were more comfortable, and reasonably quiet.

BUT WET GRIP WAS APPALING - EVEN IN AN AWD CAR. And I dunno about calling them semi slicks, they have an aggressive dry tread pattern but they are not an R-compound.

After these my thinking about tyres quickly changed to prioritise the question "When am I likely to need my tyres to be great the most?" and the answer was "In the wet", because all other things, like speed, reaction time, etc on the road remain constant in an emergency stop unless it is wet...

[Blitzen]

Hahahahaha...cheers mate...The last few days have been a blur...so many kilometers!!! Sydney to Townsville.....

[tinto]

I have a set of Toyo Proxes R888 that I had on the car for an extended period (even in the wet). Usually they're just on for track days, but sometimes i've been too lazy to switch the wheels over so have ended up doing a fair few road km on them.

In the wet they're fine - just dont' drive like a git - i.e. use the normal amount of caution and remember you're sharing the road. Disclaimer is that this was through the Perth winter / rain, so really pretty pathetic in terms of sitting water on the road (i.e. not much).

But the R888s are a real R compound as opposed to an 'aggressive looking' tread pattern like the Falken Azenis Rt.

Which semis were you looking at?
Get something with decent rain gutters (like the R888 have), and they're reasonable. Horribly noisy tyres though - sounds like you're being chase by a swarm of angry hornets.

As an aside, I'm keen on the Kumho KU36 for my every day tyres when my current KU31 expire. They're somewhere between semi and street tyre.
If you're considering the Falkens, perhaps check these out too - they're relatively new.

[Golf Houso]

I was actually looking at the Falken RT615's the main reason being I can them (in a 15) for very close to what I can pay for a decent sports tire i.e. 150 a tire with fitting and balancing...

My budget (being a full time uni student) is basically $600 for a complete set, the semi's look good for the price anyway. Do kuhmo make the that tire in question in a 205/50/15?