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Originally Posted by Pyrat 2
I'm not parroting what others have said. I've tried all of the above tires several times (Tire Rack loves me). I have three BMWs that I regularly track and 4 other BMWs that I have tracked but no longer own. If longevity is your priority then the now discontinued MPSS can't be beat. It WILL get slippery at the track at temperature and just doesn't have the grip of the others. On the other hand it does take abuse quite well and won't chunk or literally fall apart like others I have tried (Conti Extreme Contact). If you are willing to make the sacrifice on tire wear but not the street worthiness then the RE11 (also discontinued) was your choice. This was my go to tire. The RE71R is really the only one left of the three and as stated it is more track oriented than the others. I also have tried the Direzza Star Specs and while it is fairly solid at the track the noise level for me was not tolerable so I won't buy again. Hope this helps.
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Absolutely this is great stuff. And I certainly didn't mean to insinuate that you were parroting anything just that it was in line with what most people are saying right now. Also, your follow up with your experience really helps me and anyone else reading this understand where you're coming from and how the perspective and priorities match our own.
So from the few posts here and what I've read elsewhere it sounds like for about the same cost ($230-280/tire) you can either get MPSS which is a great tire for street and track but wont have the grip and gets greasy at temp but will last a little longer, or you can get a more track focused tire like the RE71R which wont last as long but have better performance on track. No happy middle ground with a slight trade off in grip for better durability?