Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S - for the street for real?

[BSB67]

I think he's asking if the ET S/Ses are substantially better than the ET-R's, as a purely street tire.
My answer would be: marginally, with the very slightly more open tread, but considering how long those extra grooves will last on a regularly driven street car.......probably not.

Maybe, but I did not see any mention by the OP regadring the ET Street Rs.

The Rs have a nylon belted sidewall, and steel in the tread surface, according to their tech folks. The Rs sidewall will wrinkle. I just drove 500 miles on my Rs last weekend.

 

[Nxcoupe]

I run the radial pros on the street even so they say they're not dot legal. But even if I had all season radials on the car, I still wouldn't drive it in the rain.

But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and wipe out.

 

[furious70]

I think he's asking if the ET S/Ses are substantially better than the ET-R's, as a purely street tire.
My answer would be: marginally, with the very slightly more open tread, but considering how long those extra grooves will last on a regularly driven street car.......probably not.

Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

 

[BSB67]

Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

They drive very well, corner well. Wet pavement okay, light rain, very cautious depending on road conditions. Heavy rain, standing water, no.