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I can't help but say WTF!!!! These ****ing tires are out of stock more than they're in stock. Now back ordered until mid-february according to everywhere I called this weekend. AND those Falken *******s seemed to have raised the prices too. What is this crap... keep them out of stock so they can jack the price and make you wait? I know supply and demand, but ****, this is a little excessive. I may go for Kumhos just because every time I go to buy Azenis they're not available. You'd thing if the tire was that hot, they'd just make more of them. lease:

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PS... if someone finds a place that FOR SURE has them in stock, tell me.

 
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yeah, it's like there out of something that's selling. they'll purposely jack up the price because they know it's in demand and know they can get it. example:gas

 
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Luckly mine may last another half season.......... Hopefully.

Have you looked online or just at local shops?

 
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I just remembered..... If you do go with the MX, apparently it doesnt get as sticky as the Azenis untill you have a few hundred miles on it... The tire need to be worn in, or shaved to work its best.

 
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I don't have a "local shop" If you count the retail location of Discount Tire Slimeballs, they don't stock them because its a "performance tire", and they claim they don't sell enough. (read: it won't fit any SUVs ). So they want to charge me special order fees and crap, and I told them to stuff it. My only option is Kumhos from Tire Rack or wait until Vulcan Tire or someone gets them back in.... which is prolly what I'll do because they're so damn cheap. I can buy Falkens and get them mounted for about the same as just buying the Kumhos.

 
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I don't know where you are at, but tire.com has them in stock. (discount tire.com ) They can ship them to your door for 77 a piece. You have to look around some more before starting a ranting thread.

 
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77 a tire is bullshit. They were 71 a month ago. Not to mention I still gotta waste the money to get them mounted. That would have accounted for the price gouging comment, especially considering that no one else has raised the price...
I just got off the phone with Discount Tire, who openly admitted they raised the price, pretty much with no reason other than "because we can". Falken hasn't jacked it.... just their greedy asses. So now that they're charging $15 more per tire than virtually everyone else, sure they'll have them.

 
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i bought them for 74 bux 2 years ago... then last year, my friend bought them for 60 from american tire depot. i even saw them for 53 at one point. try american tire deopt.

 
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^^ your azenis lasted 2 years??? I burn through a set in little over a season and a half of autocross...

and we average 10 runs per event, with 24 events in a year with each run lasting between 40-60 seconds.... thats about thats 3.3 hours of track time... add in another 12 events, and that comes out to 4.9 hours of track time.... so I can destroy a set of Azenis in little more then 4.9 Hours....

 
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im pretty sure he meant that at the time, he bought them for 74 each. lol..

 
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hahaha wtf!! that's crazy. imp:

 
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^^ thats nothing^^^ at the national level a set of Hoosiers last aproximatly 3 min. Autocross eats tires......

 
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damn 71 per tire

i pay 61 per tire at america's tire

 
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In stock where? In a store? What store, whats the phone number and does that include shipping?
PM me if you want.

 
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are azeni's the best tire out there or something? ... I have eagle f1 gs-d3's and they work well ... but then again, I don't autocross, so ... ;P

 
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Azenis are 1/2 the price of tires like the BFG KDWs and GS-D3s. Considering you kill them in about 5-6 hours of driving time, no one wants to blow that kind of money. I'll probably need 2 sets of tires for the season as it is.

 
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The Azenis will out perform both the BGF T/A KD and the Eagle F1 GS-D3 in the dry. Why??? Both of those tires have softer side walls = more comfort = more tire roll over in the corners = Less performance in the corners. Plus the Eagle F1 only comes in a 195/50VR15, but you can get the BFG T/A KD in a 225/50YR15. the 225 will perform as well as the Falken Azenis 205/50-15, but the cost is what keeps people away from them (225/50YR15, $163 Vs 205/50-15 $65-70) why run a more expensive tire if its not faster. The only other tire I know of thats in the same leage as the Azenis (both price and performance) is the Kumho MX. But from talking to some STS guys at last weekends national event, they general concensis is that the Falkens are still slightly faster. Apparently Hankook tires is coming out with a tire built Specifically for STS, so it should be pretty good, but cost and performance has yet to be determined.

 
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i'm thinking of trying the Kumho MX for road racing once I kill my brand new azenis

i heard that Kumho's might be better for road racing, since it takes longer to warmer up

the azenis will get too hot if u do more than 10 laps in a single sesson. the azenis will become too slippery when it gets too hot from what i heard

 
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The azenis get greasy if you get them to 200+ Deg. If you do a lot of track days the MX would probably be the better choice, they dont overheat as quickly. But then the MX isnt as sticky untill you get 300+ miles on them (or have them shaved...).

 
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G-FORCE usually has a good inventory on these. Last I know a bud of mine got them shipped to his door for 74 or 75 a piece.

 
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sorry I didn't mention he uses 205/50/15's I wasn't sure which size you can't find

 
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we all run the 205/50-15s. I know of a coulple of people in town that are looking for a set too.