I'm sorry dude..I have a long affiliation with Toyo's..T1R's for me B) Hey I don't mind man.. I'm tending to lean towards them too :P i haven't tried the t1r's, but they are on my next to try list... so it's hard for me to say... at the time i couldn't get ahold of any proxes or t1r's so thats why i went for the re001's.. I'm told The Proxes are being obsoleted & a newer similiar tyre is replacing it. :o :o :o so they will be selling them at clearance prices :P