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Well, said. There is starting to be a theme in these responses. It is starting to sink in. The "not the tools" comment is particularly powerful. Thank you for your time and advice.

Okay so here’s my $0.02, but later in the post. Chris Groppi had mentioned my name and the A052’s on an STX BRZ. The last set of tires on it started to actually heat cycle out a bit. The front to back balance stated to degrade after about 90 runs and the setup really needed a lot of changes to regain some balance. The tires were not corded but they were on the wear bars. Please keep in mind that when I can string a run together, like the last event, I happened to finish 4th just behind Rouse and Peters while running in A group. I say that to emphasize that I am really pushing the tires hard the whole run, every run. The car is running a ton of camber, way more than stock so I can keep the tires happy. So there is my post on A052 STX tire life. Here’s the option list that I see for you @David 2. 1) Get a good set of 300-340 tread wear tires like the Continental extreme contact or Michelin Pilot 4s and learn how to drive those fast. I do agree with @Manfred, proper 200TW tires will mask and compensate for bad habits especially on a lighter weight car. Have someone that is properly fast set a time in your car like 1 or 2 times a year on those tires so you have a gauge on what a fast time on those tires can be. You will spend years getting the gas/braking/turning balance right and consistent, that’s why I say a good set of tires. If your on some sweet set of Arizonian tires, don’t laugh they are a discount tire special, the balance of the car and the car control habits won’t translate very well. 2) Get 200 TW tires that are symmetric. So 660rt or Direzza ZIII are your choices. Don’t get the Hankook ones, they heat cycle out way too fast out here. You will want to be able to flip them on the wheels to get more runs out of them. It really doesn’t matter which ones, they are both way more capable than you will know what to do with. The general favorite is the 660rt’s, plus a lot of people out here run them. Oh yeah you’ll get all the exciting “I’m a serious race car” vibes like more road noise and every little pebble getting hurtled at your paint and fenders at the full highway speed. For those that say you’ll get way more runs out of the 340TW tires, well technically yeah, but you’re still going to want to budget for about a set of tires per year if your running every event and TO’s, we all like that big round brake when we are learning (steering wheel). Well my 11 month old says rant/advise over. Chew on this post for a second time and remember that the game of cone dodging is about the learning, not the tools.