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Post by stevensolds on Feb 25, 2005 21:10:54 GMT -6
dude theres no way you could get 80k miles. my tires were replaced when i bought the car in july and they were shot last month. now i got BFGoodrich T/As man they are great handlers
I dont know how anyone gets even 20k miles with a powerful car. For me, i am at least hoping to hit 100k before replacing these again.
my dad replaces the tires on his jaguar every 10k. and they are 285s
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scottydl
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Post by scottydl on Feb 25, 2005 22:45:07 GMT -6
I dont know how anyone gets even 20k miles with a powerful car. (1) Drive moderately. (2) Rarely (almost never) spin your tires. (3) Rotate regularly. On my last car (a '96 Avenger) I got 55k miles on a set of tires rated at 40k! Granted I wouldn't put that car in the "powerful car" category, but the same principle applies using the above guidelines.
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mal
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Post by mal on Feb 27, 2005 10:14:02 GMT -6
I don't know if I'll get close to 80k or not, but they are warrantied for that so at least I would get some pro-rated rebate back if I end up really short of that.
I got about 45k out of the Dunlops and in looking around the net as I was about to replace them, there were quite a few negative comments on them for noise, handling, and wear. I hadn't found those same comments before I got them unfortunately. I also ended up driving them longer than I should have, but I got away with it as I no longer have to worry about driving in snow...
I got over 50k on the Michelins (assuming they were new when I got the car off of lease in 2000) I had previously. That is all I've had for rubber on the car.
While tire "ratings" are not somthing to completely hang your hat on, the Michelins were rated at 400 A A. The Dunlops were 420 AA A. My new Goodyears are 700 A B.
I had an '82 Cutlass that had the factory Goodyears on them that I pulled off with over 80k miles on them. I only pulled them off the car because I was changing from the stock 14x7 rims to 16x8 3 piece Epsilons with 255-50VR16 Eagle Gatorbacks on them. The originals still had quite a few miles left on them. The Gatorbacks didn't do nearly so well for wear, although the handling was a huge step up...
As previously mentioned, driving habits also have a lot to do with how long tires will last. I do quite a bit of highway driving and that will help with longevity vs. lots of hard cornering and accelleration. I certainly didn't buy my Aurora as an economy car, but it isn't a race car either so I don't attempt to drive it like one all the time. I have my fun with it and also depend on it for daily transportation. I expect to get decent life out of a set of tires for daily transportation. I also expect them to handle well and not sound like a truck. So far, so good!
Al
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Post by stevensolds on Feb 28, 2005 16:24:42 GMT -6
scotty i dunno if i can ever go a set of tires without spinning them. just today whne i dropped me car off to the place thats putting my kit on, i smoked em coming out of a side street. they sat there and spun and the revs went up to 6000 while spinning. behind me was a huge cloud of smoke
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