Minimum Rear Tire Lifetime?

[edevlin]

"Ed, let's be realistic. You thrashed those Falkans for the last 6,000 miles and now you are instantly going to become a more sedate driver with your new PS2's on the car?

Not gonna happen. You have tasted the blood of high speed, edge-of-the-envelope driving in your Porsche and you have spoiled yourself for life. Your butt dyno is conditioned to the thrill of breaking it loose and you can't go back!!!"


Ahh, yes, good points, but things do sometimes change. For example, I attended an out-of-town workshop last weekend. After the workshop I met a very interesting fellow. We started discussing what my liscense plate means (NAMISTI). He seemed to know it was a Indian greeting that acknowledges the light in all of us.

I thought that was pretty unusual, most folks dont have a clue what the plate means. We had an interesting philosophical discussion about such things...... and then he gave me my speeding ticket. Because the highway patrol officer was such a nice guy he made the ticket out for only 80 in a 65 zone so the charge would not be reckless driving.

So, based on that recent experience, I have a little additional motivation to take a little better care of my tires and such........

Ed

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lol this is pretty impresive,my tires are the 1st pairs the cars ever had since it was made in 1999

Originally Posted by blkboxster

lol this is pretty impresive,my tires are the 1st pairs the cars ever had since it was made in 1999

Blkboxster, you need new tires, then. They might still have tread, but the rubber must be "hard" and "dried out" by now...some 7+ years later. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by bmussatti

Blkboxster, you need new tires, then. They might still have tread, but the rubber must be "hard" and "dried out" by now...some 7+ years later. Just a thought.

yeah prob buy some this weekend,and yeah the tires are REALLY hard.

[djomlas]

7 year old factory tires cant be good.
then again, my mom bought a galant new in 99 and we just got her new tires the other day, it just hi 99k miles. the traction jsut got al ittly weird in rain/snow condition so they got replaced. damn if only box can last that long on set of tires

[edevlin]

PS2 update, tires are about a month old, and I have close to 2,500 miles on them.
Looking at the rear tires this morning, I am sorry to say it looks like they know they have resided on my car for those miles. At this rate I will be lucky to get an honest 10K out of them.

Oh well, maybe the next set will last a little longer. I mean, how is a guy going to know how to dial in the optimum tire pressure for a set of tires he has not used before (35/38 lbs seems to be working pretty well). Or how is he going to know how fast he can take sweepers before the tires start to break loose a little without trying, I mean really..... One thing is for sure, these are sure sticky suckers, and I like them, hee, hee, hee.......


Ed

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[velvet_jones]

I get 10-11K out of my PS2's(rear). That's is the only tire I will use. I will go through 2 pairs of rears before I have replace the fronts. I do like to PUSH the Box pretty hard though.