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Thread: Need tyres.. recommendations

  1. #31
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    What did the Adrenalins set you back? I've heard good things about them.

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    $1188 for four including balance / alignment + $50 fuel credit from Bob Jane.

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    A new set of Michelin Pilot Sport 3 put on today.. $860 fitted and balanced. About 75,000km from the previous set..
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    Trialling golf ball aerodynamics theory - random pattern, administered about 1550 on Christmas Day, 2011.

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    How crap are people getting 50k plus on tyres???? my Potenza S001's on the CC wheels have only 40% left after 20k
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    That's not bad I. Only got 15k on kumho ku31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Njay View Post
    That's not bad I. Only got 15k on kumho ku31
    Gees you guys must drive 'em hard. On my R36, I got 30k from my Conti's and they still had another 10-15k left minimum before I got rid of them (didn't like em that much).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Njay View Post
    That's not bad I. Only got 15k on kumho ku31
    Geez I changed my KU31's at 38k including a couple of track days and they were still legal
    Either you are a hard driver or have an aligment issue
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    Could be a bit of both alignment and driving hard.... Fronts were ruined by 15k and the rears were like new
    Audi A3 1.8 T
    aiming for 200kw atw
    http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...-8t-71747.html

  9. #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darks RS View Post
    How crap are people getting 50k plus on tyres???? my Potenza S001's on the CC wheels have only 40% left after 20k
    Run them at higher pressures than the car recommendations (usually the maximum allowable stamped on the tyre side wall - around 50psi for most brands nowadays).
    Balance, rotate and align roughly every 10-15,000km.

    That's about it. I'm not the world's fastest or hardest driver, but neither am I particularly gentle and a lot of the roads I drive on aren't exactly good quality - potholed, coarse aggregate, etc. Also run with a fully loaded car for long distances fairly regularly..
    MY08 Passat 2.0 TDI Wagon
    Trialling golf ball aerodynamics theory - random pattern, administered about 1550 on Christmas Day, 2011.

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    I normally get two new tyres for the R36 every year. They go on the front. The existing fronts move to the rear, and the rears go to the big tyre shop in the sky.

    It's four years old and has less than 40000km on it, but I'm not complaining. I can't get to my house without driving along about 5km of twisties (seriously, there's no other way in) and that's often done enthusiastically. I'm using RE002's at the moment, they're pretty good. Might get more from these.

    50000km from a set? Sounds like light truck all terrain tyres
    R36 =

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