Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
#16
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
Doubtful - when I took the last set off the Fortuner in AD the man said to me 'why are you replacing, they are fine' (3 years old, 70k) - next to my car was a Hylux truck with bald tyres - they went straight off mine onto the truck...
#17
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Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
Bald tyres give far better grip 98.63% of the time here. (That's not a made-up figure.)
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#21
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
Managed to get 4 years 3 months and 60k km out of them but probably should have changed them before as they were a bit bald round the edges.
That said they are probably off to a new home on some wreck somewhere like EMhouse's.
#22
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
I finally replaced my tyres... I found an old receipt and they had indeed done 40km over a period of 2.5 years.
And, wow, what a difference. I don't have to have the radio on full blast anymore to be able to hear it. The new ones are silent!
Rear tyres showed some wear, the fronts looked pretty clean. No cracking.
And, wow, what a difference. I don't have to have the radio on full blast anymore to be able to hear it. The new ones are silent!
Rear tyres showed some wear, the fronts looked pretty clean. No cracking.
#23
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
I don't like brand new tyres, they never feel like they have the grip of a run in tyre.
#26
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
Depends on how you drive, rotation discipline, and brand of tires - Michelins and COntinentals go further than others usually...
#27
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
Am guessing it's something nice and high performance and RWD, sounds like fun if you're running 295's bud. And yer they will be expensive, I'd recommend trying to get some FALKEN 452's not expensive but great grip levels, and will give bridgestone an pirrelli's a run for there money. But with the rain levels we get out here go get some nice Toyo TR1's. Sticky as heck and will love the hot weather here. Not cheap mind but if you're running something high end performance then well worth it.
#28
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Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
What if the tyres have been sitting, new and unused, on the shelf in the workshop for a few months before being purchased? That number can only refer to a month of manufacture, surely?
#29
Re: Car Tyres - 3 years or 4 years?
I recently completed "search for new tyres" mission. Nobody here cares about anything except size. Take care yourself.
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