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Cavey
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16th May 03 at 00:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^^^^^^^

I'd say it's pretty self explanitory...

Does it matter about the size ? I guess it just depends on how they've bin treated ?
Richie
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aye how many miles you travel, whether tracking is right and balancing, weight load ect these can all affect how long the tyres last. Most ive gone is 11 months before the outer tread starts to rip.
Cavey
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yeah, the mileage was what i was after to be honest
leeshez
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Mileage or a town car with power steering gets a lot of hammer, I.E parking in spaces dry steering scrubbing the front tyres Lee
Black_ka
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how long is a piece of string??
Pablo
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3ft!
vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Black_ka
how long is a piece of string??
double the length from the middle to the end. come on that was easy.


Depends on the tyres, the conditions, the car, the driver. really you should get 12K out of a set at least. some softer compoound tyres like toyo, pirrelli, yoko's tend not to last as long
bobothebear
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It depends on what quality of tyre you buy. If you put Economy tyres on don't expect them the last as long as a nice set of Michelins.
And obviously how you drive the car.

I'll give you an example of how long they can last. My car has currently done 78k and after taking it to a tyre and exhaust place they informed me it still had the original tyres on the rears which were cracking mainly due to there age even though they have tons of tread left on em.
I was a tad dubious of this but this guy really knew his stuff, He has been working there for 15 years so you would think he recognises what tyres come on what cars.
Sam
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16th May 03 at 08:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
While everyone is on the subject of tyres please check my thread out in Help Zone:

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=67350

 
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