Re: 164 Tire Wear

[Shannon Marshall <macerdoodle@domain.elided>]

Wow, you guys have been getting a lot more out of your tires than I 
have!  I just must have some serious toe issues.  I have been through 
3 sets of tires in 3 years (about 12k a year)!  It is expensive to 
change them every year - but I get to try a variety of tires!  When I 
bought the car with Goodyear Eagle GT IIs on it.   The tires didn't 
last for that long, but I wasn't sure how many miles they already had 
on them.  Those tires were bad; slippery, noisy, etc.  After they 
were gone, I bought Dunlop SP Sport 5000s.  These 205/ 60/15 V rated 
tires were better in all ways; rain, stickiness (though not that 
sticky) and quieter.  I used them up rather quickly though.  I got 
involved in more 'spirited' driving...2 autocrosses, and one driving 
school at Willow Springs.  After Willow, they were toast ;-)  as 
expected.  So, on I went to my next set Pirelli P6000 Sport Veloce. 
These tires were very much like the Dunlops.  I bought them in the 
same size, and they were also V rated.  Be careful though - they come 
in H rated in the same size!  After I had left the tire shop I 
noticed that they said 90H on the side, and back I went to get the V 
rated ones I paid for!  The only difference was wet traction, which 
improved.  I thought that these tires would last longer since I 
wasn't going to be doing any autocrosses or driving schools in them 
(now that I had another car for race purpose only).  Not the case 
though...they only lasted a year.  Exactly a year.  So, now I have 
Yokohama AVS dBs, also in the same size and V rated.  I have had them 
for 2 weeks and they are quiet.  I haven't gotten to test them in the 
rain or twisties yet, but I expect that they will be the best tires 
that I have had to date.  I am hoping that with more regular 
alignment that they will last longer than the rest, and that I won't 
be looking to buy new ones next December!

Shannon Marshall
'91  164L  (with an S engine)  heehee

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