View Poll Results: N Rated?
N rated
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Non N rated
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Non N rated in a model that offers N rating
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Where can I get N rated wheel chair tires?!?!?!
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Do you run N rated tires?
#31
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Most cars aren't made to serve as a daily driver during the week and then see track duty on the weekend. Just another point of view...
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#33
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You know, I've heard this many times and I have to say it just doesn't make sense to me. I've never heard of tire manufacturers making special tires for front wheel drive cars because of the front weight bias. And if tire manufacturers made different tires to account for where the majority of the weight is on a car, how would they know if the "correct" tire is installed in the right place, most cars don't have different sized tires.
Please don't take my reply wrong, I'm not saying that the statement is wrong, I just don't get it. In fact I didn't see anything in the Tire Rack overview that said anything about weight bias either.
Please don't take my reply wrong, I'm not saying that the statement is wrong, I just don't get it. In fact I didn't see anything in the Tire Rack overview that said anything about weight bias either.
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I am an N spec believer but understand price being a concern or perhaps an obstacle. When I picked up my first one the service manager spent a lot of time going over the car with me. He didn't start with the interior and how to use the controls. He started with the tires and stated that the car is engineered from the tires up and act as a part of the suspension (that's what he said, I don't know that for sure). Explained not only N spec but the N series as well, he was adament that matching series was as important as N spec tires. That was fine, it had a brand new set of Conti's so I wasn't thinking replacement cost. He did tell me to expect anywhere from 8k to 12k miles on the rears, depending on tire pressure, alignment, and most of all, driving style. Sounded sort of ridiculous to me, but I just wanted to leave and drive.
When it was time for new rears I asked the same service manager, then a service writer, then a tech, about which non N spec they would recommend as the price was extreme and with so little service life I was looking for something else.
Service Manager would not discuss it. Service writer gave me a "ah well, lot's of guys ask this and some guys go for the cheaper tires, but I honestly can not recommend it". The tech gave me the answer I bought - sure you can buy cheaper, but then you should never have bought this car. And yes some guys do run non N spec and they are still around. But, after servicing your car I know that you do drive it the way it was engineered to be driven. He said when I pulled into the service area he could smell a properly driven Porsche. I laughed, so my car smells? Yes, of heat, brakes, even the smell of the engine. So - you drive this car probably from mild to wild and on edge at times? Well yeah, of course. So when you are wound up and hitting a buck forty where do you want your money to be? The tech convinced me.
Enough said - I buy N spec whenever I can. But then again I do crazy and illogical stuff all the time. I still buy OEM tires for all of my cars.
When it was time for new rears I asked the same service manager, then a service writer, then a tech, about which non N spec they would recommend as the price was extreme and with so little service life I was looking for something else.
Service Manager would not discuss it. Service writer gave me a "ah well, lot's of guys ask this and some guys go for the cheaper tires, but I honestly can not recommend it". The tech gave me the answer I bought - sure you can buy cheaper, but then you should never have bought this car. And yes some guys do run non N spec and they are still around. But, after servicing your car I know that you do drive it the way it was engineered to be driven. He said when I pulled into the service area he could smell a properly driven Porsche. I laughed, so my car smells? Yes, of heat, brakes, even the smell of the engine. So - you drive this car probably from mild to wild and on edge at times? Well yeah, of course. So when you are wound up and hitting a buck forty where do you want your money to be? The tech convinced me.
Enough said - I buy N spec whenever I can. But then again I do crazy and illogical stuff all the time. I still buy OEM tires for all of my cars.