How far would you drive on this
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Tires are so cheap, why risk it? You said they were aging out anyway. What's the point of trying to get a few extra miles out of them. You're risking an accident in a $100k+ car in order to literally get a few dollars worth of mileage out of old tires.
If you found yourself away from home and realized the cords were showing then of course, by all means drive carefully and get home. There's a 99% chance they will be fine. But to go out for fun drives knowing the tires are compromised makes little sense to me.
If you found yourself away from home and realized the cords were showing then of course, by all means drive carefully and get home. There's a 99% chance they will be fine. But to go out for fun drives knowing the tires are compromised makes little sense to me.
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Uncle!!
At 9 am this morning I said I was parking it waiting on the new tires. To be clear, when I was trying to get the tires to last the summer, no cords were showing. Once I realized the cords were showing, I ordered new tires. The problem is thy won't be here for a week and I had a drive planned for the weekend. My post was not about stretching the life of the tire, it's about not missing a scheduled drive I was looking forward to. No worries, there will be other drives.
At 9 am this morning I said I was parking it waiting on the new tires. To be clear, when I was trying to get the tires to last the summer, no cords were showing. Once I realized the cords were showing, I ordered new tires. The problem is thy won't be here for a week and I had a drive planned for the weekend. My post was not about stretching the life of the tire, it's about not missing a scheduled drive I was looking forward to. No worries, there will be other drives.
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You call a local Porsche dealer to see if they have new tires in stock? They might not be the brand/model you want, but it could be a quick (and safe) fix.
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First, what type of drive were you talking about. Racing through canyons or just a spirited drive down to coast type of drive. If it's the latter, then no worries, those tires will make the 100 trek without issue. Everyone makes it seem like the end of the world if those tires roll down the street. It's not!
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The more spirited the drive is in a straight line, the more likely he will be to fail the tires. Ironically if the car was driven hard in corners without hard acceleration or straight line braking, he could use up some of the rubber that is left on the tread. The alignment looks like its set for sport driving, but the tire wear tells me it spends more time on the highway than being flogged. If I'm lucky I wear my rears out at about the same time, but the outer edge goes away from autocross, the inner edge goes away on the highway, and the middle is somewhat of a combination. Personally I wouldn't take my GT3 out for a drive that wasn't an emergency or trip to service on that rubber.
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First, what type of drive were you talking about. Racing through canyons or just a spirited drive down to coast type of drive. If it's the latter, then no worries, those tires will make the 100 trek without issue. Everyone makes it seem like the end of the world if those tires roll down the street. It's not!
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