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Re: treadwear rating

To: Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net
Subject: Re: treadwear rating
From: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 17:39:41 -0700
> Do R tires actually work appreciably better than street tires under daily
> use?

well, at least they dont squeal and attract those cars with the flashing
lights on top as easily. =)

> Also, for those of you who do this, do you notice tire
> performance degradation exclusive of wear; i.e. heat cycling or hardening?

this is the biggest concern i can see.  i really dont know how much it
affects it.  there are some that say that a tire has 100 heat cycles and
then its junk no matter how much rubber it has left.  i think my tires start
to lose it after about 100 runs, but its hard to say for sure.

-james




----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, James Creasy wrote:
>
> > rough, but on my light car, there doesnt seem to be any measureable wear
on
> > them from street driving.  not having to change tires is a wonderful
> > luxury!!!  plus you can surprise the heck out of vettes, porsches,
vipers,
> > etc on freeway on-ramps.
>
> Do R tires actually work appreciably better than street tires under daily
> use?  I would think that they wouldn't get hot enough to really perform
> their best, wherease regular street tires are pretty much designed to work
> "cold".  Also, for those of you who do this, do you notice tire
> performance degradation exclusive of wear; i.e. heat cycling or hardening?
>
> KeS

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