The treadwear is 80, but you can't go by that. That's an arbitrary number.
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yeoh Yiu [mailto:squid@panix.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:22 PM
> To: Navid Kahangi
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tire wear! (was something else)
>
>
> Koosiers and Humhos have wear ratings of four dozen or so.
> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/michelin/mi_pilot_sport_cup.jsp
> doesn't tell me anything about wear ratings, and
> http://www.michelin.com/portail/index.jsp doesn't tell me
> anything about tires (!).
>
> What's the wear rating of your Michelins ?
>
> squid.
> my MINI wears its front tires at least three times faster
> than its rears.
> The front tires spin three times faster, too.
>
> Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com> writes:
>
> > That really puzzles me! Why do people have such opposite
> experiences with
> > tire ware at the same site? We ran a brand new set of
> Michelins at the
> > tour. 2 drivers, 12 runs, 1 spectacular spin. The car
> weighed in at
> > 3200lbs without the driver, so I wouldn't call it a
> lightweight. The tires
> > were barely used. In fact, I used the same tires for 15
> more really hot
> > track sessions and I still have life left in them.
> >
> > So what gives?
> >
> > --Navid
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