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RE: Tire wear! (was something else)

To: "'Yeoh Yiu'" <squid@panix.com>
Subject: RE: Tire wear! (was something else)
From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:02:41 -0700
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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