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Jet-Fighter7700
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Do got wheelcovers, so yes it does then.
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New tires bed in period?
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Do got wheelcovers, so yes it does then.
Captain Beer
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And are your windows manual or electric?
Jet-Fighter7700
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Manual, but whats that got to do with anything?
supersunbird
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As much as wheel covers do.
:wtf: You didn't know that??
I have grown up in a motoring and racing family for over 60 years, and that is what we have always done, as well as the people who know anything about tyres, suggest that you do - and don't ask for a friggin link because there probably isn't one!
As opposed to racing teams that save new tyres for the best performance?
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Totally different!
If you wanted to get between 50 and 100 km out of a set of tyres, by all means treat them like a set of F1 Pirellis
yes as apposed to them that run all the new tires in during free practise and then keep them in warming bags the rest of the weekend.
Also as apposed to a tire compound which is much much softer than road cars.
Basically black snot tires.
Take the opportunity to visit the paddock after a race sometime.
:wtf: You didn't know that??
I have grown up in a motoring and racing family for over 60 years, and that is what we have always done, as well as the people who know anything about tyres, suggest that you do - and don't ask for a friggin link because there probably isn't one!
Totally different!
If you wanted to get between 50 and 100 km out of a set of tyres, by all means treat them like a set of F1 Pirellis
You confuse me. You just used your experience as a motoring and racing family to justify your viewpoint. Are you saying it is only in F1 that new tyres have the best performance?
Which would also mean that Fazda's stated experience about tires would not be applicable to normal road tires?
It is applicable. Both race and road tyres are not optimal for use atraight out of the mold.
They are run in to get rid of contamination on the surface.
Fazda
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What is your agenda?
"Normal" tyres are subject to the same problems as racing tyres, however, a racing tyre is not meant to last much longer than 100 km under racing conditions. Their makeup is therefore quite different. Even so, the first lap on a racing tyre can make or break it, as many F1 drivers and other racing drivers have found to their detriment.
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Luckily we have you, and you will get Continental to change their Technical Databook on page 3 won't you?
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No at the second hand set.
I had the Achilles Desert Hawk H/T on my Honda CRV for about 10 000km (sold the car) and my dad has them on his Freelander II, no problems to report.
Oi, I just asked "Hey, where do you get this from", seeing as I had never heard about running new tires in, after 26 years of driving cars. People subsequently got their knickers in a knot about it and I just had some fun thereafter
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Oi, I just asked "Hey, where do you get this from", seeing as I had never heard about running new tires in, after 26 years of driving cars. People subsequently got their knickers in a knot about it and I just had some fun thereafter
Isn't it amazing then, you never know when you will learn something new.
It would be and is. Any normal road tyre out of the mold needs to be run in, to soften and roughen the outer tread. I first learned about this as a biker - brand new takkies are dreadfully dangerous until the smoothness of the outer layer is worn off, ie the shiny hard smoothness of the new tyre is worn off and the tread outer layer "neaded" and roughed to a "matt".
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SauRoNZA
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For cars it's irrelevant as they can't really fall over.
By the time you get home from the tyre shop they are ready to roll. Only time to even worry about it would be if it's raining.
For motorcycles however which easily fall over by themselves it's a very different story. I normally try to keep it in mind for the the first tank and the first 50km or so I purposely swerve left to right to wear off the edges.
Rule of thumb is of you get tyres that have the painted lines on then you are good to go when they aren't visible on the outside tread anymore. I see that very rarely these days and only on brand new cars and bikes not on aftermarket fitted tyres.
By the time you get home from the tyre shop they are ready to roll. Only time to even worry about it would be if it's raining.
For motorcycles however which easily fall over by themselves it's a very different story. I normally try to keep it in mind for the the first tank and the first 50km or so I purposely swerve left to right to wear off the edges.
Rule of thumb is of you get tyres that have the painted lines on then you are good to go when they aren't visible on the outside tread anymore. I see that very rarely these days and only on brand new cars and bikes not on aftermarket fitted tyres.
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Absolutely. I also learned that you can be a bit testy when challenged
I only get testy when someone keeps saying that I am wrong, when I know, for a fact that I am right.