Another tyre thread

[meatball]

Howdy all,

I had my rear exige tyres replaced in sept with Toyo R888's.
Since then I've done 3 track events, 1 at Ingleston and two Walshy days.
Total mileage 4k.
Tread is now between 2-3mm (ie they will not see out the month).

I had expected more miles from them.......am I being silly?

Anyway, time to phone Ronnie me thinks!
The fronts are gubbed too, but I have spares at Jintys.

Mac, do you want some spares for autotesting?

[Brian J]

Suspect the Walshy days knock chunks out of them even more than trackdays - not unusual

[meatball]

Thought as much!
Thank you sir!

[steve_weegie]

I had expected more miles from them.......am I being silly?

Let me see here....
3 track days....
2 Walshy days....
Road use, and you've still got 2-3mm left?

Do you want an honest answer to that?

[Jinty]

Suspect the Walshy days knock chunks out of them even more than trackdays - not unusual

I don't think I may have helped his tyres during the Walshy days !

Thankfully my tyres appear to have survived two days with Walshy..

Jinty

[meatball]

Not a lot of road use as you can see from mileage.....and thats WINTER mileage!

Although I did get the tyres squealing at times yesterday before the weather turned.
Then I went back to my usual smooooooth styleeee!
Apart from the inveruglus bit.......

Awaits edited quotes!

[kenny]

I had expected more miles from them.......am I being silly?

Let me see here....
3 track days....
2 Walshy days....
Road use, and you've still got 2-3mm left?

Do you want an honest answer to that?

Yep, some christian motoring going on there methinks.

[meatball]

I'll keep that line and use it when I'm selling the car!

[kenny]

[ed]

I had expected more miles from them.......am I being silly?

Let me see here....
3 track days....
2 Walshy days....
Road use, and you've still got 2-3mm left?

Do you want an honest answer to that?

Yep, some christian motoring going on there methinks.

[whaleys]

I think I read that the R888s wear faster than AO48's, I only mention this because R888's aren't on these charts but the AO48's are. This is a link to "NHTSA Tyre Ratings - Traction, Temperature & Wear" on etyres.com. Pretty interesting to see how the tyres that are discussed on these forums "officially" rate...

Just choose the tyre brand at the top. When looking at wear this is what they grade it on...

"A control tyre is assigned a grade of 100. Other tyres are compared to the control tyre. For example, a tyre grade of 200 should wear twice as long as the control tyre. "

http://www.etyres.co.uk/tyres-ratings-n ... kohama.htm

[Andy G]

48's will wear way quicker than 888's as they are a softer compound, although they have just launched an R888 super soft.

Meatball - you mincer! I reckon your tyres have done you proud, infact maybe pointing out that you've been in a straight line a bit too often for my liking

[whaleys]

Must have read wrong

[Andy G]

bought a set of 888's so will soon be able to post about the merits of them, at the limits

[meatball]

Meatball - you mincer! I reckon your tyres have done you proud, infact maybe pointing out that you've been in a straight line a bit too often for my liking

Had it sidways at the weekend......I have the stains to prove it!