General Car Conversation 2024 - part 1
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06-09-24, 05:14 PM
#4519
I used to track on 2 wheels and now track on 4 wheels. A good set of tires is everything!! Example, I made a ONLY tire change, went back to the same track and dropped 4 seconds.
200tw tires, if I’m lucky last me 5 weekends. I tried to stretch an old set to 6 weekends and it took me 3-4 laps to get some heat in them.
06-09-24, 05:43 PM
#4520
Lexus Fanatic
I wouldn’t be surprised if they went to tire shop and asked for a set of tires not asking what brand tire long as the price was right.
I used to track on 2 wheels and now track on 4 wheels. A good set of tires is everything!! Example, I made a ONLY tire change, went back to the same track and dropped 4 seconds.
200tw tires, if I’m lucky last me 5 weekends. I tried to stretch an old set to 6 weekends and it took me 3-4 laps to get some heat in them.
I used to track on 2 wheels and now track on 4 wheels. A good set of tires is everything!! Example, I made a ONLY tire change, went back to the same track and dropped 4 seconds.
200tw tires, if I’m lucky last me 5 weekends. I tried to stretch an old set to 6 weekends and it took me 3-4 laps to get some heat in them.
I also saw this today.
06-09-24, 06:47 PM
#4523
My sister had to get a mismatch tire because no one had a run flat in stock even the Lexus dealer. Luckily Toyota dealer had the size she needed and she paid dearly for it.
Last edited by BayeauxLex; 06-09-24 at 06:59 PM.
06-09-24, 07:43 PM
#4524
Lexus Fanatic
what goes through my mind with these giant wheels and sometimes staggered size tires is that what happens if you shred a tire late at night when you are driving out in the middle of nowhere or a small town in remote America. No spare Imagine the difficulty of getting a tire of a special size. No such worry if driving a LS460…but a serious problem if driving a LS500
Last edited by Toys4RJill; 06-09-24 at 07:52 PM.
06-09-24, 10:44 PM
#4525
Lead Lap
I buy a set at a time. The exception was when I had a tire issue that could not be repaired so I bought one replacement but it was the same brand and model as the other 3. I saved that tire in case I have a similar issue in the future and there’s a lot of life in the remaining tires.
06-09-24, 10:54 PM
#4526
Lexus Champion
Yeah. That has gotta suck.
what goes through my mind with these giant wheels and sometimes staggered size tires is that what happens if you shred a tire late at night when you are driving out in the middle of nowhere or a small town in remote America. No spare Imagine the difficulty of getting a tire of a special size. No such worry if driving a LS460…but a serious problem if driving a LS500
what goes through my mind with these giant wheels and sometimes staggered size tires is that what happens if you shred a tire late at night when you are driving out in the middle of nowhere or a small town in remote America. No spare Imagine the difficulty of getting a tire of a special size. No such worry if driving a LS460…but a serious problem if driving a LS500
06-10-24, 09:44 AM
#4528
drives cars
It happens. I judge people a lot less now that we had that experience. I mean, what are we going to do? Drive on the spare back home over a couple hundred miles? Nope. And then, it was like... well, we just spent full price on the Bridgestone, so we're at least going to put some miles on it.
Having said that, if the Bridgestone was actually the kind of tire we wanted - I honestly was fine with the OE Pirellis, so, no thanks - we might've switched all four to that one instead of waiting until the rear needed replacement.
06-10-24, 01:14 PM
#4529
Pole Position
Yeah. That has gotta suck.
what goes through my mind with these giant wheels and sometimes staggered size tires is that what happens if you shred a tire late at night when you are driving out in the middle of nowhere or a small town in remote America. No spare Imagine the difficulty of getting a tire of a special size. No such worry if driving a LS460…but a serious problem if driving a LS500
what goes through my mind with these giant wheels and sometimes staggered size tires is that what happens if you shred a tire late at night when you are driving out in the middle of nowhere or a small town in remote America. No spare Imagine the difficulty of getting a tire of a special size. No such worry if driving a LS460…but a serious problem if driving a LS500