Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 13/02/14 01:51 PM Share Posted 13/02/14 01:51 PM Tire life at 220 tread wear is woeful, I cannot fathom how bad 60 would be."No officer - it wasn't me""Dude - there's a trail of rubber beads from your mums house, to the milk bar, to your girlfriends house and then through the speedtrap 50kms ago that leads right to your rear tyres. If Hansle and Grettle had 60 tread wear on their sandles they wouldn't have got lost" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/02/14 01:54 PM Share Posted 13/02/14 01:54 PM I only got 10k out of the NT05, they are noisy, cop bait cause of the way the tread is done and slip and slide.I bet I will get 10k+ out of the Corsas. But what ever I get I do enjoy the ability to put my foot down in confidencePost a pic of your current odometer in this thread.If you get 10k out of the corsa's I will buy you a beer and burger at grill'd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/02/14 02:14 PM Share Posted 13/02/14 02:14 PM I'd rather spend 320 or what ever they are and replace them every 10,000 than spend 700+ and replace them every 12,000km 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Spooling Member Donating Members 961 Member For: 13y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Posted 14/02/14 02:11 AM Share Posted 14/02/14 02:11 AM $275 fitted for 275/35 invos here <br /><br />18" fo life 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Gender: Male Posted 14/02/14 10:44 AM Share Posted 14/02/14 10:44 AM Post a pic of your current odometer in this thread.If you get 10k out of the corsa's I will buy you a beer and burger at grill'd.Done deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Gender: Male Posted 14/02/14 10:47 AM Share Posted 14/02/14 10:47 AM (edited) I'd rather spend 320 or what ever they are and replace them every 10,000 than spend 700+ and replace them every 12,000kmI'd rather spend 700+ or what ever they are and replace them every 5000km than spend 320 and replace them ever 12,000km if it means I can outgun you at the lights Edited 14/02/14 10:49 AM by turbotrana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 14/02/14 10:51 AM Share Posted 14/02/14 10:51 AM My 160$ tyres do fine in 3rd gear roll ons if I take it easy in the shift to 4th so im good for highway runs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/02/14 11:48 AM Share Posted 14/02/14 11:48 AM I'd rather spend 700+ or what ever they are and replace them every 5000km than spend 320 and replace them ever 12,000km if it means I can outgun you at the lights<br /><br />No tyre will hook up from a start when you have over 400rwkw so it doesn't really matter, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/02/14 11:54 AM Share Posted 14/02/14 11:54 AM It puzzles me that everybody is happy to tune around the mechanical limitations of the components in the driveline but won't do the same for the grip level of the their chosen tires.I ran progressive boost ramp up im 1st/2nd and 3rd in my BA and I think most members who have cruised with me would agree that it got off the line pretty quick?BF onwards ZF cars have really great rpm/road speed/max torque based torque and boost management that can really help get the car moving on the street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 14/02/14 12:01 PM Share Posted 14/02/14 12:01 PM Because dyno queen Honestly for me but I don't want the stick tyres because I want to do the least amount of damage to my driveline as possible And if that makes me a dyno queen then I'm happy to wear that tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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