[MR2] mk 1 tires

[Bob S]

I have been told by several sources that the tread wear number is not an
exact rating system.  It is more like a gentleman's agreement (if there are
any left in business) as to the scale and how long they will last.

It isn't like one company's tire rated at 400 will wear as long as another
company's tires rated at 400.

As this list always says.... YMMV.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Brian
Knoblauch
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:19 PM
To: mr2 list
Subject: Re: [MR2] mk 1 tires

    Last set of BFGs I had were R1s.  They had a treadwear rating of 0, and 
lasted about  2 autocrosses.  :-)  My A032Rs had a tread wear rating of 60 
and lasted about 15k miles.  I believe my RA1s had a treadwear rating of 40 
and lasted about 12k miles...

    Luckily, they were all much smaller and far more common (and therefore 
considerably cheaper) than Veyron tires :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
> Its tires are very sticky and have a 60 wear rating - wonder what they 
> cost
> to replace and how long they last.
>
> Still can't be as bad as the $17,000 Michelins that go on the Bughatti
> Veyron (but that is for the set) Actually with the Euro and dollar they 
> are
> probably $25,000 now ;-) At top speed according to Top Gear they would 
> last
> 50 minutes.
>
> My BFG tires have a wear rating of 440 ....


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