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Offline pom

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Tyre Life ETA ?
« on: 12 March 2010, 16:35 »
How long can you expect the tyres to last on the GTD170 ?

Given that I will definately be abusing them from time to time  :laugh:

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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #1 on: 12 March 2010, 16:36 »
depends what tyres are on it, there ware rate, your driving style, your normal daily route, etc etc.
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #2 on: 12 March 2010, 16:53 »
good question, not sure what the factory fit ?

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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #3 on: 12 March 2010, 17:00 »
Quote from: pom on 12 March 2010, 16:53
good question, not sure what the factory fit ?

Pom

Me thinks they will be Dunlop's , you should get about 8-10 thousand out of them?? But cant be sure really of which tyre its going to be?
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #4 on: 12 March 2010, 21:16 »
I had a 170 break A3 with the same engine and I drove like it was a hire car, got about 19000 for the fronts, not sure on the rears.
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #5 on: 12 March 2010, 21:22 »
Quote from: pom on 12 March 2010, 16:35
How long can you expect the tyres to last on the GTD170 ?

Given that I will definately be abusing them ???? from time to time  :laugh:

thanks

Pom
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #6 on: 12 March 2010, 21:24 »
are you sure...sounds like a wild wild guess....
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #7 on: 12 March 2010, 21:27 »
Quote from: JJH on 12 March 2010, 21:24
are you sure...sounds like a wild wild guess....

From experience of several GTIs.

GTD - not sure, but you're certainly not able to abuse the tyres so - a lot longer than a GTI.
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #8 on: 12 March 2010, 21:49 »
i aint so sure, torque wears tyres not power, and GTD's have loads more torque than GTI's...
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Re: Tyre Life ETA ?
« Reply #9 on: 12 March 2010, 22:13 »
Astra 150 BHP lasted 13000 first set and then about 14000 for the second set, rear were still fine. They were sport contact 2 quiet a soft tyre with superb grip for that car. I'm hoping for the same from these battle axes that are on the GT with a tweak making it 175 BHP ish. That would do me  :rolleyes:
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