Depressing fact is depressing

[mk1_salami]

Just checked and I've gone through a full set of tyres in just 73 days. At £380 a set, that's a disgusting £5.20 a day on tyres, arghhh.

Time to get a cheap diesel daily driver!!!

 

[Joshy]

Or run it on £30 a corner T1Rs when on the street?

 

[Maccapacca]

Wow what are you doing with them, eating them ?

 

[Minstadave]

What were you running?

 

[Kenai]

This doesn't count if you reveal you've done 3 track days and a few sessions at Santa Pod

 

[mk1_salami]

T1-R's wouldn't go anywhere on a 7" rim. That does include 2 trackdays and 2 days at the strip. Forgot to say, they're Federal 595 RS-R.. Similar to R888's

 

[23JMZ07]

Track tyres on the road rofl.

Get some normal road tyres or a g-wiz sorted.

 

[Joshy]

Track tyres on the road rofl.

Get some normal road tyres or a g-wiz sorted.

They're not really strictly track tyres though.

 

[Wicksta]

Worst "I do track days" thread ever.

 

[Duke]

Worst "I do track days" thread ever.

This. Not surprising really!

 

[[TW]Fox]

I dont get this thread.

 

[Sin_Chase]

Totally diesel time. I mean who would have thought an Mx-5 costs so much to run, it's not like you are using soft compound low mileage performance orientated tyres or someth...oh wait.

 

[Dogbreath]

T1-R's wouldn't go anywhere on a 7" rim.

What do you mean by this?

Rather than considering some clanky old oil burner, wouldn't it be sensible to get another set of wheels with road tyres on them?

 

[Raymond Lin]

So you now have slicks, on a track, perfect?

 

[_Ad_]

I have T1-R's on 7J rims

 

[mk1_salami]

I meant with 320hp, 195 width T1-R's would be usless. They'll just wheelspin their hearts out and the power is impossible to put down. There's no point in that at all.

 

[[TW]Fox]

So get wider ones?

 

[mk1_salami]

Then I'll need wider wheels. 15" rims wider than 7" are pretty rare / expensive, and go hand in hand with tyre prices that double 195 or 205 prices.

 

[Joshy]

I meant with 320hp, 195 width T1-R's would be usless. They'll just wheelspin their hearts out and the power is impossible to put down. There's no point in that at all.

Surely with careful driving you're not going to light up tyres that easily?

 

[PMKeates]

Surely with careful driving you're not going to light up tyres that easily?

Sort of defeats the point of 320hp really