Tire milage report

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Six years ago I managed to shoe horn a pair of Altimax RT 43 tires ( front ) onto my 14 RT ( old style fenders ), I just swapped them out for a pair of Vredestein Q-5's .... I put 42,570 mi. on them and they were still decent even in the wet ..... That's the longest I've EVER had front auto tires ....... Three years ago I put a Perilli P-4 + on the rear only got 25,526 from that tire and it didn't have the traction the Altimax's had ...... I also swapped that Pirelli for a RIKEN HP 215/60-15 ( with a 520 UTOG rating ).... which I discovered about a year ago ( have them on my Cobra ) ..... I'll post in a new Thread after I've driven it in the WET ...... Mike :thumbup:

 

[UtahPete]

That's great news about the Altimax. Now, how about a report on how your Cobra drives in the wet :yes:

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

The Cobra is a roadster ( NO TOP - period ) so I don't drive it in the rain ...... Mike :thumbup:

 

[UtahPete]

The Cobra is a roaster ( NO TOP -period ) so I don't drive it in the rain ...... Mike :thumbup:

That's if you drive it in the sun ... Freudian slip maybe?

Sorry for getting off-topic....now back to our original programming...

BTW, the Spyder is also a 'Roadster' :dontknow:

 

[2dogs]

Wet traction is one of my least concerns. I avoid riding on wet surfaces whenever possible. That being said, I experienced one wet condition in heavy traffic where the only object to guide me was the tail light of the vehicle in front of me. I could only see (focus) on one tail light at a time. Being on a 1K pound vehicle with 3 car tires supporting it, traction was near "-0". It was squirrely as all get out. Couldn't see to safely pull over, couldn't see what was behind me, and I hoped I was visible to other drivers near me. That seemed to go on for an hour or more but was in actuality only about 10/15 minutes if that. I saw the whole thing coming at me and didn't realize just how bad it was. In retrospect, I should have pulled over but I thought, what the hell, how bad could it be? Well, I found out just how bad, and I'll never do that again!

 

[2dogs]

That's if you drive it in the sun ... Freudian slip maybe?

Sorry for getting off-topic....now back to our original programming...

No Pete, (LOL) roaster (LOL) is correct.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Wet traction is one of my least concerns. I avoid riding on wet surfaces whenever possible. That being said, I experienced one wet condition in heavy traffic where the only object to guide me was the tail light of the vehicle in front of me. I could only see (focus) on one tail light at a time. Being on a 1K pound vehicle with 3 car tires supporting it, traction was near "-0". It was squirrely as all get out. Couldn't see to safely pull over, couldn't see what was behind me, and I hoped I was visible to other drivers near me. That seemed to go on for an hour or more but was in actuality only about 10/15 minutes if that. I saw the whole thing coming at me and didn't realize just how bad it was. In retrospect, I should have pulled over but I thought, what the hell, how bad could it be? Well, I found out just how bad, and I'll never do that again!

I've posted on this many times ..... there are NO tires that won't, can't hydroplane ... In Gran Prix racing the WET road tires they use cost about $ 1000 + each and even they will hydroplane ..... Using a tire that is Better in the WET is insurance.... otherwise then you can put DOT Track tires on the Spyder.... I wouldn't, but that's just me .... have fun .... Mike :thumbup: