Goodyear F1 Question

[SS MoFo]

Achieved 6k miles on my Goodyear F1 supercar rear tires. Always engine breaking with an occasional slide show out of the car wash. GY F1's are great with a good wheel alignment in warm weather.

[Demon War Horse]

Originally Posted by ZYBORG

When I first got on here, I read about people only getting 8-10k out of their tires.

I just hit 14K miles on mine. The rears probably have another 1-1.5k miles on them left. The fronts have another 3k mikes left. Im not the easiest driver on the tires either.

That was a pretty funny joke about the spoiler and wicker bill being the root cause... Lol

Never know about the downforce. Lol

[CreeperRS]

I got 12,000 on mine, all street miles. They still look good. Not sure about how much tread I got left. Will post pics tomorrow.

[vinman]

Originally Posted by Demon War Horse

Never know about the downforce. Lol

Is that the dark side of the downforce?

[Demon War Horse]

Originally Posted by vinman

Is that the dark side of the downforce?

Likely.

[Mark T]

I dont know if running in comp mode adds to the wear, but romping on it with traction control on will activate the antilocks. You dont even notice it, but it is happening when your car detects slipage. I proved it, as a result of insurance.

You running them in comp mode?

[Balue]

Originally Posted by Demon War Horse

I think he must have measured wrong. He said they were at 4/32. These still look good to me. Both rears look like this one.

Damn those look brand new! dont measure on the shoulders they are for grip and have a shallow "tread" look inside you are not even close to the wear bars and even then they still good for a bit.

[Demon War Horse]

Originally Posted by Mark T

I dont know if running in comp mode adds to the wear, but romping on it with traction control on will activate the antilocks. You dont even notice it, but it is happening when your car detects slipage. I proved it, as a result of insurance.

You running them in comp mode?

I normally drive in comp mode. I don't trust the nannies much. But I might start running with them on.

[hammdo]

8K and going strong...

-Don

[Mark T]

Originally Posted by Demon War Horse

I normally drive in comp mode. I don't trust the nannies much. But I might start running with them on.

Yes, I use one of those insurance company fobs that track your usage for discounts. It reported hard braking events for every time I took my camaro out. Proved it by running in comp mode, and the hard braking events were the antilocs trying to maintain traction, completely disappeared.

Question is, which is worse, early wear on tires, or early wear on brake pads.

Aww heck, just have fun.

[vinman]

Brake pads are cheaper than those tires

[xXSicSicSicXx]

f1's suck on street

[gajagfan]

Just over 35K and have got here using two sets of tires (fronts from first set are now the rears). They are going to need to go soon, but got a new knee for Christmas, so it is parked for a while anyway. No complaints with the Goodyears. We will buy the third set here in the spring.

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Mark T

Yes, I use one of those insurance company fobs that track your usage for discounts. It reported hard braking events for every time I took my camaro out. Proved it by running in comp mode, and the hard braking events were the antilocs trying to maintain traction, completely disappeared.

So you're saying that those insurance fobs not only track hard braking events based on deceleration g's exceeding some threshhold (typically around 0.5g), but also episodes where TC kicks in?

If so, chalk up one more reason not to use one.


Norm