Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by spike021

I just got a set of tires like 4 or 5 thousand miles ago and I think two of them already have slow leaks. What a RIP.

Originally Posted by humfrz

Maybe it's just the cooler weather? -

Maybe you picked up a couple of nails? -

Maybe you should stop driving down the backstreets of Milpitas looking for women? -

Maybe stop buying tires with an expected life of 12 to 15 thousand miles?

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Did you like her?


Couldn't even rationally reason with myself into a gts on the 981. It just because me buying a GTS yhen paying out the butt to add all the GT4's goodies onto the car spending even more. Kind of the reason I've stayed with this platform through the entire gen. It keeps me in check and not further down the rabbit hole.

Ended up not going. It’s a co-workers car so I’ll get a chance later. I could never justify it, one of the reasons I like the twins is they are easy to replace. Just curious how it benchmarks.

[bcj]

Originally Posted by spike021

(well to be fair this time around I haven't been checking it often so I went by the TPMS light).

Oh, man ...
facepalm

A bicycle pump costs much less than a set of tires or a new turbo.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Maybe stop buying tires with an expected life of 12 to 15 thousand miles?

Haha these last longer than that :P.

I think my last set lasted somewhere around 18-20k but had a good mix of daily driving and hard driving so it seemed a decent range.

Originally Posted by bcj

Oh, man ...
facepalm

A bicycle pump costs much less than a set of tires or a new turbo.

I don't have an issue pumping (lol)! I just haven't been driving nearly as often because I work from home now, so I'm needing to check tires and things less often than normal. I do have a gauge all the time in my glove compartment though, so usually I keep an eye on the current pressure with that.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spike021

Haha these last longer than that :P.

I think my last set lasted somewhere around 18-20k but had a good mix of daily driving and hard driving so it seemed a decent range.



I don't have an issue pumping (lol)! I just haven't been driving nearly as often because I work from home now, so I'm needing to check tires and things less often than normal. I do have a gauge all the time in my glove compartment though, so usually I keep an eye on the current pressure with that.

I've been lax about pressures recently too.

[Hades]

The irony of SCCA drivers all having to wear masks for interviews, and then all the guys jumping in the winners car for a parade lap.


At least they don't have to wear a mask while racing (I'd hope)..

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by spike021

Haha these last longer than that :P.

I think my last set lasted somewhere around 18-20k but had a good mix of daily driving and hard driving so it seemed a decent range..

I was just doing the math based on you saying they only lasted 1/3 the time the should, but i figured you didn't mean it literally.

If I had to buy tires even every 18 to 20K miles I would go broke (ok, not literally). That would be once every 10 months or so for me.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I was just doing the math based on you saying they only lasted 1/3 the time the should, but i figured you didn't mean it literally.

If I had to buy tires even every 18 to 20K miles I would go broke (ok, not literally). That would be once every 10 months or so for me.

Yeah was probably exaggerating a bit. I do use high performance summers, the Continental ExtremeContact Sports. But they have pretty good TW ratings.

I think my first set lasted 14 months, so not that bad altogether.

[ichitaka05]

Any math expert here know the distance of the “?” Part?

Is rectangle.
Top/bottom length is 0.125”
Both side is 2.5”

I tried to find some online calculator... but all I found was right triangle & other that doesn’t work w this math.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Any math expert here know the distance of the “?” Part?

Is rectangle.
Top/bottom length is 0.125”
Both side is 2.5”

I tried to find some online calculator... but all I found was right triangle & other that doesn’t work w this math.

There's probably some calculation to do it but given the size I would just draw it to scale and measure it.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

There's probably some calculation to do it but given the size I would just draw it to scale and measure it.

I guess it's possible... just width is 1/8", so it just make a hassle to measure. That was the sole reason why didn't measure.

Maybe I need to search app to see if there's any calculator in the app store.

[ichitaka05]

NVM... I figured it out. I was thinking too hard

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Any math expert here know the distance of the “?” Part?

Is rectangle.
Top/bottom length is 0.125”
Both side is 2.5”

I tried to find some online calculator... but all I found was right triangle & other that doesn’t work w this math.

Yes. Give me a few minutes.

Edit, nevermind you got it.

[humfrz]

This may be helpful -

https://www.calculator.net/triangle-calculator.html