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Old 11-23-2007, 03:05 PM
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$1000 for each tire? And only 7k, I hope you drove it really hard...
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Old 11-23-2007, 03:13 PM
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ouch? ... OUCH???? ..... bloody hell we pay that for ONE tyre

I'm looking at $1000 for the RX-8 and I only got 7000 miles out of the first set
good point. tyres are £75-125 (about $150-250) a corner on my car. However your obviously looking at decent tyres at that price, not just micheln sport premacys (what i am currently running) or something.
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Old 11-23-2007, 03:19 PM
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The RX-8s a non-common size 245/45x18 and is termperamental to the tyre wall compliance So cheap tyres guarantee an off Bridgestones latest RE-050 is the preferred one at £130 each. Others have tried Pirellis/Michelins up to £300 a corner and found the handling not improved !!
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Old 11-23-2007, 03:22 PM
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Are the RX-8s front and rear tires identical at least considering the unusual sizes?
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Old 11-23-2007, 03:24 PM
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Are the RX-8s front and rear tires identical at least considering the unusual sizes?
yes and if you mix the sizes - ending up altering the contact patch - then the stability control computer gets very confused
So same size all round.
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Old 11-23-2007, 03:39 PM
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Thats good. During my search for prices and locations that had the tire, I had numerous conversations with fella's who had never herd of the size before. Some had me going out to the car and rereading the tire size and speed ratings before stating that he didnt have the tire.
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Old 11-24-2007, 12:36 PM
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Old 11-25-2007, 03:14 AM
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80L of 98 RON fuel. $100 poor wallet
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Old 11-25-2007, 05:55 AM
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80L of 98 RON fuel. $100 poor wallet
12.8L of 95RON for $19. Which will get me ~230km.
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Old 11-25-2007, 05:56 AM
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ass i'm getting 800km out of a full tank atm
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Old 11-25-2007, 06:21 AM
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12.8L of 95RON for $19. Which will get me ~230km.
24.8 L of 95RON for $63. Which will get me ~500km.

By the way also a pretty fancy dinner for my girlfriend yesterday. Very romantic and nice. Not so nice for Mr. Wallet though, 90 euro.
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Old 11-25-2007, 06:54 AM
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Gits. I just paid £10 for 9.65 litres of diesel - that's over $20USD!
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Old 11-25-2007, 07:00 AM
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^ well it costs me $30 to fill up the mini and i can get 400km out of it, so it's not like i use a fuel hog every day
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Old 11-25-2007, 08:46 AM
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I stole 68 litres 98RON
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Old 11-25-2007, 09:52 AM
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I stole 68 litres 98RON
Almost every gas station here has camera's aimed at the license plates. You will get a bill when you don't pay, plus the costs of claiming it, which are around the same.. I hope you aussies don't have that stuff yet
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