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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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Warbird posted:Tread’s getting low on a couple of my GTI’s tires. Any recommendations for good bang for the buck tires? For reference I currently have the Continental Extreme Contact (with Sport Plus+ Tech whoo). Anything I should do with the two less bald tires? Also, replacing tires at 30k miles seems a tad soon. Should that be cause for concern? I’ve had it for less than a year and the guy before me only had it for around a month/4K miles. Summer or all season? For my summers I'm going to replace them with the Firestone Indy 500s once the stockers wear out. They're cheap and grippy.
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Nov 16, 2018 14:06
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:30k is fine. I usually make it to 20k. Where do you live? Charlotte, so all seasons are in order if my understanding is right.
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Nov 16, 2018 15:06
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If you don't expect to drive in snow or ice stay with summer tires
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Nov 16, 2018 17:02
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BraveUlysses posted:If you don't expect to drive in snow or ice stay with summer tires I wouldn't use summer tires in sub 10 degrees weather.
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Nov 16, 2018 17:56
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MrOnBicycle posted:I wouldn't use summer tires in sub 10 degrees weather. The cup 2s that come on the RS specifically say they can crack under 15*F. I don't like having them on below 45*, there's basically no traction left at that point.
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Nov 16, 2018 18:01
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xsf421 posted:The cup 2s that come on the RS specifically say they can crack under 15*F. I don't like having them on below 45*, there's basically no traction left at that point. Cup 2s are particularly insane tires though, most summer tires aren't that sensitive. That said, if your local weather has extended sub-freezing periods but not much snow you probably want all seasons in the winter. I haven't put my winter tires on yet because I'm waiting on some new brake pads and don't feel like taking everything apart twice in a week, my Indy 500s barely got me up my driveway last night after a half inch of snow. I needed a full running start and still almost didn't make it up a ~15% grade of fairly rough concrete.
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Nov 16, 2018 18:08
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MrOnBicycle posted:I wouldn't use summer tires in sub 10 degrees weather. Is Charlotte NC known for 10 degree weather?
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Nov 16, 2018 18:13
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xsf421 posted:The cup 2s that come on the RS specifically say they can crack under 15*F. I don't like having them on below 45*, there's basically no traction left at that point. Celsius BraveUlysses posted:Is Charlotte NC known for 10 degree weather? Celsius No idea. My point is that average temperatures > presence of snow/ice when choosing tyres. Actually I was a bit harsh on the summers. They still perform, but winters usually outperform them when it dips below 10 degrees Celsius. Recommendation is to swap when the average temperature is around 5-7 degrees. MrOnBicycle fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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Nov 16, 2018 18:48
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BraveUlysses posted:Is Charlotte NC known for 10 degree weather? It'll get down to the teens from time to time, but it's pretty uncommon. If it snows here things shut down, so no snow driving for me beyond extreme circumstances. Wouldn't want to anyway.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:08
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Your summer tires will get destroyed by cold temps the rubber chunks apart. I bought a ford with summer tires in the snow belt and the guy obviously drove all winter cause the tires were chunky, lol. Ford is so dumb.
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Nov 17, 2018 12:59
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I've had zero issues running PSS's in below freezing temps. There's a little less grip and that seems to be it.
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Nov 17, 2018 16:15
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Elephanthead posted:Your summer tires will get destroyed by cold temps the rubber chunks apart. I bought a ford with summer tires in the snow belt and the guy obviously drove all winter cause the tires were chunky, lol. Ford is so dumb. the answer is always: the PO was dumb, dumb as gently caress
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Nov 18, 2018 04:43
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Elephanthead posted:Your summer tires will get destroyed by cold temps the rubber chunks apart. I bought a ford with summer tires in the snow belt and the guy obviously drove all winter cause the tires were chunky, lol. Ford is so dumb. i don't think that's a ford problem, boss
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Nov 18, 2018 20:54
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It is so, so nice to drive.  
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Nov 18, 2018 23:37
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TrueChaos posted:It is so, so nice to drive. Welcome to the club. 
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Nov 19, 2018 15:09
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Suburban Dad posted:Welcome to the club. Wait, there's a Golf club?
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Nov 19, 2018 16:37
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pik_d posted:Wait, there's a Golf club? 
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Nov 19, 2018 20:20
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So where did we fall on the tires thing? It rarely stays below freezing here for more than a day or two at a stretch. Snow is a non factor because screw driving in that noise. Is this a summer/winter situation or a all season one? For reference, it was nearly in the 80s/25s around Christmas last year. Winter has been sort of weird for some time now. I've historically never had anything other than all seasons, so swapping tires is pretty weird to me. How the hell do you determine what a decent set of all seasons are? Should I just get another set of the Continentals I have now? How are you securing the front plate to the car? I assume there is some kit, but I haven't decided how much I want to put some Bama plates on mine. Warbird fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Nov 19, 2018 |
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Nov 19, 2018 20:29
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I bought one of these for the front rather than drilling holes in a plastic bumper and I'm happy with it.
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Nov 19, 2018 20:36
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I also bought a tow book mount, mine is the Platypus one I think. Tire chat - summers offer a ton more performance than all seasons. The difference between my ExtremeContact DWS and my PSS was night and day. On a performance car I feel like you’re only getting maybe 2/3 of the performance with all seasons. If you’re not driving in snow I’d say go summers, you could have a set of all seasons for the winter months if you really want. Personally I just keep the PSS on here when it gets cold, never had an issue, I just take it easy. I don’t drive when it ices or snows every 5 years.
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Nov 19, 2018 20:46
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Warbird posted:How are you securing the front plate to the car? I assume there is some kit, but I haven't decided how much I want to put some Bama plates on mine.
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Nov 19, 2018 23:33
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Warbird posted:How are you securing the front plate to the car? I assume there is some kit, but I haven't decided how much I want to put some Bama plates on mine. I wanted a tow hook mount but they drilled the bumper as soon as the car came off the truck, and finding a 2018 was a bitch and a half as it was so I didn't worry about it. Difference between a 2018 and a 2019 was 0% financing vs 5% financing, so the bumper doesn't bother me.
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Nov 20, 2018 00:28
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Anyone have experience with Cooper WeatherMaster S/T tires? I’m looking for some 17” 5x112 wheels for snow tires since I’ll be moving, and found some wheels with these tires on CL. M+S rated, studdable. Reviews online seem to be pretty good.
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Nov 20, 2018 14:22
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:If you’re not driving in snow I’d say go summers, you could have a set of all seasons for the winter months if you really want. This is my opinion as well. Summers will be fine in cold as long as you don't have super mega performance summers on there that may chunk/crack or whatever. I had PSS on my car in the 30s and had no problems the couple days I used them. For tire shopping, just hop on tire rack and sort by type and performance level and look at reviews. I generally go for best bang for buck (probably not highest level summer performance, but I want them to last more than 10k miles and not be 3x the price of the next rung down...I don't need autocross grip level for a street car).
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Nov 20, 2018 14:47
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Yeah summers will crack and chunk off in like midwest-level cold (near-certain last driver of my FoST did this) and are inappropriate in the winter up here because nothing grinds to a halt when a single flake of snow hits the road. Like if as low as it gets is the 30s for a few days where you live I would also say you're fine with summers as long as you aren't running the super-almost-R-compound summers with the consistency of chewed gum or whatever. Obviously just keep in mind the grip won't be as good in temps that low so don't drive like an rear end in a top hat
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Nov 20, 2018 15:41
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Monkey Fracas posted:don't drive like an rear end in a top hat seriously underrated advice for a variety of conditions.
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Nov 20, 2018 19:06
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Monkey Fracas posted:don't drive like an rear end in a top hat no you shut the gently caress up dad Just passed 3k in my '18 FiST, still in love, still getting better gas mileage than the '14 even though I'm babying it way less since I have the stupid warranty to cover me when I grenade the clutch.
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Nov 21, 2018 06:24
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If you manage to get a clutch covered under warranty I will be amazed 
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Nov 21, 2018 06:39
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Extended bumper to bumper for basically free my friend. I spent a long, long time bugging the service department over what will and won't be covered, and different reasons poo poo like the clutch wouldn't be covered. Unless I slip it at 5k for a half hour I'm good. e: I still bug them weekly just because sometimes I get to test drive something I'd never buy, in ways that no one should ever test drive a vehicle. 
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Nov 21, 2018 06:55
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Took advantage of a Black Friday sale from Tune+ to get my RS pro tuned for 93 octane. Yowza she’s quick now. I’ll have him tune it for e30 once it warms back up and I install a new intercooler, should be fun on a bun.
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Nov 21, 2018 13:18
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Huge_Midget posted:Took advantage of a Black Friday sale from Tune+ to get my RS pro tuned for 93 octane. Yowza she’s quick now. I’ll have him tune it for e30 once it warms back up and I install a new intercooler, should be fun on a bun. Do you have a link to the sale?
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Nov 21, 2018 15:56
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Just go to adamtuned.com he has a link to his sales. The 20% off tuning was limited to the first 20 customers so it’s likely gone by now.
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Nov 21, 2018 18:10
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Huge_Midget posted:Took advantage of a Black Friday sale from Tune+ to get my RS pro tuned for 93 octane. Yowza she’s quick now. I’ll have him tune it for e30 once it warms back up and I install a new intercooler, should be fun on a bun. I demand video proof.
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Nov 21, 2018 18:47
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Huge_Midget posted:Just go to adamtuned.com he has a link to his sales. The 20% off tuning was limited to the first 20 customers so it’s likely gone by now. If you don't have an access port, there's one for 10% off that, which comes with the tune for a stock RS. My RS is bone stock, so I'm really tempted to go for that.... Then again, it's been in 3 times for warranty work so I'm kinda... hesitant to gently caress with that.
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Nov 21, 2018 18:53
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Rhyno posted:I demand video proof. gently caress that noise, that’s too much work. I’ll just make you drive it, that’s less work.
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Nov 21, 2018 19:01
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KillHour posted:If you don't have an access port, there's one for 10% off that, which comes with the tune for a stock RS. My RS is bone stock, so I'm really tempted to go for that.... I got an AccessPort for it about a year ago from a guy locally that sold his RS. Prior to the protune I was just running an off the shelf Cobb stage 1 tune. The car is fun stock but the tune just makes it feel so much smoother and it pulls a lot harder up top. Once I run e30 it should be making roughly 370 hp to the wheels.
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Nov 21, 2018 19:06
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Huge_Midget posted:gently caress that noise, that’s too much work. I’ll just make you drive it, that’s less work. YESH Edit: My wife saw an RS and said "Why don't you just get one of those? It would be practical."
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Nov 21, 2018 19:48
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Rhyno posted:YESH Do it.
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Nov 21, 2018 19:52
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KillHour posted:Do it. I bought a house today so uh, not yet.
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Nov 21, 2018 19:56
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I went house hunting this past weekend and the guys house had the following. DB9 i8 F350 Wrangler Rubicon GLA250 Plus whatever he left in. Attached 1 car garage and a detached 4 car. If he can do it, so can you!
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