[s-cars] damaged tire

[Tom Green]

You should be OK if you put two on the same axle.  That might make  
more economic
sense that wasting half a tire (and paying to shave it).  The specs  
are 11/32 new and
2/32 minimum so you are at 1/2 life.

I run P-Zero on the avant but in 225/50-16 and have just replaced two  
rears with 7/32
on the fronts.  I have a half-life tire available but wrong size.

There are 5 P-Zeros on s-cars.org classified in 225/45-17 IIRC.  You  
might be able to
buy one still leaving a set of four for sale if the diameter is  
acceptable.  Just remember,
they are directional.

Not sure how to run a spare in directional tires- backwards if  
necessary, I guess.  Or,
how to rotate 5 for even wear if 3 are one direction and 2 for the  
other side.

Tom
The local tire dealer now uses nitrogen for tire pressure promising  
great results.  Aircraft
use it to control expansion on those 0-150 mph runs on cold tires  
then taking them to -60 C.

> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:51:58 -0600
> From: "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com>
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> Stopped for fuel last night (drove across town to one of the few  
> remaining
> stations with 93 octane).  Pulled up to the pump and went around to  
> the fuel
> filler only to be greated by a loud hissing sound... as if air was  
> escaping
> from someplace.
>
> Turns out the "someplace" was my right rear tire.  There was about  
> an inch
> long piece of flat metal showing in the tread!  As if someone had  
> jammed a
> knife blade into the tread and broken it off.  Put the spare on to  
> drive
> home (no fun in the cold and dark, but at least I had work gloves  
> in the
> car, an LED head-band flashlight, and 5 OEM wheel bolts to mount  
> the spare.
> Plus I'd just cleaned out the trunk so it was easy to get to the  
> spare!)
>
> My tires are all-season* Perelli P-Zero Nero M+S 235/17R35 new last  
> spring.
> Currently have about 10,000 miles on them and tread depth is about  
> 6/32ths.
> I'm not quite ready to replace the entire set yet, so what do I do  
> about
> ordering a replacement tire?  I don't want to damage the quattro  
> system by
> mixing in a new tire with full 10/32 tread depth.  Should I order a  
> new tire
> and have it shaved to 6/32ths to match the other three?
>
> Varon
> '95 S6 needs a new shoe
>
> *First time I've run all-season tires on this car, but where I live  
> now it
> only snows once or twice a year... if at all.  I miss playing in  
> the white
> stuff with the Hakkas!
>