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Originally Posted by Dwight
Most guys drive their Cobra so little that one good set of tires will last them a life time. $800 set of tires, 1000 miles a year, 20 years = cheap.
Buy the best tires because your life may depend on them.
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When I bought my replica I had no idea the tires were produced in 2000.
Just last year I went a little too far on a right hand turn corner and ended up getting backwards, skidding off the road, and ruining a rear bumper in a collision with a road sign post. That was a $100 mistake!
I have noticed that the tires have gotten very hard...makes it easy to spin out and that isn't always a good thing....impressive as you spin 'em across an intersection, but I hardly ever do that, it's not as important to me as having decent braking.
I am thinking about going with the Cooper Cobras the next time I swap tires...but no matter how little wear they have I will never again let a set of tires stay on my car for ten years. It was false economy
Cheers!
Dugly
