Life expectancy of Turanzas?
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Life expectancy of Turanzas?
I have a 03.5 Sedan with original Turanzas. I keep expecting to need to replace them but they seem to still have decent tread remaining. I have 3 years and 55K miles on them.
For those of you with Turanzas, how long have they lasted for you?
Also, we get a little snow where I live.....if the tread is at all iffy would you recommend replacing before winter hits?
Thanks in advance!
For those of you with Turanzas, how long have they lasted for you?
Also, we get a little snow where I live.....if the tread is at all iffy would you recommend replacing before winter hits?
Thanks in advance!
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I'd think you'd want to replace them before winter.....not doing so puts you at risk for racking up your car around a telephone pole or hitting a guide rail. You'll probably need new tires in the spring anyways....right? Why don't you give it the Abe Lincoln penny test? If you put the penny in the tread, with his head upside-down and can see this entire head, then rule of thumb is you need new tires. Just my $0.02.
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I couldn't wait to get those things off. They felt downright dangerous to me in the rain. I don't think they made it to 20K. I took the DaveB route and tracked them on a 90 degree day. "See honey, look how those awful tires chunk up. I need new ones if you want our children to be safe. Z-rated too since I might go fast."
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Here in Oklahoma I haven't had bad enough weather to really notice problems yet.
In the 2 years (as of the 23rd) I've had my car, there has only been snow/slush on the ground once, a couple inches last winter when I went on the turnpike, but there was enough traffic that only when I changed lanes did I have to worry about slush. It held up better than I expected.
My previous experience with RWD cars in snow date back 16 years, and the cars then weren't as well balanced front/rear as the G35 is, as well as not having VDC, so I'm hopeful for the future
In the 2 years (as of the 23rd) I've had my car, there has only been snow/slush on the ground once, a couple inches last winter when I went on the turnpike, but there was enough traffic that only when I changed lanes did I have to worry about slush. It held up better than I expected.
My previous experience with RWD cars in snow date back 16 years, and the cars then weren't as well balanced front/rear as the G35 is, as well as not having VDC, so I'm hopeful for the future
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Replaced my original EL42's at 12k miles, bald.
Replaced the replacement Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's at 26k miles, bald with cord showing through.
My avatar icon is jacked up at the moment, but it's supposed to be a picture of the car at an autocross event. That may have something to do with the short tire life I seem to experience...
Now running on a set of Kumho ECSTA ASX's. I have a second set of rims now with Kumho Victoracers for autocross, so perhaps the street tires will give me some real treadlife this time.
The only good thing I can say about the Turanza EL42 is that it's very progressive at the limit.. breaks free gradually and is easy to recover from a spin. That limit comes way too early, though.
Replaced the replacement Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's at 26k miles, bald with cord showing through.
My avatar icon is jacked up at the moment, but it's supposed to be a picture of the car at an autocross event. That may have something to do with the short tire life I seem to experience...
Now running on a set of Kumho ECSTA ASX's. I have a second set of rims now with Kumho Victoracers for autocross, so perhaps the street tires will give me some real treadlife this time.
The only good thing I can say about the Turanza EL42 is that it's very progressive at the limit.. breaks free gradually and is easy to recover from a spin. That limit comes way too early, though.
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