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Thu, 03 Jun 2004

Tired tyres update

Finally got around to checking the usage I got out of those track tyres (see the earlier entry and pictures). They managed exactly 999km, which works out to $1.36/km. For comparison, the last set of street tyres on the same car lasted for 34,000km and cost just $0.02/km—and that included a few hundred km on various race tracks. So, in order to go a few seconds faster, I’m paying almost 70 times as much for tyres. Or, to look at it another way, a day at the track where I might expect to do about 150km at speed will cost me about $200 in tyres alone.