Rough day
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Rough day
I have a 2015 Z06 - no Z07 package.
So, last night I was coming back from shooting some pictures and I get a low tire pressure warning. The pressure goes from 20 psi to 12 in the course of about 15 minutes. I'm thinking I must have picked up a nail. Maybe it can be repaired...
I wake up this morning to take it to the tire place first thing. I go outside and air the tire back up for the ride. While it's filling up, I notice my front tire is also punctured with something right near the sidewall. It's losing air... just a lot slower. The reality starts to sink in... I'm going to have to replace all four tires or drive a car with drastically uneven wear on each side (does that actually matter?).
So the tire shop can't get the stock tires until Tuesday so I ended up going with the Sport Cup 2s. I know they wear a lot faster but I seriously wasn't going to park my car on a holiday weekend when I actually have time to drive it. Fortunately, they sold the Sport Cups to me for the same price as the Super Sports. $2400 later, I have my car back. What a start to the weekend.
So, last night I was coming back from shooting some pictures and I get a low tire pressure warning. The pressure goes from 20 psi to 12 in the course of about 15 minutes. I'm thinking I must have picked up a nail. Maybe it can be repaired...
I wake up this morning to take it to the tire place first thing. I go outside and air the tire back up for the ride. While it's filling up, I notice my front tire is also punctured with something right near the sidewall. It's losing air... just a lot slower. The reality starts to sink in... I'm going to have to replace all four tires or drive a car with drastically uneven wear on each side (does that actually matter?).
So the tire shop can't get the stock tires until Tuesday so I ended up going with the Sport Cup 2s. I know they wear a lot faster but I seriously wasn't going to park my car on a holiday weekend when I actually have time to drive it. Fortunately, they sold the Sport Cups to me for the same price as the Super Sports. $2400 later, I have my car back. What a start to the weekend.
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The good news is that they will wear out before the weather turns cold.
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They were $1976 at Tire Rack for the Super Sports. Then I'd still have to pay for the mounting and balancing which brings it to almost $2,100. Really not a huge difference in price and I would have had to wait until the middle of next week to get them at the earliest.
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I have a 2015 Z06 - no Z07 package.
So, last night I was coming back from shooting some pictures and I get a low tire pressure warning. The pressure goes from 20 psi to 12 in the course of about 15 minutes. I'm thinking I must have picked up a nail. Maybe it can be repaired...
I wake up this morning to take it to the tire place first thing. I go outside and air the tire back up for the ride. While it's filling up, I notice my front tire is also punctured with something right near the sidewall. It's losing air... just a lot slower. The reality starts to sink in... I'm going to have to replace all four tires or drive a car with drastically uneven wear on each side (does that actually matter?).
So the tire shop can't get the stock tires until Tuesday so I ended up going with the Sport Cup 2s. I know they wear a lot faster but I seriously wasn't going to park my car on a holiday weekend when I actually have time to drive it. Fortunately, they sold the Sport Cups to me for the same price as the Super Sports. $2400 later, I have my car back. What a start to the weekend.
So, last night I was coming back from shooting some pictures and I get a low tire pressure warning. The pressure goes from 20 psi to 12 in the course of about 15 minutes. I'm thinking I must have picked up a nail. Maybe it can be repaired...
I wake up this morning to take it to the tire place first thing. I go outside and air the tire back up for the ride. While it's filling up, I notice my front tire is also punctured with something right near the sidewall. It's losing air... just a lot slower. The reality starts to sink in... I'm going to have to replace all four tires or drive a car with drastically uneven wear on each side (does that actually matter?).
So the tire shop can't get the stock tires until Tuesday so I ended up going with the Sport Cup 2s. I know they wear a lot faster but I seriously wasn't going to park my car on a holiday weekend when I actually have time to drive it. Fortunately, they sold the Sport Cups to me for the same price as the Super Sports. $2400 later, I have my car back. What a start to the weekend.