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How long is not long for the Dunlops? I only drive my mini short distances such as 10kms at a time a few days a week.


8000k's has been quoted - I'm about 1200k's into my first set, and there is noticable wear on the fronts (which reminds me, I'd better swap them around)


Backs to the front and fronts to the back? Or because they still pointing backwards? :lol:

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simon k wrote:
you should look at the tyre sticky....

I would love to except it has a virus attached. Has been like that since last year :?

Edited to say I found this in another thread..

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thats pretty accurate except the yokahama A008's retail for $115 now.

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There is a heaps more 'recent' one than that. If you go to where you click on the tyre link - click on where I mention the 'thread' and don't actually click on ausmini.com/tyres :wink:

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thats pretty accurate except the yokahama A008's retail for $115 now.


Sounds like you better start learning HTML cause I CBF'd changing it everytime there is a price difference - plus, it is given as a GUIDE anyway.

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okay Ill update in the Dunlop Formular R's.
They are a Great tyre in the wet and dry. They are on my wifes daily drive for just not complain about them.
But as thier always is
for a Road tyre used daily...they are just to soft after 2 years or so of driving (cant find the recipts but I'll update when I find it)
I'm going back to A008s :wink:

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poeee wrote:
simon k wrote:
swae85 wrote:
How long is not long for the Dunlops? I only drive my mini short distances such as 10kms at a time a few days a week.


8000k's has been quoted - I'm about 1200k's into my first set, and there is noticable wear on the fronts (which reminds me, I'd better swap them around)


Backs to the front and fronts to the back? Or because they still pointing backwards? :lol:


yeah yeah... I swapped them side to side before I drove home on Monday morning.... I meant from front to back :P

should we tell everyone the secret Poeee?

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In the December 2006 issue of Practical Classics they tested 5 different 10" tires on a '68 Cooper 'S' at the MIRA wet handling test facility. They measured straight line stops from 40mph and lap times on MIRA's wet handling ring.

Yokohama A008s had a stopping distance of 88.9ft in 3.16 seconds. Falkens had a stopping distance of 104ft in 3.44 seconds.

Yokohama A008s had a lap time of 19.6 seconds at a top speed of 45.0mph. Falkens had a lap time of 20.6 seconds at a top speed of 42.6mph.

Unfortunately they didn't test the Yokohama A032R, they did test the Dunlop D93J which, while not identical, should be in the same class.

Dunlop D93Js had a stopping distance of 82.68ft in 3.02 seconds. Dunlop D93Js had a lap time of 19.05 seconds at a top speed of 46.2mph.

For the money, and life vs handling, I love my A008s.:wink:

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1018cc wrote:
There is a heaps more 'recent' one than that. If you go to where you click on the tyre link - click on where I mention the 'thread' and don't actually click on ausmini.com/tyres :wink:

I already did (I read the entire thread), that's where I got the chart from ;)


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