Noticed yesterday that a crook wheel alignment had caused the inner edge of my front right tyre (OEM Dunlop SP Sport 200E with 62,000km on them) to scrub out to bald and crack badly in many places. Oops - that's gotta come off the car, so on went the spare.
Because I'd been planning to change tyres and because I still need a spare, I did the ringaround on the replacements I wanted (Michelin Pilot Preceda). Bad news - looks like they're about to be phased out, or a new shipment won't be for a while, depending on who you ask. I had been planning to buy only one, put it on the alloy, have that as a spare and run with three alloys and one steel for a while until the other three wore out. Then I'd buy another three and go back to four alloys, Bob's your uncle.
So now I'm in the interesting situation where I will buy a set of four Precedas (only 9 available!), put one on the alloy that will be the spare, stockpile three in my house, run with three alloys and a steel for a while until the Dunlops finally wear out, get the three other tyres mounted on the alloys and then go back to having four alloys! Argh!
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