What vehicle do you drive?
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Sheriff Cad
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It is because the tread blocks are bigger and have less ability to evacuate water, and since they last about 1500-2k miles, you're going to be driving around on them with 1 or 2/32nd's of tread, which means they're going to operate like slicks.
They certainly are different than another tire but if it's working for you and you haven't died in a tragic rain accident yet, great.
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I also don't drive those cars in the rain. I'll choose something else if the forecast is bad. However, I've done Cup 2's on the track at COTA in the wet and while you can't go more than 7/10ths, they're still grippy enough. But yes, they do evacuate less water than other tires. What I would NEVER run in the rain is some Mickey Thompson ET Streets or Toyo R888Rs. Those are suicide with water.
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Sheriff Cad
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When I got caught in the rain it was on the way back from MSR, but if you don't drive those cars when it rains or looks like rain, problem 100% solved.
After that incident with the NT01's I stopped driving to the track and got a little tire trailer and a hitch and started running Hoosiers. 911 Turbo going down I-20 pulling a tire trailer was quite a sight.
After that incident with the NT01's I stopped driving to the track and got a little tire trailer and a hitch and started running Hoosiers. 911 Turbo going down I-20 pulling a tire trailer was quite a sight.
Burren
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I honestly love seeing race cars doing that. Makes me smile so much.When I got caught in the rain it was on the way back from MSR, but if you don't drive those cars when it rains or looks like rain, problem 100% solved.
After that incident with the NT01's I stopped driving to the track and got a little tire trailer and a hitch and started running Hoosiers. 911 Turbo going down I-20 pulling a tire trailer was quite a sight.
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If Cadillac was making a good product, sure, go ahead and make some overpriced thing for an anniversary. Trouble is, it's expensive as heck, and all you get for that money is a Cadillac. Slush-box 10 speed, boat-feel steering, gas mileage that makes kittens cry, and ugly as fuck. The back end of Cadillacs have been supremely ugly for decades.
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All you are getting is a Tahoe/Suburban with some cheap interior appointments. The regular versions are so wildly laughably overpriced that it boggles my mind they sell any of them. Tahoes themselves are overpriced by about half, and even then they are pretty shit.
$240k is hugely LOL.
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Sheriff Cad
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Tons of rich white dudes where I live drive Denalis and Escalades. It's like the uniform car for rich people in north dallas.
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The amount of dbag trucks in the area with underglow and lighting effects that cops just seem to ignore these days is out of control here, I've been ticketed for so much less in terms of lighting colors in the early 2000s.
I saw a truck last night that had super bright LED lights behind their rotors on their massively lifted truck, so blinding everyone beside them and cross traffic when at red lights/stop signs, they were as bright as headlights.
I've been pulled over twice in the last few months by local cops for no front plates more than I've seen cops go after cars going 30+ mph over the speed limit. I was behind a cop on a 2 lane road with a middle turn lane a few weeks ago. An Integra was doing well over 100+ in the turn only lane going the opposite direction, just passing everyone. Cop didn't even turn on his lights to warn him. Just let him do it.