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      05-01-2019, 10:25 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by z3papa View Post
To be clear, first and foremost, I interpret dragging a tire across the surface to be a toe issue.
Could be but understeer essentially does the same thing except it's 3600lbs pushing the tire across the pavement. Really, comes down to generating too much heat and chunking the tire.

People wrongly assume sliding the rear wears your rear tires faster. It certainly doesn't help them last longer but it won't result in significantly more wear as long as you manage the heat you put in them. Sliding through every corner certainly will reduce treadlife.

Case in point, I can get the same 7-9 days from NT01s as everyone else.

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Originally Posted by Dreamer99 View Post
I'm sure I get some understeer. One of my sessions I had an instructor in my car and he said I needed to be smoother on my turn in's.
That's a clue.
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