Pilot Sport N2 needed
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Hi Guys,
Just an update, I replaced one tyre with an N3 and the other 3 are N2. I notice that the car is pulling to the left when I accelerate. Note that it was the near side rear that was replaced and the other 3 tyres have only done about 500 miles.
I'm going to get another N3 in a couple of days, fingers crossed that fixes the problem. Will keep you all posted.
Cheers
Sunil
Just an update, I replaced one tyre with an N3 and the other 3 are N2. I notice that the car is pulling to the left when I accelerate. Note that it was the near side rear that was replaced and the other 3 tyres have only done about 500 miles.
I'm going to get another N3 in a couple of days, fingers crossed that fixes the problem. Will keep you all posted.
Cheers
Sunil
Although it is good advice not to mix anything on an axle, it is likely that the N2 you had was significantly older than the first new N3 that it sat next to?
Did you note the datestamp on the N2?
A large age differential would give poor handling even if everything else was identical - on any pair of tyres.
Did you note the datestamp on the N2?
A large age differential would give poor handling even if everything else was identical - on any pair of tyres.
Orangecurry said:
Although it is good advice not to mix anything on an axle, it is likely that the N2 you had was significantly older than the first new N3 that it sat next to?
Did you note the datestamp on the N2?
A large age differential would give poor handling even if everything else was identical - on any pair of tyres.
Hi, not checked the date stamp, however the N2 tyres are at least 6 years old but had done little mileage. Did you note the datestamp on the N2?
A large age differential would give poor handling even if everything else was identical - on any pair of tyres.
The materials in a tyre age - they lose their basic properties of 'grip' because they are designed to 'exist' only slightly longer than they are expected to wear out.
Six years is the usual age for the manufacturers to recommend change or at least inspection by an expert (if the tyres have been stored in *ideal* conditions for the rubber, six years may be ok)
Therefore a six-year old tyre next to a 'new' tyre will contribute greatly (if not 100%) to the behaviour you experienced.
Six years is the usual age for the manufacturers to recommend change or at least inspection by an expert (if the tyres have been stored in *ideal* conditions for the rubber, six years may be ok)
Therefore a six-year old tyre next to a 'new' tyre will contribute greatly (if not 100%) to the behaviour you experienced.
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