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Originally Posted by LostCause
1.) Cornering Speed vs. Tire Wear
Driving through a turn at high speed to maintain momentum is generally not a good idea. Second to gas, tires are often the most expensive consumable a car owner faces (oil arguably being neck and neck).
Tires wear most rapidly during turns. This can be seen in track racing, where tires often only last 100 miles due to high cornering speeds. Generally, for every 10% increase in cornering speed, tire wear increases 50%.
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I have first hand experience with this on my car. I used to take a twisty road to school and didn't slow down for the curves much (in the name of hypermiling and fun
). Well here I am almost a school year later almost down to the wear bars on my tires at 9.9k miles. But the rear tires have lots of grip, I hope I don't have to replace the fronts before the rears. That would look uneven or I would have to replace all for a waste of money.
Needless to say, I don't take that route anymore.