everybodys favorite unseen abuse item

[hondahappy86]

proper inflation on a full size spare should be no less than 32 and proper inflation on a temporary spare should be no lower than 50...and should be 60 but 50 will get you to where you can add air safely

[hondahappy86]

I guess nobody is gonna humor me on this one....btw I'm at 1650 miles and tire has not shown anymore visible sign of wear in about 500 miles....its goodyears version of a spare...when this one dies I may just go to the junkyard and buyin diffrent brands of spares...like kenda and uniroyal and ect to try....as long as I can find them in a 14 in size I can. Mount them on my original donut rim and start burning through some of those too

[hondahappy86]

I'm now at 2200 miles on the donut and the tread is starting to get a bit on the. Faint side....I'm guessin its probably only gonna last about another 400 miles before I'm deeming it unsafe because the tire will be too thin to stave off impacts and road debris....so I guess unless something drastic happens soon then I'm gonna say 2600 miles is gonna be the limit on how one last....so I've more than proven that one will last a long roadtrip in both speed and durability....anymore questions anybody has I will gladly answer...thanks for viewing this post

[Moppie]

Is it still up?

[hondahappy86]

Yes it is...and still very much in use...but I've stopped driving on the interstate for now till it does die...for safety...because it is getting really thin now...if people keep showing intrest in this ill keep testing diffrent brands. As well

[hondahappy86]

3200 miles and its still goin

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by hondahappy86

3200 miles and its still goin

You drive a LOT. But that is quite impressive that it has lasted that long.

Something I did once was replace my dampers on my track car with solid steel replacements while I revalved the dampers. Driving that thing around the lot was rough!

[hondahappy86]

Lol I bet it was...spring 2012 I'm gonna break into some autocross with the lil neon...I've got a new set of dunlop direzza star specs on 2000 neon es snowflake alloys....but till then I've just been killin off the 14 inch tires that came with the car...and the first one died a while ago...so I threw the donut on and decided to have a little test that I could share with everybody here...since I found no info anywhere else online...I've done this many times before but this is the first time I've kept a running reccord of how far it last...by the way the donut tire is at 4000 miles and some change....and just about completely smooth....like racing slick smooth...so its commin off next week and a real tire is goin back on because since I live in the northeastern part of the country...winter is soon upon us

[MagicRat]

Originally Posted by hondahappy86

..since I found no info anywhere else online..

About 30 years ago Car and Driver magazine built 2 Datsun 200SX (aka Silvia) project cars..... one was a serious performance car attempt, and the other one was a tongue-in-cheek low-rider mod.

They used 4 space-saver tires on the low-rider, and got some good information and test results on them. Apparently the 50mph (80 km/h) speed limit we see on the sidewalls of these is present to:

• maximize tread life,
• Limit liability due to a crash due to their lower traction and performance specs.

These tires will not come apart at the higher speeds that most ordinary cars can achieve. High speed driving simply wears them out faster.

C/D also found them to be a significant fuel-economy aid and suggested that millions of gallons of fuel could be saved in the US each year if even a small portion of the population used a compact spare on their cars

[hondahappy86]

yeah...but now vehicles like hybrids come with higher pressure low rolling resistance tires for the same reason...fuel economy...with much better traction then the good ole donut....but it is true 4 donuts probably would give a 25% increase in fuel economy