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Originally Posted by kBizzle
car was a piece of shit-
my buddy who owned one had to replace his tires every 12,000 miles?
They had a design defect and the tires wore like shit-
It was a very costly lesson for my friend-
He had a 4 yr lease and went through 14 sets of tires
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If by design defect, you mean the tires that were custom made for the car.
[A/H] The Yokohama/ Bridgestone tires that originally came on the NSX and the NSX-T were designed for this car. Very hard sidewall, built in bias, VERY soft compound. The target for the car was "The best handling production car." Many magazines have given the NSX that title.
Clearly, if you're friend didn't understand the concept behind soft compound tires, he should have bought a civic
Edit: And why didn't he tell the dealership he wanted less aggresive suspension settings? The tires wore very quickly because the settings were geared towards handling, not tire economy.
[KJ] The front tires typically wear out on the inside long before the outside is worn. Reducing or even removing the front toe-out and minimizing the camber improves the tire wear, at the cost of some turn-in crispness and, high speed stability. Even with no camber or toe, the front Yokos would wear on the inside due to their internal bias that pre-tensions them for turning. The rears have the opposite bias, so negative camber acts to balance the wear between outside and inside.