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   From: Alan Dahl 
Subject: tire wear
   Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 15:11:43 -0400



I just looked at my rear street tires (Yokohama AVS Intermediates) and they are
down to about 1/32" above the wear bars. I kinda made a mistake and left these
tires on the rear for 10,000 miles (they have about 28,000 total on them). I've
rotated them to the front and put the much better front tires on the rear.
However, my (very knowledgeable) local tire expert said that he thought Miatas
wear the front tires more than the rears.

Since I'd like to put off buying new tires for as long as possible (I just
spent $500 for a new set of auto-x tires) I'd like to know other peoples
experiences. Which wears the most, front, rear or are they equal?

I should also point out that I'm running 1.1 degrees of negative camber in the
rear and .8 in the front.

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