ESP-Off experiment: aggressive driving, brake dust, and tire wear...

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05-18-2006, 12:10 PM

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Stoney! How you doing? Good to see you here "live and in person". Don't know about

the brake dust, but here's a question: why are you wearing out your right side tires faster than the driver's side tires?

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05-18-2006, 12:50 PM

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EDL (QTR) doesn't kick off the ESP light, but works quitely. Same for EBD. Count how many turns

you make to both the right and left, and then count how many are done going uphill or down. That may answer it.

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05-18-2006, 12:54 PM

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There are some long high G sweepers on the downhill northbound side of the 17.

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05-18-2006, 07:06 PM

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Waaa? I don't understand....ESP never kept me on the track! ;-))))

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05-18-2006, 07:13 PM

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Dealership says the rear brakes are of a softer material that wears faster...

... he gave a performance reason for this, but I forget the quote.

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05-18-2006, 07:16 PM

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Same southbound. As I picture my round trip, it seems I'm getting more Gs on the right sweepers.

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05-18-2006, 07:17 PM

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So much for protecting rear rotors when you're doing doughnuts!

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05-18-2006, 07:19 PM

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I should have said, the right front was replaced due to road hazard.

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05-19-2006, 04:15 PM

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Make that the left front. Apparently, BTW, they are discontinuing the Bridgestone S-03s

The tire shop was a bit misleading on this. Now they say I need a fourth tire due to Audi's spec that tires can be no more than 2/32" different in tread wear. Not a bad deal for me: I'll get the four tires all new, plus keep the one with half its life left as a spare, because apparently they are discontinuing the S-03s.

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