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LPT for a smooth ride (startrek.website)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Tires almost as smooth as his brain

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    • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    holy shit a meme from 2 decades ago!

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    • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But F1 tires are smooth as fuck too.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Smooth is better unless it's raining. And even then, the deep groves are only needed when it's very wet. Car tyres have to cover the 100% case of water.

    The tires above look like they are just extremely over used, which has its own danger, namely failing.

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  • [+] -26 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which is why they're used on properly maintained tracks, not dirt tracks

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Youll often see cars run wide if they pick up dirt or dust with slick tires. Youll also often see rubber pebbles lying next to the racing line as seen here. Twitter link. After a race drivers are told to pick up rubber to make the car a tiny bit heavier to avoid being umderweight, which will lead to the tires looking completly gone.

    If you want to see what happens with wet tires on a drying track look at "Slicktermediates" wich kinda look like the ones in the OP.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    At race speeds the treaded tires on your daily driver wouldn't do much better. It's not like gravel can flow through the treads like water does. You'd need something much knobbier, and even then gravel is slick, you'd need to be mentally prepared for that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The drivers are pros though and there's every available safety measure built in the car, the clothing, the track, etc.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No they just use different tyres for different conditions

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Not on passenger cars they don’t.

    I should clarify:

    • seasonal tires are definitely a thing for passenger cars.
    • bald (or sanded down/shaved) tires on a car not intended for track use means you need you need to get new tires, like, yesterday.
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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Have you heard of summer tires, snow tires or all seasons?

    The tires on my car can only be used in temps above 45° and honestly at 45-50° it’s extremely sketchy until they get warmed up. They’re also terrible in the rain and really only meant for warm weather and dry days.

    You also wouldn’t want to run full snow tires in the summer.

    So passenger cars absolutely have tires meant for different conditions

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes. I own both summer and snow tires.

    I am fully aware that passenger cars can and do use season-appropriate tires.

    I am saying that sanding your tires down to be bald is a great way to shorten your lifespan. Normal consumer-grade non-track-use tires are categorically always supposed to have tread. If they don’t, you need new tires.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I don’t think anyone was saying bald or sanded down tires would be good. If the tires were supposed to be groved but no longer are, those tires are WAY beyond their expected life and need to be changed. The rubber compounds are different than actual slicks and bald tires will never provide adequate traction even with the increased contact patch. Slick tires are completely different.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    ackschually, F1 cars don't have traction control, stability control or even ABS, so they're really fricking hard to drive in the best of circumstances, nevermind in the rain on slicks. Now GT3 is a class where pro drivers drive some really sick cars with all the electronics

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    • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    MAXIMUM speed!

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    A slick idea

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