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So I guess my 25-year-old Blizzaks that I had gotten for my Sentra SE-R should be retired, huh?
Just kidding.
Tires seem expensive, but looking at my old car magazines from the '80s reminds me that, in relative terms, they're not. I am putting a new set of wheels on my Fiat Spider and putting new tires on those wheels - the tires currently on the original wheels have at most a few thousand miles, but are 17 years old. They look good, but no way would I trust that on the rally I'm trying to get it ready for. OE tires on that car were Pirelli P6s in 185/60-14. A look at the tire ads in C&D from the 80s shows me retail price from the mail-order sites back then was over $100 each. I can still get, say, a General Altimax in the same size for about $100. It's not a performance tire but surely performs better than the P6 did, and $100 is a lot less 40 years later.
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'80 SC Targa
Avondale, Chicago, IL
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