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swamos · Mar 20th, 2003, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by Spacey
Just out of interest, do the tyres fitted standard to the Cooper S (16") have silica in them? I had Goodyear tyres on my Astra with silica (SP Sport 200E I think) and I managed to get just over 50,000k out of them. I had the same tyres on my previous car but without silica and barely got 30,000 out of them.

Mate, I really don't know. But, I think that most good tyres now have silica in them. It improves the life of the tyre, as well as wet weather grip.

Mar 20th, 2003, 10:01 AM	#9
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 10:04 AM Posts: 5,548 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Spacey Just out of interest, do the tyres fitted standard to the Cooper S (16") have silica in them? I had Goodyear tyres on my Astra with silica (SP Sport 200E I think) and I managed to get just over 50,000k out of them. I had the same tyres on my previous car but without silica and barely got 30,000 out of them. Mate, I really don't know. But, I think that most good tyres now have silica in them. It improves the life of the tyre, as well as wet weather grip.