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2farnorth wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:11 am For general information drive tires do wear faster that non drive in my experience. On rear wheel drive usually the right rear will wear faster than the left rear (that's the primary drive). I don't rotate tires on my pick up any more because you end up with both right side tires being worn more than the lefts. Don't have a heavy V8 in it so weight is balance fairly well.

In Texas or any other place that uses a lot of tar and chip roads you will lose 5-10 k miles life off a set of tires. If the road noise is higher so is the wear. Yes there's better traction especially on wet surfaces but you pay in tire wear.

Tuesday I was driving out to the new house, It had been a rough week. Having to do more repairs on the house than I thought when I bought it, and having to buy some equipment earlier than I thought I'd need to. So, about 6K in expenditures for the week that I had, but hadn't budgeted for. As soon as I turned onto the road, I began to notice a smell. I was trying to place it. Was it my breaks getting hot? Was it a belt or hose getting hot? All I could think was what now? What's it going to cost me? Then I realized they were resurfacing the road. They had put down tar and chip on the left side of the road, but hadn't finished the right side yet. I was smelling the fresh tar. Wednesday when I came back the road was completed and the smell was almost gone too.