Originally Posted by
Fummins
Exactly. From what I've always seen(in north america)the rh drive tire seems to wear more than the rest.(more so, if driven by idiots and tires are never rotated) My theory is everyone makes tighter rh turns than left. Unless of course you drive down a lot of one way streets making left turns onto other one way streets.
I'd be willing to bet 2 peso's that in other parts of the world that drive on the left side their left drive tire would be wearing more, therefore being "the dominant" one. But like everyone already said, the Mirage has an open diff. No posi, locker, limited slip. So....
As for the rh side being dirty, mud goes to the right side of the road because science.
Now I wanna put a Lockrite in a Mirage just because.
The tire of wear varies by driving habit. The Front Left should usually wear faster due to holding all the weight while cornering on the sharper right handers, being the heavier side of the car with 1 occupant, doing the majority of the braking into said tight corners. However as you get slightly more aggressive, the front right tire takes over due to slipping slightly while making all those city street sharp right handers.
Studies have been done on solely highway cars and the tire wear is a direct correlation to which way the majority of the on and offramps sweep. More right turns, left wears faster, more left turns, right wears faster.
There's a myriad of science and logic behind it, and I want to state again, "Primary Drive Wheel" not only doesnt factor in, it's not even a thing, because Science.
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