My new 2016 Alloy's, vs old steelies: been 1 week compare
Hi Mirage Forum people, I've had my new alloys on my Mirage for about a week now.
All things considered, ride and handling etc. feels the same on my new alloys as it did with my original steelies. You might say that the alloys has made my car's ride a tad firmer or like stiffer. It could be the tire pressure too.
So one week with my new alloys, and I'm happy to report that I managed to get 4.3 L / 100 km's this week without even trying, so that's like over 50 mpg's. I always say that as long as my Mirage drives straight, and gets me good fuel economy, that's the main things.
I've been scraping off a lot of gunk off the "new" 2016 alloys with my finger nail. Now that my old steelies are off my car, you can really see the wear on my old tires and my old '14 steel rims. Wow, my old Bridgestones are in way worse shape than I thought.. same goes for my original steelies from 2014..bad shape.
That all said, I kept my old tires and rims. I might even sell them, not too sure.. I know some people have shown interest on the Forum. They're in my carport.
Extensive tire wear... not even road worthy.. so that's about 3 years' use, *generally* gentle driver, and around 23,000 km's a year of driving.
For me as a Mirage owner then, tires have lasted around 50,000 km's on my Mirage. I just keep then a bit too long each time, so 135,000 km's on my OD, and now on my 3rd set of tires.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.2 mpg (US) ... 17.9 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.7 mpg (Imp)