A Friendly Reminder

"dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford" (dtg11) 07/25/2019 at 22:42 • Filed to: None

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That we share the road with people who think this is safe:

On the front of a 2018 C53 AMG. 

E90M3 > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/25/2019 at 22:47

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Racing slicks? Just check the weather and then take the Benz out. 

Thomas Donohue > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/25/2019 at 22:54

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Front?  I’ll assume those were swapped from the rear at some point.  Now all four corners are worthless in the wet/damp/humid/etc.

E90M3 > Thomas Donohue 07/25/2019 at 22:56

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You’d rather have the bald tires on the fronts as opposed to the rears. The tires with the least traction want to lead, and that’s not necessarily a good thing when they’re on the back.

wafflesnfalafel > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/25/2019 at 22:58

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W ear looks fairly even, not an alignment issue - maybe those were the rears and they swapped them onto the front after some burnouts ? Can’t tell what Conti tire those are (were...)

Thomas Donohue > E90M3 07/25/2019 at 23:04

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True, but only for the first five days on a C63 , and then the rears will be worn the same as the fronts!

lscrx > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/25/2019 at 23:06

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They probably leave their shopping cart in the parking space too.

WilliamsSW > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/25/2019 at 23:09

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Slicks bro! Sticky AF!

Really though, that car just came out, how did they wear the tires that bad already?

Presume it’s 4matic too?

Urambo Tauro > E90M3 07/25/2019 at 23:18

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If I was ever in a situation where I absolutely had to choose between putting bald tires on the front or rear, I think I would opt to put them on the rear. Because I woul d rather have trouble accelerating than have trouble steering and braking.

gettingoldercarguy > wafflesnfalafel 07/25/2019 at 23:37

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Procontact gx ssr

I can tell from the tread pattern

wafflesnfalafel > gettingoldercarguy 07/25/2019 at 23:58

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dang... not much left of that tire....

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/26/2019 at 00:18

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I appreciate the reminder...but how could anyone forget to assume that at least 75% of the other drivers around them are complete fuckknuckles?

His Stigness > E90M3 07/26/2019 at 00:52

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The best tires always go in the rear, it doesn’t matter which is the driven axle.

No matter how good of a driver you are oversteer is dangerous on public roads. Understeer is controllable (to an extent). 

Shift24 > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/26/2019 at 01:00

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At least he has tires... this was yesterday 

Sovande > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 07/26/2019 at 05:30

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Starred for “fuck knuckles.”

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > His Stigness 07/26/2019 at 06:51

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Growing up ( ok, getting older ) around high powered cars, race cars, and being taught how to control vehicles in pretty much every condition without driver assists, I find understeer far more dangerous.

Oversteer can be corrected with simple throttle input and steering, understeer on the other hand requires some tricky driving to overcome.

Honestly, just being on public roads is a danger for most drivers.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Sovande 07/26/2019 at 07:09

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So many fuckknuckles...and yet no emoji.

facw > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 07/26/2019 at 07:15

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You just need to string your hieroglyphs together. Maybe something like this: ? 

facw > Shift24 07/26/2019 at 07:17

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Tires are a scam! Wheels are already round, why would you want to cover them in something that’s just going to wear out? Trains don’t have tires, and they are fine!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > facw 07/26/2019 at 07:22

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 I think that might be offensive...but hahahahaha 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > facw 07/26/2019 at 07:24

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dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > WilliamsSW 07/26/2019 at 09:02

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Nope, rwd. They’d done some hooning and switched the rears to the front

WilliamsSW > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/26/2019 at 09:04

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Hmm - I thought they were pushing these cars to all AWD these days, but that’s probably just because dealers don’t get RWD cars around Chicago. 

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > WilliamsSW 07/26/2019 at 09:09

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We get a few like that around here, my local dealer is an enthusiast’s dealer so they’ll have rare specs in rather frequently. I remember a year or 2 ago they have a brown E400 Wagon, almost all their M cars are manual if possible, and they try to have at least 3 Porsche RS cars at any given moment. Just look up Isringhausen and look through their inventory if you’re ever bored

Shift24 > facw 07/26/2019 at 10:24

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And it stops like a train, a quarter m ile from its original stopping point. lol

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 07/27/2019 at 02:56

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43 or 63? C53 isn’t a thing. 43 is 4matic, 63 is RWD. Both are staggered though...

Edit: upon closer inspection that looks like a C300 with sport package based on the brake caliper and tire model. They do tend to have heavy outer wear on the fronts due  to scrub radius and toe settings. Can’t quite make out the tire size from the image though. Even still, with that wheel design they're staggered.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/27/2019 at 09:00

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I didn’t look at the badge, I saw AMG wheels and knew it wasn’t a 63, so I was thinking 43. Probably just a rwd C300 with the sport package. The rears were nice and meaty and the fronts were completely bald