A metal something fell on the rear of the car while in the garage. The PPF saved the paint, but I noticed a scratch on the rear light. Does anyone know if this is repairable (some sort of sanding/buffing dark magic?), or am I going to need to eat the many thousands of dollars for a new tail light?
Hi folks,
I posted a thread in r/porsche911 about Cup 2 Tires (ref), and in that post I was complaining about how the tires seem to have degraded quickly. This was based on a written report, and video from the dealership showing the tread depth.
One of the other members in the comments suggested that I retest to make sure, which I did, and sure enough it showed more tread depth than the dealer reported. I thought maybe my gauge was crap (it's a cheap one), but when I reviewed the video again, I saw something weird...
The Service Rep is specifically aiming the gauge on the wear indicator. This (obviously) means it will report a shallower depth than if you avoided the wear indicator (I cropped and slowed the video to both anonymize and show the detail more clearly).
Before I jump to conclusions about dealership shenanigans, I'm wondering if there are any "experts" here who can tell me if this is normal/expected or not. From what I've read, you're NOT supposed to take the measurement on the wear indicator, but I'm (really) not an expert.
Thoughts?
Edit: Before too many people's heads explode because I won't "name and shame", since posting this I discovered that in the written report they provided, they DO state "Measured from Wear bar". I didn't notice this before I posted. I still think it's iffy (because people will probably think the measurement means they need new tires), but it's not actually as deceptive as it first seemed
I currently have around 2,500 miles on my 2026 992.2 GT3. Throughout those miles (from ~17 when the car was delivered), I've been tentatively trying not to bin it before the Cup 2s get up to "temp", which (according to the literature) is between 160 and 220 F. Meanwhile... good luck getting above 80F on a brisk morning drive. In fact, even a sunny day I don't think I've seen them much above 100F.
So you're driving on hard plastic most of the time, and now after only 2,500 miles my dealer is telling me they're getting close to needing replacement.
I get that they're "high performance" (allegedly), but outside of a *very* occasional track car, I'm not sure I really see the point.
Especially on a touring, which is not really targeted at the track, I don't know I understand the rationale of fitting a tire that will never get up to temp and which wears out in about 4 seconds.
I think it's PS4S for me🤷♂️