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LOL!!!
Not tailgating and so on is just as important as tyres and stuff, but still, in the wet the tyre simply cannot channel the water out the way, you're travelling on top of it. Physics is physics no matter whether you're Joe Blogs or Schumacher.
I used to change my tyres when they pretyt much hit the mininimum 1.6mm, but having watched a program on tv where they tried stopping 2 identical cars in the wet, one with a legal 1.6mm of tread and one with their recommended 3mm of tread (8mm of tread is a new tyre I think
) I won't knowingly be letting them get that low again even though they're legal. The car on the 1.6mm of tread took a *lot* longer to stop than the one with 3mm. Scarily so.
Anyway, you now have new tyres so it's not an issue.
Speaking of which, the IROC needs new rear tyres, they're right down to the limit so apart from N London meets in the dry, it isn't going anywhere.
As for the brake pads, I'd change them. 1mm means it will stop ok if you don't lean on them but letting them go down to metal is just gonna ruin the disks anyway and you're doing this on a budget right?
