The day I brought my 2002 XKR Convertible home to Iowa, Easter Sunday, I took my 12 year old daughter out for a ride.

After driving around for a while, we decided it was time to uphold a tradition.

That tradition was to leave as long a burnout as possible on Jordan Creek Parkway in front of Jordan Creek Mall. I had done this in my 2005 SSR and the tracks lasted for months. Every time we drove by, we would giggle at it.

So, at the main intersection to the entrance to the mall, I turned off the traction control, held the brake with my left foot and floored it. After about 20 to 30 seconds of smoking the tires, I let off the brake and proceeded to burnout across the intersection.

We made such a large cloud of smoke it completely engulfed the gas station to the west of us. hehe

My brother saw the smoke as he was coming to my house and thought there was a fire.

I have attached a picture of the marks we left. You can even see the pattern of my tread in the marks. Keep in mind these were brand new Michelins. The picture was taken about an hour later.

Since we live nearby, we see these marks all the time. They are still there after a month. hehe

Traditions are important to a family. I try to teach my daughter what is important in life.

 

That's cool! I've never had the ***** to do that. I might try it this evening

 

3 years of tread life on that street.

 

I thought these had an open diff?

 

Andy,

You are correct about the diff, however, an open diff does not mean that only one tire will spin. It depends on a lot of factors, including the traction difference, the amount of power applied, etc.

Go try it with yours. It is worth the lost tread.

 

If you're running P-Zeros... no way in hell is it worth it! Leaving marks like that is like gluing $500 to the ground!

But I love it. I would've loved to see a picture of the car in action... a video would be worth a thousand pictures!

 

I did, and left 1 stripe.

 

OK. So I did it again and both tires spun. I did it a third time and took a video of me doing it. It is in the link below. It is an mp4 format, so you may or may not be able to play it back.

I am not sure if my car has a limited slip or if I am just cooler than everyone else. hehe

I am running Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus tires. Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus

I honestly don't care about the cost of new tires. But I do understand that not everyone is in that position, so yes, doing these burnouts will reduce the life of your tires.

Burnout Video

I know the video will playback with Quicktime and Divx player. It may work better to download the video then play it. It is only 9 MB.