'If Michael Schumacher had groove-less slicks like these under his Ferrari the past season that Spaniard wouldn't have had a chance'. That's what the mechanic at the garage told me when I brought the IFO over for tire replacement this morning. And though a bit cynical, he is right of course, I've been pushing this forward a bit too long. When the IFO was there for the routine servicing it had about thirty eight thousand kilometers on the counter and then the mechanic told me the front tires were still okay, but needed to be changed within about six to seven thousand kilometers. When I finally brought the IFO in it said fifty four thousand or so kilometers so one could say that it was about bl*** time I got the new tires on. And fair is fair, the IFO does drive nicer now. It's no longer pulling a bit to the right anymore and the little wobbly thing it does when passing a hundred and fifty (which I of course never, ever, do ;-) is gone too. And my acceleration when exiting corners has improved quite a lot, specially with these wet and today even a little frosty circumstances. The tires now hug the road like they used to so I can drive it the way I like to again.