Anki Drive tires - too slippery now

[Richard Wardley]

My son an I have had Anki Drive since its launch and later got Anki Overdrive and have had much fun with both.
We hadnt use the older Anki cars for quite a while, but my son decided he wanted to go 'Old Skool' and play with the Drive cars, as there were upgrade options in Overdrive for them.
We have all 7 of the Drive cars, and they all upgraded fine, however, the tires have all become too slippery for them to get any traction, and have tried the cleaner, but it doesnt bring back any gripiness at all :-(

I tried to contact support, but got an email saying that support has been stopped for Drive after Dec 2017.

I am wondering if anyone has any information where I can get replacement Drive tires - I will be needing 7 sets. It is such a shame, as the cells, which I thought would be the things to 'go' are all still fine.
I am more than happy to pay for replacement tires, but just do not know where to go to purchase them.

Does anyone have any advice perhaps on how to recover the tire grippiness ? I was thinking of rubbing them with fine sand paper to remove the 'sheen' on them, but didnt want to attemp that without asking first.

Any help would be most appreciated

Best Regards
Rich