Rear tires...
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Rear tires...
Ok so these are my rear Michelin Super Sports after about 22k miles and about 11 months of driving on them. As far as abuse... I never do any type of burn outs. Most of my driving is normal. Only time I ever get on the throttle it's usually at about 50 -60 mph on up (straight line). Every once and a while I'll roll the throttle on a start to give a quick start but no smoke.
I think they look pretty good for the age and mileage. Just thought I would share.
I think they look pretty good for the age and mileage. Just thought I would share.
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I have 275 PSS and had to replace them after 7k miles. I drive reasonably, but do have some fun too, but never disable traction control. What size are your tires and what pressure were you running? Your tires wore evenly. I stayed with stock pressure and wore out the center prematurely. The good news was that my new set only cost $67 each due to the mileage warranty.
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Ok so these are my rear Michelin Super Sports after about 22k miles and about 11 months of driving on them. As far as abuse... I never do any type of burn outs. Most of my driving is normal. Only time I ever get on the throttle it's usually at about 50 -60 mph on up (straight line). Every once and a while I'll roll the throttle on a start to give a quick start but no smoke.
I think they look pretty good for the age and mileage. Just thought I would share.
I think they look pretty good for the age and mileage. Just thought I would share.
Looks like an alignment/ inflation problem, the shoulders are barely wearing but the center is gone. I hear people inflating their tires to 45 psi, that's rediculous except for track pressures.
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My first set of stock pirelli pzeros (255's) lasted about 2k miles, it was a little ridiculous, I replaced them with 265 pzeros, and they lasted me another 5k miles with me being very light on the gas. I then changed to Michelin's PS2's which lasted for much much longer. maybe a combination of tread compound vs self restraint, I'm not sure lol.
my tires wore very evenly though, almost completely flat across the whole rear tires.
my tires wore very evenly though, almost completely flat across the whole rear tires.
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Nice! We could never get them to last that long, I wonder why.....
I'd say they wore perfectly too, slight amount of camber shows but that's OEM.
I'd say they wore perfectly too, slight amount of camber shows but that's OEM.
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Replying on my phone so it's hard to answer directly. But yes I think they held up really nice. I'm going to replace with the same tire. It's my DD so I do put a lot of mile on the car. I like the P Zeros I has on before but the just didn't hold up as well. I always have them inflate to what is on the door. Is that bad?
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Replying on my phone so it's hard to answer directly. But yes I think they held up really nice. I'm going to replace with the same tire. It's my DD so I do put a lot of mile on the car. I like the P Zeros I has on before but the just didn't hold up as well. I always have them inflate to what is on the door. Is that bad?
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You guys discuss camber and psi. I'm just going to sit here in shock at that notion that anyone could get 22000 miles out of the rear tires on this car. After I go and check the calendar and make sure it's not April Fool's Day I may sit in and listen to the grown-ups talk.
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well op got 22k miles on those tires... he is obviously doing something right 
thing is, are most of those 22k miles hwy miles? i do like 80% of my driving on hwy so my tires tend to last a very long time
thing is, are most of those 22k miles hwy miles? i do like 80% of my driving on hwy so my tires tend to last a very long time
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Ok so these are my rear Michelin Super Sports after about 22k miles and about 11 months of driving on them. As far as abuse... I never do any type of burn outs. Most of my driving is normal. Only time I ever get on the throttle it's usually at about 50 -60 mph on up (straight line). Every once and a while I'll roll the throttle on a start to give a quick start but no smoke.
I think they look pretty good for the age and mileage. Just thought I would share.
I think they look pretty good for the age and mileage. Just thought I would share.
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Yep brother most of my driving is hwy. Very little in town.
Lots of tread on those puppies. Good for another 20K easy.
I am at 10 sets of rears to your 1 lol.
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I have 275 PSS and had to replace them after 7k miles. I drive reasonably, but do have some fun too, but never disable traction control. What size are your tires and what pressure were you running? Your tires wore evenly. I stayed with stock pressure and wore out the center prematurely. The good news was that my new set only cost $67 each due to the mileage warranty.
I'd say the last few hundred miles might have been a little, uhm, "less than perfect"
