Cao Black

I'm on the same staggered setup, and at 16000 miles currently, should get 30-32000 before replacement. My previous W212 had Pirelli P-Zero, and didn't make 20000 before the wear bars were showing.

The Continentals are quiet and comfortable and perform as well as I need...let's call my driving style "calmly aggressive".

I would consider Continental at replacement time.

Munich77

They are pretty good tires. My wife's W211 has them too - the first set lasted 60,000 miles.

The G Man

I had ContiproContact as OEM tires on my last few cars, they are very nice tires for the price. I usually get around 30000 miles out of them. When my staggered set up wear out, I plan to switch over to Michelin Pilot sport.

hisdem

I personally would like to move to Michelin as well, I like their product better, it's a little less money and they're more widely available. But the staggered setup messed that up for me.

My only complaint about the Contis is noise, though I'm not really sure if that's the tires brand or just how low profile they are.

Arrie

60000 miles!?!!


Did she drive them to slick?

The G Man

I have 18" staggered setup and Tire rack has Michelin pilot sport in those sizes. The Contis are actually not that bad noise wise, compare to Good year Eagle LS2 and Dunlop, but they do get notice when they are worn.

cc16177

If most of your driving is highway it's not that hard... I got almost 55,000 from my last set on my Jetta and only replaced them because I got a flat in one and decided to do them all together.

Munich77

Precisely - she commutes predominantly on the highway. That makes it easy on the tires and brakes. She does not baby the car and routinely goes above 80 - still the original front brakes lasted over 100K miles.

Arrie

Well,


I don't know but my driving is 85 - 90% highway and best I could get from the factory Continental was around 26000 miles (staggered). It is a huge difference to 60 000 miles...

cc16177

That's odd. I've put 30k on mine since June and I have plenty of tread left. Maybe the staggered somehow changes it or your driving is different than mine. I consider myself to be a fairly aggressive driver but who knows!