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Old 11-06-2009, 06:38 PM
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I have a cls 55, anyone here experience excessive wear on these tires? My rears are cooked after 4 months 4,000 miles...

posted a thread in the cls55 forum as well
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depends on the weather
not surprised ... budget tire = you get what you pay for
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Originally Posted by Luke@tirerack
not surprised ... budget tire = you get what you pay for

Budget tire????? oh I nearly forgot you don't sell them!
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I don't know if I would call the INVO a "budget" tire. I ran them on my VIPER and the 345/25-20 was only 40 dollars less than a P-Zero Nero.

No knock on the Pirelli of couse, but the INVO has been a good all around tire for us.

When it comes to VIPER, Z06 and other high-hp setups our predominant brands are Pirelli and INVO's

Could your camber be to blame in the excessive wear area?
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depends on the weather
well, the facts are the facts ...

here is a cut and paste from a recent Car and Driver tire test

The test covered several different areas of performance. AutoX , skid pad , braking , price and ride quality. I am not going to reproduce the entire article but, here are some of the numbers

AutoX times wet/dry

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 60.7 / 60.1

BF Goodrich G-Force T/A KDW2 61.3 / 59.6
Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport 62.5 / 60.1
Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec 60.8 / 59.3
Falken Azenis RT-615 64.2 / 59.8
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 61.0 / 59.8
Kumho Ecsta XS 65.4 / 59.0
Ling Long L688 65.8/ 61.1
Nitto Invo 61.9 / 60.5
Yokohama S-Drive 61.5 / 60.3

SKIDPAD, g's wet / dry

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 0.88 / 0.92

BF Goodrich G-Force T/A KDW2 0.85 / 0.91
Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport 0.80 / 0.90
Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec 0.86 / 0.92
Falken Azenis RT-615 0.80 / 0.91
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 0.87 / 0.93
Kumho Ecsta XS 0.77 / 0.94
Ling Long L688 0.73 / 0.88
Nitto Invo 0.82 / 0.91
Yokohama S-Drive 0.84 / 0.88

after the testing the Car and Driver test drivers and staffers still consider the Pilot Sport PS2 the top summer performance tire.

Final Results for the challengers

#1 Dunlop Star Spec
#2 Hankook V12 EVO
#3 Kumho Ecsta XS
#4 Bridgestone RE760
#5 BF Goodrich KDW2
#6 Yokohama S-Drive
#7 Falken Azenis
#8 Nitto Invo
#9 Ling Long L688
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Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 60.7 / 60.1
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 61.0 / 59.8

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 0.88 / 0.92
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 0.87 / 0.93


Wow, for the price those hankooks are hard to beat
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Originally Posted by mrphotoman
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 60.7 / 60.1
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 61.0 / 59.8

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 0.88 / 0.92
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 0.87 / 0.93


Wow, for the price those hankooks are hard to beat
I couldn't agree more just looking performance numbers when comparing new tire to new tire.

the Michelin does offer much better ride quality though and we have also noticed that the performance characteristics do not change nearly as much with the Michelin as the tire ages and wears.
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What are your thoughts on the Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport tires you sell, I am looking at the 275/35/19 size. With a 340 treadwear rating they should wear well. How is the handling characteristics on these? I live in the mountains so i get to drive in the curves everywhere i go and i take the car on a roadcourse once or twice a year as well. Right now i am running the vredestien ultra sennsia tires and love them but that higher treadwear rating on the bridgestone tires is very tempting.
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Originally Posted by mrphotoman
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 60.7 / 60.1
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 61.0 / 59.8

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 0.88 / 0.92
Hankook Ventus V12 EVO 0.87 / 0.93


Wow, for the price those hankooks are hard to beat

yeah secretly Hankook has some great tires in their portfolio.

The PS2's still remain a force to be reconked with overall though.

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