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Old 04-14-2008, 05:47 PM
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Default Rear tire life Poll (of sorts) ...chime in :)

Just curious, really. But I am wondering what your rear tire life is (street duty)and if there's any "typical" treadlife among us here, or will it vary wildly (...and if you own a TT, may I guess that it's not just due to treadwear rating ).

Please post tire make model and approx mileage before replacement.

So for me, on a daily driven NB:

- Yoko AVS sports/13-15K miles
- Kumho MX/16-17K miles

Several sets of each so these numbers are consistent for me, anyway. Chime in, if ya don't mind!

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When I had my street 993s, 11 - 12k, Michelin MXXS3(or whatever they were) and Pirelli P0s.
Old 04-14-2008, 06:22 PM
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Nitto NT - 12K+
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Bridgestsone S-02As, about 4500 miles, but that is street and track.
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All street Yokohama Advan Neova 295/18 on my NB. 10K miles (barely) if I don't rotate the rears. I did so this set @ 5K which will mitigate the advanced inside edge wear relative to the rest of the patch due to running -2 degress camber in the rears. I'm now at nearly 8K total miles (3K past rotation) and looking very even with good tread left on both. FWIW, fronts (235's) have 18K are still in fatastic shape but that's no surprise of course because there's no weight or camber to speak of.

That said, and as expensive as they are, these are by far the best tires I have ever owned.
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SO2As 3500 miles with a bad alignment
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Michelin PS2's 12,000 rears (included 2 track days), Fronts at 14,000+ & still going
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34K miles and 4 sets of tires. (rears that is).
First two were Bridgestone Potenza re970
Then changed to Michelin Pilots, still can't get to 10K on a set. THe wear patter is dead even on them, no inside edges, no feathering. Just plain wore out. Fronts I replaced once when I went to Pilots. They are still ok.
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13k from my p-zeros on the rear. (including one track day)
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Was getting 7K on any brand of tire out back until I got an alignment to factory spec. Haven't worn them out yet but it looks like I'll get 15-20K now.

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11,000 on Pirelli P-Zero's. 285/18
Pretty worn and about to get another pair.
The fronts are still great.
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just noticed this weekend when doing the plugs that the sumitomos HTRZ 2 are gone in the rear. 5k, maybe?
I run pilot sport cups at the track, so this is all street wear on the sumitomos and the fronts have a lot of life. I don't recommend them for wear or performance.
Biggest mistake on buying cheapo tires besides performance is that when you want to upgrade you have to buy all 4. If I bought the tire I was going to stick with, Michelin or bridgestone, I would only be buying backs this time around!
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Default Bridgestones s02As don't last!!!

Less than 4k on Bridgestone 295/18 s02a for a C2S. Great tire while it lasted. But that's ridiculous for appx.$350 ea. Thinking of switching over to the summis htrzIIIs.
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forgot to mention, my car is aligned a little more aggressively for Michelin Pilot Sport Cups.
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Originally Posted by cafebisque
Less than 4k on Bridgestone 295/18 s02a for a C2S. Great tire while it lasted. But that's ridiculous for appx.$350 ea. Thinking of switching over to the summis htrzIIIs.
I don't know how the htrz IIIs are, but the side walls of the IIs are pretty flimsy.


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