GBG

I'm approaching 9,000 mi and my dealer recommends a tire change. This seems a bit early to me. What's you experience? Thx

GBG

ebaker

9000 sounds about right for the rears. The fronts seem to last at least twice as long.

Gary (Fl)

Easy to check if they are shot..

9K is not bad for rears.... Depends on your driving habits how long rubber lasts...

tkerrmd

Wow wish I got that many miles out of the tires! What tires are they?

Oak

I have a set of take offs Pirellis with only a few hundred miles on them. Cheap.

GBG

Dealer was just recommending a change for the rears, so I guess he's dead right.

Tom, they're the stock tires, not sure what make/model off hand, so I'll get back to you. GBG

wross996tt

'04 TT cab...probably Bridgestone S02s. I took mine off after 2000 miles...went with PS2s. Now I'm after cups!

Dock

I have 8k on the rears...Michelin PS Ribs...and they may have another 1-2k left on them.

Gary (Fl)

I just got a set of 4 PS2's from Tirerack yesterday via UPS... I figured with all the posts in the past month or so about the lack of the 19 inch rears availability that with my luck I would run over something, need a new tire and not be able to find one... Now all I have to do is go to my storage unit...

1AS

I easily got 15,000 from my Cont's, but that was almost no track use. They are a compromised tire, better for highway than track, but good in foul conditions just short of needing the snows. Will you drive your car thru the winter? AS

Dock

How was the road noise with the Conti's? The OEM P-Zeros on my car were very noisy from day-one. The Michelin's have been very quiet.

1AS

Good at onset, fairly noisy at mid-wear point. Not as bad as original Pirellis (which were a bad tire all around, except surprisingly good in snow-go figure). There aren't many side-sipes in the Conti, and I understand that a large component of tire noise is due to trapped air in the sipes.
AS

twk63

I replaced my rears after 14K miles. Almost all highway driving, no track time. My fronts have 18K on them now and still look to be in good shape, maybe another 6 to 8K left on them.

Lizard1

check the inner tread line of your rears. because of the camber, the inside tends to wear out much quicker than the outside. so it may "appear" that your tread is fine until you inspect the inside tread lines.

so on that note, is it possible to just remount your current tires on opposite wheels(as long as they are not required to be a certain side out). unidirectional does not matter. turn a 10K mile tire into a 15K mile tire pretty easy?

mikerosi

Yes, but most Porsche tires have an outside location designation, so this really won`t help in 90% of the situations