Originally Posted by ep3_lol

Tire life is dependent on the construction and use. Nothing about the Boxster will make it any different from any other car out there, except for the inability to rotate back to front. You can buy a harder, high mileage tire that will last many tens of thousands of miles if you like, so long as it comes in the right size. You don't need the OEM tire just because it's OEM. If resale value is a concern, then just replace what you get with the OEM ones before you sell; no one will know the difference, because there won't be one.

Originally Posted by ep3_lol

Tire life is dependent on the construction and use. Nothing about the Boxster will make it any different from any other car out there, except for the inability to rotate back to front. You can buy a harder, high mileage tire that will last many tens of thousands of miles if you like, so long as it comes in the right size. You don't need the OEM tire just because it's OEM. If resale value is a concern, then just replace what you get with the OEM ones before you sell; no one will know the difference, because there won't be one.

Originally Posted by sjfehr

but why would you spend so much money on a high performance sports car and then cripple it by going cheap on the single biggest factor in your car's performance?

Originally Posted by ep3_lol

Because all you ever do in it is tool around town, never even getting to a 6 or 7 out of 10? I think the bigger question is, "If that's your driving style, why buy a sports car?" But, different topic.

Not "you", but the cheap tire buyer in question.

Originally Posted by Byprodriver

I prefer to buy a vehicle in need of tires so that I don't have to pay for & endure the poor choise of the PO.

Originally Posted by sjfehr

There is a reason people most typically wear out Porsche tires at 15-20k, though: tire compounds trade off grip for tread-life, and sticky high-performance tires don't last long. Sure, you could get 60,000 mile all-seasons, but why would you spend so much money on a high performance sports car and then cripple it by going cheap on the single biggest factor in your car's performance? Tires are extremely important, and bear careful research to get the right tire for your situation and requirements.

N-rating is worthless marketing speak, though, and not worth the price premium. Plenty of way better tires out there that aren't N-rated. Likewise, you don't have to stick to OEM tire sizes; lots of similar tires will fit on the same rims. In fact, I highly recommend going a little wider in the front as you'll dial out some of that understeer.

Originally Posted by Macster

A problem with this is one might attribute to the tires behavior/noise or other things that are coming from something else, something that will not be addressed by new tires.

Also, shoddy tires on a car for sale, clearly showing the seller skimped on tires, suggests the seller skimped on other things too.

Sincerely,

Macster.

Originally Posted by Macster

My info is the right rear tire can wear faster than the left rear -- at least in USA cars and ignoring uneven tire wear arising from abnormal alignment -- due to the lack of a LSD.

The diff in the Boxster is a simple diff and during a turn in order for the outside wheel to turn faster torque is transferred to the inside wheel. Since this wheel/tire is not loaded as much as the outside it can spin.

Depending upon how aggressive a driver is with his car's throttle and cornering speed the right rear tire can experience negligible wear -- to the point that after say 20K miles the two rear tires are nearly indistinguishable from each other -- to the point the right rear tire is down to its wear bars thousands of miles ahead of the left rear.

The right rear tire wears more since in the USA most turns are to the right and are made while at a slower speed made under conditions that can lead to slippage of the right rear tire more often then the left rear.

Sincerely,

Macster.

Originally Posted by Macster

No time to get into a big tire argument but when you can produce the results of testing n-rated vs. non n-rated tires on a number of Porsche models that show n-rated tires do not deliver any benefits compared to non n-rated tires and just as importantly non n-rated tires do not produce a car that could have at the worst time dangerous handling traits, then I'll find the time, to at least read through your test results.

Sincerely,

Macster.

Originally Posted by sjfehr

I submit for the record, every autocross, time trial and road race run in the last 5 years. For example, not a single person even entered SCCA autocross national championship on N-rated tires last year, because none are grippy enough to be competitive at that level.

It's not that N-rated tires are bad or dangerous, just that there are better tires out there, most of which cost less.