PistolPete

I just rolled over 17,000 miles on the OEM Cup 2's today and I'm still 500 miles from home.

Does anyone else here have more miles on their original tires? I'm thinking I need to replace them this year. The fronts look brand new and the rears still have meat before the wear bars but I don't trust them in the rain anymore.

Besides, the sidewalls are now brown!

-Pete

Gratuitous photo from our just completed road trip to The Tail of the Dragon.

[/url] by Peter Moy, on Flickr

DK7

Sad topic!
You have not enough fun with your car.

orthojoe

Pete! You gotta track that thing! I get 1000 miles out of mine. Lol

ipse dixit

Are you pushing the car, or driving it?

James88

That's what I was thinking as well.

Sven76

4,000 miles and I am now getting my 3rd set of tires front, 2nd rear. 800+ miles on track. Not sure how you 17,000 miles , that's what I get on my Macan, but that's more a SUV than a proper Porsche.

bretster

Randy Pobst tracks Pete's car!

PistolPete

That must be the secret, tracking! LOL

jphughan

Congrats?

PistolPete

Just curious if I'm a complete outlier with the mileage on these tires. The original Sport Cups rarely lasted even 5k miles.

ExMB

Slow down. Drive like a noimal person and you too will achieve that magic goal.

JohanS430

17K with no brown

Crazy Eddie

LOL
I knew Pete was gonna get ripped on this post
As soon as I saw his post I was sayin" Pete put your helmet on "
I think you have the record Pete ... No one will come close...

ShakeNBake

The only way that is possible is ferris bueller style - wheels in the air.

Yargk

They should last a long time with a proper alignment on the street. I think a low toe number matters more than any wear from aggressive street driving, as long as you're not sliding it all over the place. Track is a different matter => 500-600 miles and you're done. (Which is like 25x the wear on the street, which is interesting because that means that even if you only track a little, track that will dominate the wear, assuming you're at a good pace. If only 4% of your miles are track miles, you should have an alignment halfway between a street and track alignment. If 20% of your miles are track, you should basically have a track alignment.)

Not cups, but RE-71R lasted 19k miles on my WRX.