What Tires Are You Using?

Big Red

I have a 2009 370Z sport, with Potenza RE050. After only, 6000 miles, the right rear is worn down to almost nothing, and the left rear is wearing fast too. Now, I never had my car on the racetrack, and I had the wheels alignment checked and they were slightly off. The shop manager is telling me that because the tire softness rating is 140, that 6,000 miles is normal for this tire. Is he snowing me?

Pushing_Tin

They are very soft, but 6k is about the lowest I've ever seen posted here. I got 11k out of mine, some people have over 20k on their stockers, don't ask me how.

FERRARI

Pilots wear great.........and give me the handling characteristics that I think true sports cars are built for.....
I find it interesting that so many here are referring to a tire that is not even listed in the Poll here....The pilot
If you can by a $40,000.00 car, should you worry about spending $1,200.00 for tires that can and will last 50,000 miles or more with proper care ?

import111

You keep pushing the idea of performance and handling of a sports car, yet you are buying max performance summer tires?

You do know that there is another category of tire called extreme performance summer tires right? Including Hankook RS-3's, Yoko AD08's, Notto NT05's, Bridgestone RE11's, Dunlop Z1 Star Specs, Kumho XS's, ect.

As has been said before, there are many better tires than PS2's, especially when it comes to performance.

FERRARI

if you want to change them every 10,000 miles.....and I wonder why so many High End sports cars come with the Pilots ???

And I think once someone DRIVES the Pilots.....they rarely go to anything else....

import111

I did many track days on Falken RT615's, Bridgestone RE01R's, Z1 Star Specs, and Nitto NT05's and all of them lasted longer than 10k miles...and that was with lots of track miles. Unless you have a horrible alignment or you drift every corner you are not going through extreme performance summer tires every 10k miles.

SeattleLion

Wait a minute! I am not referring to PS2's. I am referring to Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus. The PS2's are an older model.

FERRARI

Me too....

sonic370

I've got that same tire and am at 10,500 with hardly any wear. Don't know how you drive. Some will get more others less. I think i can get 25,000 out of my stock tires.

FERRARI

I have a 2009 370Z sport, with Potenza RE050. After only, 6000 miles, the right rear is worn down to almost nothing, and the left rear is wearing fast too. Now, I never had my car on the racetrack, and I had the wheels alignment checked and they were slightly off. The shop manager is telling me that because the tire softness rating is 140, that 6,000 miles is normal for this tire. Is he snowing me?



Are these tires worn evenly all the way across ? or more on the edges or middles ?

import111

Yes he is snowing you big time. I had -2.5 rear camber and my rear RE050's lasted 8k miles (with a lot of sideways corner action). My front RE050's have -1.4 camber and 2 track days and are now ready to be replaced at 16k miles. Under normal alignment and driving the stock RE050's should see 20k+ miles easily.

gtkiller

Something is wrong I have 14K miles on mine and 2 track days and have plenty left for daily driving and maybe a few more track days. That can't be normal the alignment must have chewed through the left rear.

onzedge

I am running Pilot Super Sports and they impress me with every drive I take.

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