Recommendations for high mileage tires

[Sammy]

Do a search on the forum for Nexxen tires. I don't have them personally but I know NickCats has been extremely happy with his and they lasted 20k miles with numerous autocrosses on them. In addition they were only $400 for all four.

[eqs]

Sammy, $400 for all four, now that's something to look into.

Cheers, and thanks

[eqs]

Looked into this a little bit and it appears that Nexen makes 17, 18, and 20s - no 19s from what I could find. Will call a dealer tomorrow to confirm though.

From what I could gather from scanning some users comments, the tires are ok for everyday driving, but not for auto-x, DE, or track.

For n rating, I understand that it's best to use what Porsche recommends, to stay within warranty parameters, especially while still under factory or extended warranties.

Anyways, that's all, cheers

[Brucelee]

I have Michelin Pilot Exactos on my Lexus. Nice tire, great wear.

[Grizzly]

I have a set of General Exclaim UHPs on mine. I bought them because they were recommended by Tirerack and wheeldynamics.net. We have 12,000 on them now and they look brand new; no discernable treadwear at all. As a bonus, I'm quite happy with their performancel. Oh yeah, they're inexspensive too.

[Tool Pants]

Here is some info from a while back.

http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11831&highlight=Sumitomo

20,000 miles is good. I see people who only get 8,000 miles.

My Sumitomo HTR ZII has a treadwear rating of 220. Not in the market for tires so I don't know if ZII is still on the market as someone mentioned a ZIII tire.

[der Geist]

I just wanted to throw an alternative here to those who haven't heard of Mr. Tire. I had to replace a tire on my wifes Audi this week. Tire was on back order from Tire Rack. Not only was Mr. Tire's installed price better than Tire Rack's (after shipping, mounting, balancing, disposal etc.) they got the tire the same day and had it on the car by closing. I was really impressed. They were also almost 1/2 the price of Conrads & NTB. You must use their web site & print the quote to get the best price though.