Recommendations for high mileage tires

[lapis986]

I am currently driving on Michelin Pilot Sports (255/40 17") on the rears and finding they are wearing too fast for me. (Mostly stock 02 986)
Since I don't typically drive too aggressively I am wanting to replace them for a tire with a bit more tread wear under normal driving conditions. I am getting maybe 20K on each tire and because it's a daily driver that means I am replacing a set at least annually. I live in Florida so decent traction on wet roads is a must.
If you have experience with a better wearing tire, with similar characteristics I'd be interested to hear your recommendations.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by lapis986

I am currently driving on Michelin Pilot Sports (255/70 17") on the rears and finding they are wearing too fast for me. (Mostly stock 02 986)
Since I don't typically drive too aggressively I am wanting to replace them for a tire with a bit more tread wear under normal driving conditions. I am getting maybe 20K on each tire and because it's a daily driver that means I am replacing a set at least annually. I live in Florida so decent traction on wet roads is a must.
If you have experience with a better wearing tire, with similar characteristics I'd be interested to hear your recommendations.

If you go on Tire Rack, they have actual user ratings for most if not all tires they sell. You can actually see tread life ratings from users.

That should help.

Good luck.

PS- 20K on the back tires is actually pretty darn good for this car, given the tires you have been using.

[FTD]

While reserching, don't just look for the N rating. That is a marketing partnership with Porsche and somebody, like certain clothing manufacturers recommend Tide. I have been duped by that and have since learned that I can save 1/3 of the prirce with different tire options that also last longer. Do some search on this forum and others, not on the tire you want to find out about, but on tires generally. The Nexen 3000 and a Goodrich Fusion may be of interest to you, at a fraction of the price of N rated tires that don't last as long.

[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