Rear tire wear!?!?

[Bobiam]

I wore down a pair of 265/35-18 Continential ContiSportContact 3 tires in less than 12K. Never spun tires or raced. Pretty gentle use actually.......less agressive than the tires are made for.

Tread wear rating is 280. TireRack calls these "excellent" treadwear. I don't agree! But I just ordered a replacement pair of same for $639, delivered. The fronts are practicly new so I really can't switch brands this time around.

The tires are evenly worn and the car doesn't indicate suspension problems when driving it. Can't complain about the performance of these tires. Great grip in all warm conditions. Only con is significant flat spots after some storage.

Does this sound like normal wear to you guys???

Thanks, Bob

[Topless]

Sounds like normal wear for the rears. I get about 4000 mi on set of PS2 rears.

[Bobiam]

Originally Posted by Topless

Sounds like normal wear for the rears. I get about 4000 mi on set of PS2 rears.

Per mile, that's around 50% more than we pay for gasoline! You made ME feel much better about mine. Bob

[jmatta]

Sounds like reasonable wear to me...

[gerrygug]

Unfortunately the ware you describe is "normal". You can go to an even harder tire but your handling will suffer somewhat. Tire ware is just the penalty we have to pay for a good handling sports car.

[kabel]

Poke around the forum a bit and you'll find this is quite common for our cars.