Rear tires lasted 50k miles and cost $617 to replace

[944boy]

50K!?!?!

I don't know if I have ever had a set of tires last more than a year tops.... :-p

But maybe that has something to do with putting 20K+ a year on cars with sticky tires and race alignments.

But that being said I have done very well with the Sumi's and they are looking like I could actually get 2 solid years out of them. But I think I paid $550 for all four shipped and mounted. Pilots are just over-priced to begin with. I have seen some places other than the dealer asking more than that.

[Frodo]

Wow---that's gotta be some kinda record!

[Adam]

Pilot Sports= underwhelming performance and over priced. Well that pretty much applies to any Michelin tire.

[eightsandaces]

Originally Posted by Adam

Pilot Sports= underwhelming performance and over priced. Well that pretty much applies to any Michelin tire.

My experience has been the opposite, Michelins on my truck are still round and ride smooth with excellent tread wear. I'd love to know which tire it is you think is the best..

and please don't come back with Sumitomo or Goodyear

[JTP]

My 2004 GTI came with PilotSports and still using them since new. I have about 35k on the tires (44K on the car) and they are just getting to the wear indicators, and I use the car in a "spirited" driving style. Every Michelin I've had lasted a long time. On my Supra I used Michelins and Yokohamas, which wore out very quickly.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by eightsandaces

My experience has been the opposite, Michelins on my truck are still round and ride smooth with excellent tread wear. I'd love to know which tire it is you think is the best..

and please don't come back with Sumitomo or Goodyear

I was referring to high performance street tires for cars. I don't own a truck and I don't know jack about tires for them. If we're talking car tires, the Pilot Sport 2 is currently Michelins best street tire offering and it's been out on the market for more than a few years now. Bridgestone Re-11, Yokohama AD08, Kumho XS, Hankook RS3, and Dunlop Star Specs all runs circles around PS2's at any autocross or track event and they all cost less, some a lot less. None of the fast guys run PS2's at these type of auto events because they are slower and more expensive than the competition. Michelin needs to up their game if they want to compete with the new crop of aggressive street tires. Michelin has fallen so far out of touch with hardcore enthusiasts and weekend racers nobody uses their stuff. And don't even get me started on R-comp tires. Pilot cups just plain suck compared to what else is out there.

[kavlono]

I did get them at the dealer i bought the car from. am very happy with their service. i am also happy with the tires. i never race the car and use it as a daily dirver putting 20k miles on it a year.

[al83s]

Good job. I can barely get 20k out of my BfGoodrich G-Force sports. Cheap and prety sticky tires for a first 10k, but after that - it is power slides time.
Had same problem in my 928, tires were toast after 15-20 k.

[kabel]

Originally Posted by Adam

Pilot Sports= underwhelming performance and over priced. Well that pretty much applies to any Michelin tire.

I disagree, at least for street and autocross (not track). I really like the Pilot Sport PS2's on the boxster, (we also point out the Pilot Sports are not that same as the Pilot Sport PS2). The last three sets of rear tiers I bought have been right around 225$ per tire.

I recently put AD08 on the BMW to try something new, we'll see how they do next month when we start the new autocross season. I have heard great things about the Star-Specs too.

[Topless]

Originally Posted by kabel

I disagree, at least for street and autocross (not track). I really like the Pilot Sport PS2's on the boxster, (we also point out the Pilot Sports are not that same as the Pilot Sport PS2). The last three sets of rear tiers I bought have been right around 225$ per tire.

+1 on this. I ran off 2 sets of PS2s and they were a very good all around tire, street or track. They are still pretty expensive though. My street wheels currently run Sumitomos and they are a good street tire at 1/2 the price of PS2s. They do tend to overheat quickly when pushed at the track though. My track wheels are running Nitto NT-01s and with 30 heat cycles in they are marvelous.