recommendations for longer lasting rear tires

[pk2]

Originally Posted by Mike_Yi

Buy a front-wheel drive car. If you drive a performance car, your tires will not last that long. It's just the way it is.

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Actually front wheel drive cars mow throught the front tires roughly twice as fast as the rear tire. Deive it hard and it's more like 3 to 1.

Regards, PK

[mebiuspower]

Originally Posted by pk2

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Actually front wheel drive cars mow throught the front tires roughly twice as fast as the rear tire. Deive it hard and it's more like 3 to 1.

Regards, PK

With a front wheel drive car you're more likely to be able to do tire rotation from front to back, therefore not a concern.

[stateofidleness]

just hit 56,000 miles on the original Michelin PS One's lol
can you say, "I need new tires" ?

[Topless]

For maximum mileage go all season. They have a higher wear rating and last longer. I only get 4-5k on a set of street rears but most of my driving is "spirited" with few hwy miles.

[kabel]

Originally Posted by stateofidleness

just hit 56,000 miles on the original Michelin PS One's lol
can you say, "I need new tires" ?

You need new tires!

There is no perfect tire, choosing a tire always involves a compromise unless you do not care.

One attribute of sports cars you do not usually hear about but rather find out for yourself, is the accelerated tire wear. Generally due to the nature of the car and the fact that most performance cars come from the factory with and recommend softer compound tires.

[mebiuspower]

Originally Posted by kabel

One attribute of sports cars you do not usually hear about but rather find out for yourself, is the accelerated tire wear. Generally due to the nature of the car and the fact that most performance cars come from the factory with and recommend softer compound tires.

Reminds me of my friend who saw a woman at the gas pump putting 87 octane in her BMW 330 ... he went up to her and ask (in a nice way) does she have any idea what she's doing, and I think her response is "gas is gas" or something stupid along that line.

Hitting 56k with a set of tires is nothing to brag about unless they're on a Prius. I'd imagine they'd be extremely bald way pass the warning bars. You'll be a real treehugger when you drive by a sand/oil/wet patch on the road.

[renzop]

If you want long tire life get harder tires. A nice cheap all-season passenger tire should do it for you. Of course the handling performance will stink so why bother?

Other than ruining the performance with a crummy tire, you can try two other things:

1) Get an alignment - 0 degress front camber, 0 degrees front toe, as little camber as you can get in the rear (it will be a negative number - get it close to 0), 0 degrees rear toe

2) DRive like a granny. Accelerate slowly out of turns. Turn in slowly and gradually. No full throttle.

Basically, if you want to save money on tires you bought the wrong car.

[Frank M]

Originally Posted by mebiuspower

Hitting 56k with a set of tires is nothing to brag about unless they're on a Prius..

I would like to brag if its ok.
I got 95k miles out of a set of Michelin MXV4 tires on my VW Beetle

I have found Michelin's give me the best mileage and yes even on my Corvette (56k +) they lasted longer than any other brand.

To clarify, I usually drive with the traffic and rarely go over the speed limit.

Once and a while I boot it up but not often.

[pk2]

Originally Posted by mebiuspower

With a front wheel drive car you're more likely to be able to do tire rotation from front to back, therefore not a concern.

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THis is true.

The bottom line to me on this whole subject is this. A soft gumy tire is going to stick better. It aolso going to leave ruber all over the street or track, because it's softer. The grippiest tires in general, have horrible tread life. A rock hard tire will work great in the snow and rainnn but won't exactly be turning stellar track times. That rockhard compound wil make them last.

PK

[JTP]

Originally Posted by pk2

A rock hard tire will work great in the snow and rainnn but won't exactly be turning stellar track times. That rockhard compound wil make them last.

PK

A rock hard tire will be horrible in the snow and rain. It would be like trying to walk on snow with plastic soled shoes. No traction at all. Softer compounds with plenty of siping for snow and ice.

[vath2001]

Originally Posted by JTP

A rock hard tire will be horrible in the snow and rain. It would be like trying to walk on snow with plastic soled shoes. No traction at all. Softer compounds with plenty of siping for snow and ice.

Harder / softer. I just know that my Summer tires don't like temps into the 40's. Which means my next set will most likely be All Seasons. Not really fond of a tires that don't like cold mornings. What good is Performance if it only happens at sunny and 70.

[Mike_Yi]

Originally Posted by pk2

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Actually front wheel drive cars mow throught the front tires roughly twice as fast as the rear tire. Deive it hard and it's more like 3 to 1.

Regards, PK

That may be, but he didn't ask about making front tires last longer. Just rear tires. In a front wheel drive, the rears will last much longer.