If you drive conservely how long are tires and brakes good for? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

deliriousga · 10-14-2005, 10:32 AM

If you're going to drive conservatively, you can put Kumho ASX on all four wheels and get great treadwear. I do not drive conservatively, but my wife does and we got 36K miles from the set we had on the rear.

For the brakes, 30K miles for pads and 60K miles for rotors.

kavlono · 10-14-2005, 10:59 AM

Thanks again. that is great to know. Now on the 2006 Boxer I understand that oil changes are every 20k miles which is what I will do since all my miles will be highway miles and I wall put 20k on it the first year. But with this and the pads needing to be replaced at 30k, do I have to go the dealer then for pad inspection? Is there any indicator to signal the pads are getting thin. On one car I had the pads started squeaking like a butchered pig when they needed replacement.

MikenOH · 10-14-2005, 04:41 PM

We put 40K miles on a '99' Boxster and had not touched anything on the car, excluding tires, when we traded it.

We got 30K out of the Michelin MXX3's which had several track days on them and probably 15 auto-x sessions. They were really done but still had some tread.

I can't say I ever had a car that we had more fun with and required nothing but normal maintenance.

TriGem2k · 10-14-2005, 05:11 PM

Sounds like everyone is gettin great wear out of their tires. On average i get about 4,000 - 6,000miles out of my rears. The car is a daily driver and has NEVER been tracked or Autocrossed. Dealer blames the wear on the upgraded suspension. Any ideas? I guess i may be driving it harder than i thought.

MNBoxster · 10-14-2005, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TriGem2k

Sounds like everyone is gettin great wear out of their tires. On average i get about 4,000 - 6,000miles out of my rears. The car is a daily driver and has NEVER been tracked or Autocrossed. Dealer blames the wear on the upgraded suspension. Any ideas? I guess i may be driving it harder than i thought.

Hi,

What type of suspension upgrades?...

Happy Motoring!...Jim'99

TriGem2k · 10-16-2005, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

What type of suspension upgrades?...

Happy Motoring!...Jim'99

PSS9 Bilstein were put on recently (2weeks ago) but prior to that i had H&R springs with Bilstein shocks (it was a great setup, loved it).