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Old 02-14-2008, 08:29 PM
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Default How many miles can you expect from OEM tires?

I have an 08 Touring and was wondering how many miles I can expect with a daily driver. No racing, well not much.

I checked the thread but didn't find anything specific.

Thanks in advance.
Old 02-14-2008, 08:39 PM
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i blew a sidewall from these wonderful OKC roads on my front's but my rears lasted 25k and i drove pretty agressively. Conservatively i could see with good alignment breaking 30k.
Old 02-14-2008, 08:46 PM
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They lasted 13K miles. I drive my car hard about once a week.
Old 02-15-2008, 03:40 AM
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I'm at 20,040 right now. The rears are VERY low (just within the wear bars) and the front still have about 40% left. This is with relatively non-aggressive driving.
Old 02-15-2008, 05:28 AM
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I got to like 12k, and at that point the tires were completely worn and had some metal treads showing (stupid to let it get that bad, I know). One of the tires even developed a leak the day my new tires were getting installed. I had to put the damn spare on to drive 2 miles to the damn tire place. Gotta drive it like you stole it (in a legal auto-x environment of course)!
Old 02-15-2008, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by badbee
I checked the thread but didn't find anything specific.
That’s probably because there is no specific tire life.
Old 02-15-2008, 07:05 AM
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Yea the RE050s do not last long at all. I have 5k on mine, with some sprinted driving and one track event. And mine only have like 4k left of life it seems.
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18K on my OEM tires with 1 track day (big mistake btw) and I'm just above the wear bars on the rears. The fronts actually have a healthy amount of tread. I guess sliding around doesn't help...but they are pretty much average in terms of wear.
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Fronts replaced at 18K because of negative camber wear; if not for that, I should have been able to pull at least another 5K out of them. I have 25K on the car now and the rears are slicks. I do very light driving; get on it out on the highway at times, but I've never roasted the tires once.

I bought a new set of wheels/tires at 24K so I didn't bother to put new tires on the rear stockers yet.
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16k= drag sliks
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Mine at 34k...about 5k tread left.
Old 02-17-2008, 03:09 PM
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If your not smokin' the tires, expect mid 20,000s. i got 24,000.
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Originally Posted by The Brickyard Rat
If your not smokin' the tires, expect mid 20,000s. i got 24,000.
Same here.

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Old 02-17-2008, 06:31 PM
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mine lasted 10k first sports car....

The Dragon also has a taste for Bridgestone rubber apparently...it eats tires along with motorcyclists.
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