Tire Life

dirk989

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I've put 14,000 miles on my 04. I don't do a lot of things that would abuse the tires. However, they are looking pretty worn.

I was wondering how many miles others get on these tires.

Dirk
 

Bill Pemberton Woodhouse

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It seems some folks get near 20,000, but with any high performance tire this is around the norm with the lower tread rating. So if you need tires by 16-18K that would not be unusual, and can reflect the type of driving you do, pavement type , etc.
 

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I got about 20,000 miles on my previous Viper Pilot Sports, but the non-runflats. That included numerous trips down the drag strip, several autocrosses, and a light weekend at a road course. 14,000 on a "light use" car seems like it may be a little early, but the tire is a somewhat different design.
 

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15,000 and the rear tires were SHOT. I mean NO tread left except along the outer edges. Bald as a babies butt in the middle! Fronts still going strong at 20,000.

The new Bridgestones in the back have been on for 1000 miles or so and I could swear I already see a lot of tread gone.

Maybe it's my driving style?
 

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Tire life is around 20,000 miles. I have 35,000 miles on my SRT and I am sure by the next 5,000 miles I will be looking for my next full set.
 

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I usually go through two sets of rears to every set of fronts. 10k for rears, 20k for fronts.
 

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I had the oringals on my RT/10 for 21,000 miles. However, for the about the last two thousand miles before I changed them, the ride was really rough.
 

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20K seems to be the norm on an SRT-10 with run flats. The rears will go first, a bit sooner than 20k and the fronts may go longer. As stated above, it really depends on how you drive the car.
 
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