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11-19-2003, 09:39 PM | #1 |
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RE070 Tread Life Projection
At 11,400 miles I swapped my RE070's for a set of KDWS' (which are going to have to pass for winter tires this year). I found that over this span I'd used 1.5/32"s (9.5/32"s new vs 8/32"s now). All things being equal (they never are, are they?), and figuring that I've used one fifth of the usable tread life of 7.5/32"s, my RE070's have 45,600 miles left in them and should have a total usable life of 57,000 miles.
I'd characterize my driving style as hard but I don't abuse anything either. Of course, YMMV. BTW, the tires are for sale but I'd like to limit them to New England delivery only. Alan
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01-08-2004, 04:09 AM | #2 |
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Hehehe, sorry to burst ya bubble man- but 070's WILL NOT last 45K... the tread wear is merely 140, so you are looking at 15K at best, MAYBE 20K, MAYBE. I have 5K on my set and I can tell ya, I'll be lucky to get 15K.
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01-08-2004, 05:17 AM | #3 |
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If you can get 15k out of 'em, you drive like grandma.
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01-08-2004, 05:41 AM | #4 | |
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01-08-2004, 03:23 PM | #5 |
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10,500 miles and I'm at 9/32.
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01-08-2004, 03:23 PM | #6 |
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I actually heard 8 to 10 from a dealer, but they dont know sht.
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01-08-2004, 10:08 PM | #7 |
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I've heard of people wearing them out at 10k and others still have them on at 20k with no problems. There are just too many variables.
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01-08-2004, 11:28 PM | #8 |
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yeah like people "thinking" they drive hard when actually they drive like every other joe on the street.
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01-08-2004, 11:31 PM | #9 |
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i can't imagine anyone with an STi not driving what would be considered "hard". Why buy the car if you want to drive it like an Accord? (the non 240hp one, anyway)
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01-09-2004, 01:27 AM | #10 | |
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01-09-2004, 11:07 AM | #11 |
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I'm really rather surprised by the tread wear.
We even did two days of autocross school on them and they are still going strong at 7k miles. YMMV |
01-09-2004, 11:33 AM | #12 | |
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01-09-2004, 09:26 PM | #13 |
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I just got over 4000 miles on the RE070's. Now using S03's.
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01-09-2004, 10:13 PM | #14 | |
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