Re: Tire Advice for 164S

[Alan Lambert <lechefgerard@domain.elided>]

I DO drive a twisty mountain road twice a day, and I push it--as a
result, I have gotten as low as 5000 miles out of a set.--usually,
thought, it's around 8000.

--- Chris Lesher <Chris.Lesher@domain.elided> wrote:
> Sorry but I can't offer any advice on 17" tires for a 164; my L is
> running
> 205/55 x 16 Dunlop SP5000s.  Alan's mention of wear brought up a
> question,
> though - My current set of SP500s are worn down to the wear bars in
> almost
> exactly 10K miles.  Now, I do drive almost only around town but there
> is no
> track time or even any really hard back road driving on them.  All
> four are
> worn quite evenly (only rotated once at 5K).  I know they're cheap
> for this
> kind of tire and I like the all-season performance a lot - they're
> great in
> snow for a non snow tire and feel very responsive on dry pavement as
> well.
> In short, for an all season tire I like them a lot but geeze, 10K
> miles
> ain't much.  I know 164s are notorious for eating tires but what kind
> of
> mileage are y'all getting from other tires?
> 
> Chris Lesher
> 2 164s
> 87 Platino
> 79 Spider 
> 
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