Longevity of tires

PT,

I have a 2001 Forester. I was able to get almost 50,000miles on the original factory tires. It really depends on more on driving style, wheel alignment, tire pressures, etc....

PT,

Oops, forgot to mention, I live in Texas.

Etienne

Varies with car and tires.

1994 Isuzu Trooper w/ bridgestone 684 duelers . Tires lasted 30k and were downright dangerous by the end. Replaced with Michelin LTX m/s which lasted 60k with decent traction till the end

2004 Subaru Outback wagon w/ Bridgestone potenzas. currently have

41,500 miles and tires seem okay. Thought I had to replace them as they were awful in the rain until I lowered psi to 32 all around. Had at 36 after reading that in this group but I would avoid that except maybe in dry sumer weather. They will be replaced this summer as I wont want to go through another winter on them. I expect to get about 50k out of them

98 Forester UK 2L non-turbo 66K miles, driven pretty hard, came with OEM Bridgestone Duellers, lasted about 26K Miles, changed them for Yokohama Geolander II, lasted about 30K Mile.

Have now fitted Kumho Roadventure AT tyres which are have a high wear rating, time will tell !!.

Yep, just got rid of my Forester Yokohama Geolander 900's after 33,000 kms (18,000 miles) Pieces of shit from day one, replaced them with Yokohama C:DRIVE the replacement for A539's. Completely different tyres with positive braking and cornering characteristics.

HTH

P T wrote:

Got 30K out of first 2 sets on my 02 Impreza and 28K out of first set on my

04 OBW. I live in the mountains in California (or as Arnold says "Cal-le-forn-ya").

I replaced the Geolandars in my 02 Forester at 32K miles. I put in Cooper Lifeliner Touring SLE tires with 620 treadwear rating (the Geolandars were 230 or so). The new tires have almost 20K with no signs of wear and very nice performance. I'm in Puerto Rico, and the roads here are tough on tires.

Ben

P T wrote:

Everybody says they're pieces of shit. Nobody says why. So what's wrong with them?

HW

I wouldn't say they are complete pieces of shit, just OEM on the wrong car. As long as you stay within their limits they do fine.

Poor traction on dry pavement, weak sidewall flexes too much in cornering, wear unevenly, and they don't last very long. Definitely not good for spirited driving.

Not a bad tire for a casual driver, but tires that compromise so much dry traction should not be original equipment on a 240hp vehicle built on a sports orienteed platform. These would be fine on a CRV or any other 90hp cute-ute.

the Geolandars are terrible, any halfway sudden stop and the anti-skid has to kick in, since I replaced mine at 17000km with Goodyear Triple Treads, the antiskid has never kicked in... and I've pushed them. I drive logging roads and typical west coast wet highways all the time. the Geolandars are a major compromise. What gives anyway, poor treadwear coupled with poor traction and feel. These vehicles do not need a "small-truck" tire. They need passenger car tires.

Actually I was asking how the Cooper tyers are performing. I have a friend who put them on his Liberty and said they were terrible in the wet.

HTH

H wrote:

i wish there were some good light truck tires in 225/60-16. The outback would be more suited for light off roading with them

2002 OBW LLBean, 53K miles, still have original Potenzas on there, but I think they should be replaced soon.

P T wrote:

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