Tyre mileage

[Ian58]

996 rear tyre ,what kind of mileage can I get from pirelli p zero Corsa road use only ?

[sleep envy]

it's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question

all depends how you drive and what type of mileage you do

I've done a set of rears in under 4k road miles, some have done less and others have done more

[gibbon]

sleep envy said:

it's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question

all depends how you drive and what type of mileage you do

I've done a set of rears in under 4k road miles, some have done less and others have done more

You must drive like you have stolen it to get through a set in 4k miles.

I reckon 8-10k would be fairly normal. I have the same boots on my 996 c2 and they have loads of life left after 5k miles.

[RudeDog]

I do a lot of motorway miles but I've done 25k on my current rears and they are still legal (just!). That's in a Cayman S mind, slightly lighter car so they won't wear quite as quickly.

[khushy]

Rears on the Spyder c15,000 miles, fronts at 23,000 still going strong.

Managed only 3000 KM out of the rears on my new M Roadster in 1997 - quite proud of that :-)

[sleep envy]

gibbon said:

You must drive like you have stolen it to get through a set in 4k miles.

I prefer to use the term 'enthusiatically'

[monthefish]

On the turbo, I've only got around 4k miles from a set of rears, but that is mainly due to the inner edges being worn more than the outer edges (Outer edges still had a good 3mm from memory)

[nev996]

just been looking in my service book and a previous owner had got 14000 out of a set of pirellis on rear.
put on what you replacsd with and how much as im looking for rears at the moment as well
nev

[MadMark911]

khushy said:

Rears on the Spyder c15,000 miles, fronts at 23,000 still going strong.

Managed only 3000 KM out of the rears on my new M Roadster in 1997 - quite proud of that :-)

Pipe and Slippers, sir?

[Appyarry]

Yep 4000 from my 996 Turbo rears, with errr Spirited driving.
Isn't that the only way to drive it?
God I miss that car

[khushy]

MadMark911 said:

Pipe and Slippers, sir?

smooth, fast and subtle as opposed to trying to hard and stupid!

[thegoose]

Ian58 said:

996 rear tyre ,what kind of mileage can I get from pirelli p zero Corsa road use only ?

Corsas Ian? Unless you're going to be doing lots of trackdays I'd suggest sticking with the standard P-Zeros you have now. In fact, even if you start doing track days I don't think you'll exceed the limit of the standard P Zeros for quite some time (knowing that you've not been on track before).

[F3RNANDO]

monthefish said:

On the turbo, I've only got around 4k miles from a set of rears, but that is mainly due to the inner edges being worn more than the outer edges (Outer edges still had a good 3mm from memory)

Have you managed to fix your suspension and get a decent geo yet. Sure to improve your tyre life!

[Ian58]

My mistake Marcus I meant p zero

[monthefish]

F3RNANDO said:

monthefish said:

On the turbo, I've only got around 4k miles from a set of rears, but that is mainly due to the inner edges being worn more than the outer edges (Outer edges still had a good 3mm from memory)

Have you managed to fix your suspension and get a decent geo yet. Sure to improve your tyre life!

Yes, geometry's now done, so it had better improve the tyre life!!

[F3RNANDO]

monthefish said:

Yes, geometry's now done, so it had better improve the tyre life!!

Who did your set up?

[Callughan]

Lowest I got was 3k most I got was 7k on pirelli p zero N3.

The geo was correct and this was consistent in my near 5 year ownership, I later moved to Michelin PS2 which seemed better but rode softer.

[monthefish]

F3RNANDO said:

monthefish said:

Yes, geometry's now done, so it had better improve the tyre life!!

Who did your set up?

The boys at Hartech (I assume - I don't think they outsource that)

[thegoose]

monthefish said:

The boys at Hartech (I assume - I don't think they outsource that)

They do it in-house - they have the latest Beissbarth (I think) kit and Longacre cornerweight scales.

[TonyB66]

IIRC a set of Pirelli's I had on my 996 C2 didn't last more than 7500 miles. I switched to Michelin PS2's and they seem to be doing a lot better. Due for a change soon but I should see 10,000 miles out of this set.