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Rob,
Managed 11,000 on mine, however I must have a heavy foot as picked up the car in January with under 9k miles and the OPC said the rear tyres had 3mm left (if I remember correctly). Have not yet measured them but they look close to the wear indicators.
Maybe the highwear was due to the run I had in the Scottish Borders with a 996 GT3 !!
Should add that it is Pirelli P Zero's that are on my Spyder
George
Managed 11,000 on mine, however I must have a heavy foot as picked up the car in January with under 9k miles and the OPC said the rear tyres had 3mm left (if I remember correctly). Have not yet measured them but they look close to the wear indicators.
Maybe the highwear was due to the run I had in the Scottish Borders with a 996 GT3 !!
Should add that it is Pirelli P Zero's that are on my Spyder
George
Mine is in at the OPC today having the clutch switch sorted. They tell me that after less than 6k miles I need two new rear tyres as they are wearing unevenly, and then it needs the geo re-set. I haven't knocked it out of alignment! Anyone else had this? Will fully wear them out first!
Plus they say I need 2 litres of oil costing £50! Unbelieveable! Will get it myself.
My first experience of Porsche servicing - to be expected I suppose!
Plus they say I need 2 litres of oil costing £50! Unbelieveable! Will get it myself.
My first experience of Porsche servicing - to be expected I suppose!
douglasgdmw said:
Rob,
Managed 11,000 on mine, however I must have a heavy foot as picked up the car in January with under 9k miles and the OPC said the rear tyres had 3mm left (if I remember correctly). Have not yet measured them but they look close to the wear indicators.
Maybe the highwear was due to the run I had in the Scottish Borders with a 996 GT3 !!
Should add that it is Pirelli P Zero's that are on my Spyder
George
I wonder if that was the original set - there are reports of much (much!) lower than 11k being achieved on P Zeros.Managed 11,000 on mine, however I must have a heavy foot as picked up the car in January with under 9k miles and the OPC said the rear tyres had 3mm left (if I remember correctly). Have not yet measured them but they look close to the wear indicators.
Maybe the highwear was due to the run I had in the Scottish Borders with a 996 GT3 !!
Should add that it is Pirelli P Zero's that are on my Spyder
George
HammerCJ said:
Mine is in at the OPC today having the clutch switch sorted. They tell me that after less than 6k miles I need two new rear tyres as they are wearing unevenly, and then it needs the geo re-set. I haven't knocked it out of alignment! Anyone else had this? Will fully wear them out first!
Plus they say I need 2 litres of oil costing £50! Unbelieveable! Will get it myself.
My first experience of Porsche servicing - to be expected I suppose!
How are they wearing?Plus they say I need 2 litres of oil costing £50! Unbelieveable! Will get it myself.
My first experience of Porsche servicing - to be expected I suppose!
Oh, and:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
More wear at the edges than the middle apparently. It's still there so can't see it myself. It was a demo car for 300miles before I owned it, so could have been knocked then, but I certainly haven't had any incidents that may have caused it. Doesn't do it by itself.
Didn't realise oil was that expensive! Usually just get it done at service - might as well get them to do it.
They also want £50 to 'clear out the radiator'. Just have visions of a man in a Porsche jumper leaning over and pulling a handful of leaves out then laughing to himself!!
Didn't realise oil was that expensive! Usually just get it done at service - might as well get them to do it.
They also want £50 to 'clear out the radiator'. Just have visions of a man in a Porsche jumper leaning over and pulling a handful of leaves out then laughing to himself!!
HammerCJ said:
More wear at the edges than the middle apparently. It's still there so can't see it myself. It was a demo car for 300miles before I owned it, so could have been knocked then, but I certainly haven't had any incidents that may have caused it. Doesn't do it by itself.
Didn't realise oil was that expensive! Usually just get it done at service - might as well get them to do it.
They also want £50 to 'clear out the radiator'. Just have visions of a man in a Porsche jumper leaning over and pulling a handful of leaves out then laughing to himself!!
Mobil 1 is £40 for 5 ltrs http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...Didn't realise oil was that expensive! Usually just get it done at service - might as well get them to do it.
They also want £50 to 'clear out the radiator'. Just have visions of a man in a Porsche jumper leaning over and pulling a handful of leaves out then laughing to himself!!
A good going over with the Dyson gets rid of most of the leaves.
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