boxster S tyres, ying tong linglong

[tvralfagtv6]

Ok ready for a bit of lambasting.

Here goes, my Boxster s appears to eat rear tyres. So alignment springs to mind and its running slightly out of spec 0.6 degree toe in each side. Not terribly aggressive.

Handling is near perfect for me.:-)

The problem is the rear tyres just do n0t last, melting off at rate 0.1mm per 100 miles.may be more on good days!!! equates to 6000 mile tyre life,BEST CASE!!, A weeks driving to work and the tread is down from 6mm to 5.8 ARRRGH!

Now I know boxsters handle well, but my old skool 911 tyres used daily used to last a very very reasonable amount of its on its non porsche spec tyres. In 10000miles and about half worn.

To be honest it was just as much fun!

Brings me to my question.

Has anyone else tried other tyres on a Boxster and if so did they last any better,I had a pair of chinese tyres on my old Merc . 20,000 miles on the rears of a 300 hp v8 only 2.2mm tread wear.

I have two sets of wheels so can run YIng tong ling long or sing song tyres for daily use and N rated when I sell it .

Thoughts?

[mollytherocker]

My experience with cheap tyes is that they wear out more quickly than good quality ones.

I am a big fan of Michelins and genuinely believe that they are one of the cheapest cost per mile tyres out there!

You know what they say - You buy cheap, you buy twice!

[JimPetrol]

6k miles sounds quite reasonable for a mid engined performance car.

I certainly wouldn't fit non grip Ling Longs or similar to it, as I suspect that would be a disaster on damp roads.

[pete.g]

It also depends on how much 'fun' you're having - if you're deliberately breaking traction in the dry then tyres of any make will not last long. A friend of mine did a set of tyres on an M3 in 3k.

I try to drive smoothly and quickly and get between 15-18k out of a set of rear Bridgestones (N rated) on a Cayman S.

Before anyone posts that I'm obviously homosexual or senile - I'm as quick as I want to be and usually quicker than some of my more flamboyant mates.

[mollytherocker]

pete.g said:

It also depends on how much 'fun' you're having - if you're deliberately breaking traction in the dry then tyres of any make will not last long. A friend of mine did a set of tyres on an M3 in 3k.

I try to drive smoothly and quickly and get between 15-18k out of a set of rear Bridgestones (N rated) on a Cayman S.

Before anyone posts that I'm obviously homosexual or senile - I'm as quick as I want to be and usually quicker than some of my more flamboyant mates.

Indeed, when traction is broken you are making little forward progress!

[edc]

Are you sure you mean 0.6 degree toe in? If so that is lots and probably the cause of your problem. I would be surprised if your inside edge isn't feathering. I suspect you mean 6 minutes toe in which is still also a bit much. I would try 0 to 2 minutes toe in.

[mrdemon]

Porsche target is 0º05' he has 0º36' which is way out of spec.

Edited by mrdemon on Tuesday 23 July 09:17

[tvralfagtv6]

I guess it helps if had read the specs properly.



Thank YOU!

[944Nick]

That amount of toe is, as others have said, way out of spec. I'd certainly be looking at sorting the geometry before anything else.

For interest, how are the tyres wearing? Evenly across their whole width or is the wear more prominent on one side or the other? If so, which side?

[Zyp]

For reference, I got 7k miles from the rears on my Spyder (Pirellis), and 18k miles on the rears on my Alpina (Michelin).
Both driven fairly similarly, both same size tyres.

[GC8]

If opting for poverty tyres then I would at least try to ensure that they were 'better' poverty tyres such as Nankang or Nexen. Of course, youll only be a few pounds shy of Avon then...