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Wheels, Tires & Brakes
Another set of Michelin's Gone at 23K
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 873084" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Over the years I have found that most quality tires will last much longer if your religiously keep them inflated to the proper pressures, keep thyem balanced and rotated, and correct alignment problems at the first sign of any abnormal wear. Unless you have performance tires with soft tire compounds, tires will not normally wear out in 20K miles</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That wear is abnormal and I'm sure there were lots of warning signs that were ignored.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Most Michelin tires are designed for long mileage wear, which is kind of my gripe about them. The have great wet weather traction for the first 10K miles or so, then the soft rubber wears off and you get down to the hign mileage, harder rubber compound and wet weather traction falls off significantly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have low-profile, performance Michelins on my Mercedes, and with the traction control (ESP) wet weather traction is still nothing short of amazing with 17K miles of wear on them, but I know they will not likely last past 40K miles, if that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 873084, member: 52972"] Over the years I have found that most quality tires will last much longer if your religiously keep them inflated to the proper pressures, keep thyem balanced and rotated, and correct alignment problems at the first sign of any abnormal wear. Unless you have performance tires with soft tire compounds, tires will not normally wear out in 20K miles That wear is abnormal and I'm sure there were lots of warning signs that were ignored. Most Michelin tires are designed for long mileage wear, which is kind of my gripe about them. The have great wet weather traction for the first 10K miles or so, then the soft rubber wears off and you get down to the hign mileage, harder rubber compound and wet weather traction falls off significantly. I have low-profile, performance Michelins on my Mercedes, and with the traction control (ESP) wet weather traction is still nothing short of amazing with 17K miles of wear on them, but I know they will not likely last past 40K miles, if that. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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Another set of Michelin's Gone at 23K
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