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How long do the run-flats last?

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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Ok so my rears are almost done... I would say that they have less than 10% remaining... scary part is they only have 18k miles on them .

How long do they usually last?
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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I got 44k on my first set until the wife complained about the bologna skins. I would have run them till the cows came home.

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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I got about 14000 out of the rears, but I use a little more foot action than recommended

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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22,00 on mine and still plenty of tread left.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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Mine only lasted the first 10,000 miles I had the car. At that point the noise and crappy ride drove me to replace them with Firestone Wide Ovals. The tires proably had about 10K left on them, but they were on the car when I bought it used, so I have no idea the total miles that they saw.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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I think most people ****-can them before they ever wear out!
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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I'm thrilled to get 25K miles out of a set of high performance ites run flats or not.
When I lived in the U.K. I only got between 12-15K miles out of my Pirelli P Zero's on my Volvo ! and they cost almost $400 each at the local tyre shop (190 GBP)
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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Just replaced mine at 32,xxx miles and they still had a bit left.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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15K on mine, but they're history as soon as I can afford some real tires.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by fatboytc88
22,00 on mine and still plenty of tread left.


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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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Mine lasted way too long! I made about 150 passes at the drag strip and burned the hell out of them every time. They just wouldn’t die. They were just getting down to the wear bars on the rears at about 32,000 miles when I finally got rid of them. The fronts still had a bit of life left.

<<<<<<<< runflats in action at the track
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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Driving style makes such a big difference, I used to only get about 20K miles on my previous DD. When I gave it to my wife we put the same tires on and she now has 20K miles logged and they still look new.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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22k but I changed them out for Michelins with 1/2 tread left

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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rears = 11,000
front = 30,000
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by max'svette
Ok so my rears are almost done... I would say that they have less than 10% remaining... scary part is they only have 18k miles on them .

How long do they usually last?
Until they get down to 2/32s in most states.

I usually replace all my tires when they get around 4/32s.

Number of miles depends on how you drive, what car you drive, etc. Many of the high performance tires get very few miles on them prior to being trashed and replaced.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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I got about 30,000 out of both sets of Goodyear run-flats.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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I think these have a really low tread-wear rating. I wouldn't consider myself an agressive driver. And my car gets 90% freeway miles with the occasional burst of WOT and no track uses.

The tires will last for about 20k miles for me... Looks like that is the consensus with people who post here.. but the POLL shows most people reporting 25k+
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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My original rear Goodyear EMTs lasted for about 15K miles, the fronts still had lots of tread on them.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Mine were worn fairly equally to the wear bars at 22k miles. I would've replaced them a month or two earlier, but was waiting for production on GS-D3's to resume. It was worth the wait.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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I replaced my rears at 31,000 with plenty of tread left. I'd say still had 30% or more left. The shop owner (Northstar Auto in Mountain View, CA, a Corvette performance shop) said some people get 65,000 out of the OEM rear tires.

I replaced the rears because one had been patched already, and one developed a slow leak.

I'd have to check my records on the front tires but they were also over 30,000.
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