I would buy the stock tires over and over again!

[Kronos]

2 years and 20,000 miles on these.

At least the front tires look great!

[TheVoiceOfReason]

Originally Posted by Kronos

2 years and 20,000 miles on these.

At least the front tires look great!

I had 1 year and 20k miles on mine before I switched wheels/tires, and mine look like they still have 20k of life left in them. What did you do to those?

[tennisfreak]

Originally Posted by Kronos

2 years and 20,000 miles on these.

At least the front tires look great!

That is not all the tires fault.

Looks like premature wear due to a ton of slippage on icy roads.

[EAGLE5]

I get about 10k miles out of tires. You are all whiners.

[Ddreder]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I get about 10k miles out of tires. You are all whiners.

If I did that I would be spending $1-2K a year on tires for one car.. Its already hard enough keeping tires on three cars!

[xxBrun0xx]

I've been debating whether I should try grippier tires once my stockers die. I really enjoy how quiet they are on the highway, great mpg, great for hooning at low speed, long treadlife, and are a huge step up from my Blizzacks in terms of steering response. The times when I wish I had more grip are pretty rare, but they do happen. If the Primacy's were cheaper, I'd buy another set in a heartbeat.

#Firstworldproblems

[EAGLE5]

Primacy are cheap. Just buy takeoffs from forum members.

I drive on chip seal mostly. That stuff tears apart tires. It also grips like mad, wet or dry.

[2much]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Primacy are cheap. Just buy takeoffs from forum members.

I drive on chip seal mostly. That stuff tears apart tires. It also grips like mad, wet or dry.

primacy's are not cheap.

[Dake]

Originally Posted by 2much

primacy's are not cheap.

Not new - the point is finding gently used. It seems if you live in or near any major metropolitan area you can find low mile Primacies for well under a hundred bucks per tire.

But, you can also find other tires for less used too.

[headlikeahole]

I had a lot of fun on the stock tires, anyone who says "the limit is too low" "they dont have any grip" etc etc just doesnt get it. You can't say a car is underpowered when the tires break loose shifting into 3rd. Slow car fast > fast car slow.

I replaced the stock tires with a set of potenza re760, they are affordable, decent wear, and only a little more grip then stock. For me it was the perfect replacement.

[D_Thissen]

Originally Posted by headlikeahole

I had a lot of fun on the stock tires, anyone who says "the limit is too low" "they dont have any grip" etc etc just doesnt get it. You can't say a car is underpowered when the tires break loose shifting into 3rd. Slow car fast > fast car slow.

I replaced the stock tires with a set of potenza re760, they are affordable, decent wear, and only a little more grip then stock. For me it was the perfect replacement.

I was just about to ask, what tires would people suggest as a next step from the OEM ones?

I would like a bit better overall grip, with out loosing the character of the car. I guess I'm asking if the OEM tires are a 2 out of 10 on the 'grip-o-meter' what tire(s) would fall in the 5 out of 10 category??

[2much]

I went with 245 michelin PSS on some wider wheels. Of course, it has changed the character of the car. I haven't been able to kick on the traction control since I got them, during street driving.

BUT, I enjoy the car in a whole new way now. Now it's a go kart and I can take every type of turn far, far faster and more assuredly. I am definitely not drifting around right handers going 20 mph though.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by D_Thissen

I was just about to ask, what tires would people suggest as a next step from the OEM ones?

I would like a bit better overall grip, with out loosing the character of the car. I guess I'm asking if the OEM tires are a 2 out of 10 on the 'grip-o-meter' what tire(s) would fall in the 5 out of 10 category??

Pilot Super Sports get tons of love especially from Porsche guys as they're rather durable for the grip they offer. However they may clock into the 7/10 or 8/10 on your scale if the grippiest street tires are 10/10 (Bridgestone RE11, Dunlop Direzza ZII, Yokohama AD08, BFGoodrich Rivals, Toyo Proxes). And in OEM size they're about $135/ea shipped to your preferred location from TireRack.

There's tons of options in the 'summer tire' category, I'd shop through TireRack and do tons of googling, you'll see back to back reviews of the same tire on the same car with one guy saying "They're great! I topped the timesheets all weekend and they lasted 6 weekends!" and another saying "Useless, less grip than XXX, and garbage after two days!".

Have a buddy that loved Sumitomo's on his WRX, really affordable in OEM size around $80/ea. on a Toyobaru, Continental and Kumho I think are also competitive, read read read.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I get about 10k miles out of tires. You are all whiners.

OH god that would be new tires 4 times a year for me!