This is a question for the people who went past the 10K mark with stock tires - documented treadlife is 160 for the potenzas, so I hoped they would start dying off soon after 10K. Let us know how your tires are holding up.

I can't wait for mine to start showing wear so I can put something that won't slip on every take off...

it all about how you drive your car. Basically if you race or not, take hard turns. If you baby your car then potenzas might be still good after 10k.

i beat my tires to hell. im at 22k miles and they have about 2-3k left o nthem. they slip out as more you ware it down so becareful.

16k on mine, I got the dealer car and there is probably still 5k left in them easily.
They suck hardcore though..

almost 12k on mine.. I beat it a lot.. they're still pretty good.. i rotated my tires at around 8k though... But yeah, they do suck when the road is even a little wet..

My dad's 2.5TS wagon has potenza RE92s, hes at 72k miles still on stock tires from factory, just some rotations, and they are pretty dead but still good!

my question is who makes a better all around z rated tire. You know wet/dry/moist and affordable. There is no way in hell I'm spending more than 80 dollars a tire

/\ /\ /\ can some one say burn outs? :-) im sure you can wear them quick

14k and they have been rotated once and still look good and thats with lots of hard cornering and fast driving

14k and they have been rotated once and still look good and thats with lots of hard cornering and fast driving

You didnt rotate every 5K miles! What were u thinking! lol

no i do it every 8k miles

Might be irrelevant but after reading this thread I had a dream about burning out for a long time and I could see strings in my tires and they were potenzas. But I have yokohamas weird

11k on mine and i cant wait till the day i rid myself of this rubber menace called "potenza" but thats daily drive. for the touge/track i use falken azenis on 17" falken torque 5's

I have about 10k and they are still fine for now but they chirp when I accelrate at an average speed.

i got 11k on mine.. tires still running good here in seattle!

My potenzas are doing a perfect job....got 10,650K on them to

on a somewhat related note, how are the yokohamas compared to these?

I had almost 10K on my stock tires when I put my new rims on. When I stacked up the stock tires, I thought at first that they had two different tread patterns. Turns out my front tires have half the tread that the back ones do. Although, I do AutoX my car once a month and after I ordered new tires for my other rims, I started doing burn outs just for fun on the stock tires. I'm going to tear them up completely and then buy racing tires for my stock wheels to use for AutoX.

I have spread 19k miles of rubber all over Los Angeles and Las Vegas and anyway in between.

They are still seemingly good to go another 10K.
but who knows...


I drive a lot
I drive a tC.

i don't get it, it seems like everyone does burnouts all the time....is that the norm or what?

i don't get it, it seems like everyone does burnouts all the time....is that the norm or what?

just for most of the car enthusaist who like to drive hard and try to make the most of their cars.

well, thats why i do burnouts sometimes...

23k miles on my potenza's, about 500-1000 pure driving miles left on them? (no hard driving)

jus swapped for new rims so i wunt know how much longer they will survive

i don't have potenza's anymore i have 215/35/18 pirelli p-zero's on mine with 10K and the only real sign of wear is around the edges from me cornering hard every once in a while.

I melted mine so that I could get some new rubber... but they still lasted me 15XXX miles

my question is who makes a better all around z rated tire. You know wet/dry/moist and affordable. There is no way in hell I'm spending more than 80 dollars a tire
ahh the 'i want it all but don't want to pay for it' question ;) Luckily with tires this may be possible especially if you want to compare to the CRAP RE92's. but not for 80 bucks, BE REAL. Cheapest Z rated on tire rack is $97. If you are willing to get another speed rating then it is possible. Go to their site and see for yourself.

$80 tires and less are for civics and solaras

:LOL:

my question is who makes a better all around z rated tire. You know wet/dry/moist and affordable. There is no way in hell I'm spending more than 80 dollars a tire
ahh the 'i want it all but don't want to pay for it' question ;) Luckily with tires this may be possible especially if you want to compare to the CRAP RE92's. but not for 80 bucks, BE REAL. Cheapest Z rated on tire rack is $97. If you are willing to get another speed rating then it is possible. Go to their site and see for yourself.

Just remember, you get what ya pay for

ahh the 'i want it all but don't want to pay for it' question ;) Luckily with tires this may be possible especially if you want to compare to the CRAP RE92's. but not for 80 bucks, BE REAL. Cheapest Z rated on tire rack is $97. If you are willing to get another speed rating then it is possible. Go to their site and see for yourself.
Just remember, you get what ya pay for
Actually, with tires that doesn't ALWAYS seem to be the case. Check the prices for the RE92's on tirerack. $159 and mostly yellow. sort by price, scroll up a bit and see dunlop sp sport 9000 for $145 and all light green ratings. There is even the BFGoodrich g-force sport for $97 and all excellent customer ratings (which may be more subjective). These are just Z-rated tires i'm mentioning too. As our cars top out below 130 all you really need are H-rated or V-rated tires anyway. And who is going to do sustained top speed runs here in the US where the tC is only sold? Bottom line, the RE92's SUCK and there are a lot better tires for the same or less price that will give better traction wet and dry, last longer and are quieter (in order of importance for me, at least).