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View Poll Results: How many miles did you get on your original tires?
Have not had to replace them yet
177
68.34%
Replaced at 15 k miles
14
5.41%
Replaced at 20 k miles
28
10.81%
Replaced at 25 k miles
15
5.79%
Replaced at 30 k miles
18
6.95%
Replaced at 35 k miles or more
7
2.70%
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Mileage Check - Anyone replace their tires?

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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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i changed mine at 30km
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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7700 miles.....almost need to replace the rear tires due to a nail....thank god it didnt go all the way through....
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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i got the dunlops with 13k on my car i think they will barely last the winter. these dunlops are the worst POS tire i have even had on a car. a lot of understeer, wet traction sucks with them. doing 15mph in my car and the nose just shoved going through a corner and i was not on the gas and the pavement was barely wet. this has also happened to my dad in his GS with the same tires overall i hate them. once springs hits, rims and summer tires will be going on and the stocks will be used as winter rims with a high performance all season tire.

i've rann conti's, generals, and kumho's and bridgestones on my previous cars. they wore better, less road noise then the dunlops and a lot better road feedback. to make it better these dunlops are rated the worst on tire rack.
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ighlight=tires
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by archaic
The driving experience between the two are about the same. Keep in mind I'm not the most agressive driver. I mostly bought the Contis because they had a high treadwear rating and were cheaper.
The treadwear rating on the Contis is deceptive and false.
My Contis extreme contacts have the treadwear rating of 400 but they wear like tires with 160 rating. I drive easy and with 10K they're over half gone.
I complained to the tire vendors and they agreed: they stopped recommending them to their customers because Contis would not honor the warranty.
I'm looking around to see if there is a class-action lawsuit to join.
I Would never buy any tires from Continental again!
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Changed mine at 20K.
Had a rear sidewall issue and decided to not replace one but replace them all.
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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At 17k on original tires. Hoping to go another 5-10k. Having a little camber wear due to lowering the car.
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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I'm now at just under 38k miles on my IS350 and still on my original dunlops. I'll definatly be replacing them soon. The tread on the inside and outside edges are almost bald but the center still has a millimeter or two before reaching the tread indicator.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 12:29 AM
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I changed my fronts at around 25k. Forget exactly when, but it was due to excessive wear on the outside edges.

but im at 38k now and have not changed my rears yet. But will do so in the next month or so. They are just at the wear bars now.

Oh, IS350 with dunlops.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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hmmm... here is what I replaced I am at 19k even.

3 sets of tires (FK452)
2 sets of Rotors
3 sets of brake pads
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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Some of you guys obvioulsy think you're driving Formula 1 cars
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:41 AM
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Or just enjoying driving our cars.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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Call it what you will... I call it thinking you're driving a much higher performance car than you really are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C6Chea9Xnw
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramon
I'm now at just under 38k miles on my IS350 and still on my original dunlops. I'll definatly be replacing them soon. The tread on the inside and outside edges are almost bald but the center still has a millimeter or two before reaching the tread indicator.
I had this issue for the front too. Try add more air in the front.. .like 38 psi.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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I do not think that is the case at all. Some of us have "real" performance cars.

I would drive in a psirited fashion regardless of the car, others too. Others not, but there is no reason for the atitude to those of us who do.
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