Ne1tHeRe

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I am using Pirellis on the rear which have even less grip than the Michelins. Waiting until they are worn out so I can put back on my other set of Michelins.

mjeds

10K limit, where did you come up with that?

The Michelin Pilots on the Lexus RCF have a 30K Mile Tread life.

shadow1118

lmao right?

yellow2112

Reasonably sure dealer told me but I'll double check.

johnnyreb

^^^^THIS! I don't drive mine either when it even LOOKS like Rain. Glad you & the RCF made the proper adjustments though MJ

johnnyreb

Just MAKE SURE that Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner isn't anywhere around! Mater of fact, wasn't that Lady he/she killed driving a Lexus?

mjeds

ugh.. yeah I believe so..


Thank fully I don't live near Malibu / Pacific Palisades where that occurred. That's 45 miles from me.

Ne1tHeRe

iTrader: (3)

The RC Fs being sold at my dealership had a warning sticker stating that the Michelin PSS would need to be swapped out at 15k miles. It really depends on how you drive but I didn't buy the car to drive like a slug

I assume you could probably get 30k if you drove lighly...I think my pirellis had the same or similar wear rating but my tread on them is still good at 10k miles.

lexusrus

Yes, I got a CT200h too. Can't spin out or difficult to do on the CT200h. Stop and go traffic in Los Angeles is where the CT200h shines.

Davew77

I had to drive on ice a couple of weeks ago. I have Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ tires 265/285. I used the snow button. I lost traction a few times. But I grew up driving sports cars in the north in snow/ice and I didn't have traction control. I was lucky to have ABS. The RCF handles better than they ever could, even with traction control turned off.

I'm happy that you didn't kill your car. But don't rely on the electronics to compensate for your overzealous driving. As you have discovered they are not foolproof.

mjeds

as stated I don't rely on them, and my driving wasn't overzealous. I was doing 30mph and accelerated to 65-70 in the rain, the back tires broke traction and I fish tailed. Rain + Slick roads, what surprised me, as I stated is that in ECO mode at 35 mph in 8th gear the rear tired broke traction and the traction system took a long time (maybe only 3-4 seconds, but still a long time) to respond that is what was surprising to me.

Davew77

That is surprising to me. I can only assume that the road had something on it (oil/gravel) or your tires are worn or they aren't PSS. I have floored the car in 2nd gear in the rain and not broke traction. I drive in expert mode because I like to have full control, except in the snow/ice.

mjeds

well I'm guessing that I probably hit the painted stripe at the same time I accelerated, only thing I can think of,

I drive in all modes depending on what road I am on and what traffic conditions are like. in stop and go traffic ECO mode is the best IMO, I pull 330 miles out of the tank which is about 22mpg average.

My commute actually consists of a variety of situations, including a 6 mile paved 2 lane "back road" with no signals and lots of twistiness and a 65mph limit. I use Sport+ in manual for that, but once on the highway unless it is moving at a normal 65mph pace I got into ECO mode. if by chance there is little or no traffic (all dependent on what time I leave work) then I will put it into Normal or Sport mode so that it kicks up into 8th gear for the best MPG.

but for city driving and stop and go highway rush hour I leave it in ECO. I've run some tests, even posted them here about the difference in MPG between the modes. I can squeeze 100 more miles out of a tank doing it the way I do, for me that is 3 more round trips to work, and ~$15 worth of gas.. since the RCF is my daily driver every little bit helps.

I've often wondered though as often as I do switch modes if it will decrease the overall life of the car. on my typical 35 mile commute I switch between the 4 modes and manual/auto as I said, depending on the road/traffic.

Davew77

That can certainly do it too. It's very common for motorcycles to get dropped because they tried to stop on a painted surface. I avoided paint like the plague on my bikes. The worst surfaces are them large turn arrows they paint on the road.

Every inch of the tire that is on the wet paint will reduce the grip by that much. With half of the tire tread, or more, sitting on wet paint I could see it breaking traction very easily.

shadow1118

i bought the ct200h>rc200t>rc , i just was never happy with the power until the rcf .