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Old 01-19-2014, 11:07 AM   #3
Norm Peterson
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You manage to go through three sets of rears in three years? How many miles is that?

And what kind of driving?

You can look for a higher treadwear rating, but be careful not to put too much emphasis on tread life at the expense of braking and cornering grip.

Tire Rack for sure has their own test results for many tires and user surveys for most of the tires they sell.

For a performance car I'll always recommend buying as much tire performance as you can afford (even stretching a bit here if possible) and let things like tread life be the tie-breakers among tires with similar performance. About once per set of tires I find myself pretty damn glad for having chosen performance above the other considerations.


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