[s-cars] tire wear on a lowered cars

[Steve Powers]

Bill -

> I think 15,000 miles is acceptable on a set of tires.     If that number
> drops to more like 10,000.... then maybe the car is set up too aggressively
> or you are driving too aggressively.    But to expect 20,000, 30,000, 40,000
> miles out of a set of tires?    -- that's for your mom's Mazda.. or for the
> Lincoln town car driven by the limo guy.
>
> That's all just my experience.   I never get more than 15,000 out of the
> tires... and I have always wrestled with alignments and tire pressure trying
> to prolong the tires.     And this experience is on 20 years of driving...
> every car had a stick....with stiff springs... etc... and I sort of like to
> see what the car will do.... so I pay for it -- In tires!

I've gotten 20-25k out of 2 sets of Yokohama AVS Intermediates,
including track days. Not sure how you drive but on our lowered Avant
with 2B camber plates, this level of wear is what I consider
acceptable for a daily driver that I occasionally have fun with.

Steve Powers