Cirrus

Hey everyone,

What is/has the tire life been so far on your stock 15" Continentals?

Currently, with around 14,000 miles, my front set is pretty bald and the back set is like-new. I originally rotated my tires and then last week Chevy put the bald ones back on front, and now I've rotated them back to the rear. I'm figuring I can get to 30,000 on these tires, tops.

Lastly, upon kicking the Continentals out the door, what tires did you get?

Thanks,

Cirrus


Mods: I know this should be in wheels and tires, but I'd figured it would get a lot more hits in the 2.2 section.

qcpursuit

theses tires sucks but they are supposed to last longuer than ordinary 4 seasons(threadwear 500 if I remember)

Clmbngfrk18

do you drive agressively?? by drving hard even just taking corners fast you kill the tread life on a tire my last car i had tires that were garenteed for 80,000 miles after about 15,000 they were half gone at least i beat the crap out of that car though it saw alot of time sideways and it was fwd lol

brianm01

I never rotated my tires Almost 30k before the belts distorded, the continentals are scrap, they almost got me killed one day on the highway, I got fuzion hri's on now, $48 a piece on tirerack, 100 times better then the stock continentals.

Cirrus

I drive spiritedly at times, but definitely not all the time. Most of my driving is city, all stop go stop go stop go.

I'll check out the Fuzion HRIs in a bit

Roadrunner

sorry, i had to vote 50000+ cause mine are still good

stonny9

I have a ss/sc and have 18,500 on mine with very hard driving. I'm thinking that I hight get about 25,000. I'm suprised that mine have lasted that long. I did not vote as I dont have a 2.2.

CobaltDude81

i'm hitting 14,000 and they squeel really bad during any corner i take. they all seem to be wearing evenly. probably gonna trash em when i put on my brand new toyo snow tires i got for 10$ a piece at a yard sale of a guy who bought them for his car but hes moved to florida and doesnt need snow tires

Cirrus

You must have an incredibly light foot to accomplish that

HunterKiller89

iTrader: (1)

mine squeal when cornering now...n ive only got 1.4k miles....the tires just suck period...no traction. as far as durability tho...theyre supposed to be good (how can they wear out when they dont even grab the pavement?)

06cobaltls

dont the tires have some warranty to them i know that you prolly dont want to get another set to replace but i was just thinking

06cobaltls

found this about the fuzion tires so just thought that i would post it,

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....peed_rating=YR

RedCobaltLs

Got the car in oct. 05 went through 1 winter the tires suck - No grip i also hyroplane 2 times bad. At 13,000 or so i got Potenza G009 much better tire. The tire place put 30psi i took it up to 40psi an they grip much better.

ted5986

the contis are garbage. i have 18000 on my car and drive a little over the top sometimes. i also go to the track so i expected were but these things suck. just bought some cooper cobra GT these tires are so sticky. i love them. i n the rain you can almost dump the clutch and still get traction. and for us guys with no ABS.....you can actually stop. its great. i got them for 49 bucks a piece but i have an in at a tire place. i get them for cost

PenguinPIE

iTrader: (5)

the pirelli P6s are treating me pretty well so far

REIGN SS

continentals are notoriously shitty tires...on small cars & big rigs(yes they make semi tires also)

im talking more about the traction issue, then tire life...but the more traction is an issue, the shorter the tire life...

PenguinPIE

iTrader: (5)

its 25000km on my cobalt and the P6 still looks quite new to me

RedBaseBolt

I have gotten pretty good wear out of them soo far. Then again I don't drive like a maniac....all the time .

cawpin

For those of you with squealing problems, check the pressure. I've noticed they tend to loose pressure quicker than other tires. And, yes, they are mounted correctly. It is the tires, not the rim/valve stem.

fire_cky

less than 15,000 for me cause i got a nail in one tire so i just bought all new tires. i wasn't a big fan of the conti's.

cyrix

Bought my car in August '05, has about 11k miles on it and the tires look like there about 1/4th worn out. My guestamation is about 30k ish. I did one burnout and it took tiny chunks out of the front tires. I plan on buying a better set when the time comes to replace them :P

RollOver360

When i first bought the car with 5 miles on it the tires would squeel.... its stupid. I have 10,100 miles on the car, havent had a chance to rotate the tires but the backs are like brand new and the fronts are about half way down. Finally got my compressor fixed and my 15's should be coming this week, throw them on before winter hits..... fresh shoes... but anyways.... the stock tires suck. Anyways here is a quick story, I had a buddy of mine in the passengers seat, and i was going around a 10mph turn, nice and dry, and the tires were squeelin bad and my buddy asks me how fast Im going and I tell him 35mph, he laughs and says i can take this same turn doin 110mph. Well he has a 06 Gt stang w/ pirellis and later that day we did 110mph thru that turn and i almost **** myself and the tires didnt squeel at all. Hes also takin that same turn doin 120mph in his srt-4... crazy shitt.....

later

importkiller

iTrader: (1)

i have 13,000 miles on my contis and they are at 6/32nds and 732nds, this means they should be bald in another 10,000 miles. I hate them though, horable wet and dry traction, snow isnt that bad however

Kahless

mine squeeled from day one. they lasted just over 30000 miles then i switched to falken 512's. anything you switch to will be better. they were going for low cost with those tires. and i dont have abs and stop lots better. the contis would lock up at 30mph and the falkens dont lock up at all. they are directional tires.