Re: [ST] Report on Michelin Pilot Sports on the RS

[Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan and Don Draper wrote:

> As predicted, these sportier tires got lower mileage 
> than the stock BT020s.  (3,500 miles compared to 
> 5,000 miles for the BT020.)

Yowsers! I have 6K miles on mine, and I could probably get another 1K or 
2K out of them if I wanted. Since my ST's ready for the 12K mile 
service, though, I'll just pop a couple of fresh buns on now.

They're certainly wearing faster than the stock Bridgestones, but I'm 
happy as long as I can get 6K out of them. They grip a heck of a lot 
better than the Bridgestones in both the dry and the wet.

I'll echo your comments about them having a tendency to stand up in the 
corners, though. I haven't played with the tire pressures, but I may 
have been running much higher pressures than I thought. I was using a 
digital tire pressure gauge, but when the non-replaceable battery in it 
died I started using my AccuGage and discovered the pressures read 6 PSI 
higher with the AccuGage. (!) So, instead of 36/42 (F/R) I may have been 
running 42/48. (I guess that's one way to get better mileage out of my 
tires?:-)

Of course, I don't know if the digital gauge was wrong or if my AccuGage 
is wrong. Fortunately for me, Griot's Garage has a nifty digital gauge 
in the same form factor as the AccuGage and that is precise to a tenth 
of a pound. Even though I doubt it'll be accurate to a tenth, I'll be 
curious to see what it says.

- -- 
Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Burlingame, CA, USA


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