You must of gotten a bad set of tires or the rubber is just melting off them. I have 24,395 miles on my PS 2's and they have 6/32" of tread left. They started life with 9/32" of tread. Not bad IMO for a summer performance tire (and yes, they are stiff).

I'm not picking on you but I'm just curious, why did you buy the car if you're that paranoid about not leaving town with it because of it not having run flats or a spare? It seems far too many people are overly concerned with that issue. Your missing the whole experience of owning the Crossfire by not getting out of town and onto the winding roads in the country or up in the mountains.

For what it's worth (sorry I can't come up with the exact source at the moment) I've read the average person experiences a flat less than once every ten years, which has held true for me. Now, I've had several slow leaks that I discovered by checking my tires once a week, before a trip and while away from home, without fail. Also the TPM on the Crossfire works very well and is an added bonus in helping to keep an eye on the tires.

I second what cwdilg said above, AAA premium is cheap insurance and can't be beat for I believe I pay $145.00 a year, which included additional coverage for my wife (AAA covers the person, not a specific vehicle). It covers you in ANY vehicle you are driving/riding in. (Don’t laugh at Grandpa the next time you see him go down the road in his Buick with the AAA sticker on the back end, he knows what he’s doing… okay then, laugh at the Buick only).

As for what tires to buy, again I second what cwdilg's said. I have no first hand knowledge YET of the Eagle F1's, but over the past two years since buying my Crossfire, I have kept a close eye on what tires were out there for our cars, especially because of the high price of the PS 2's early on (almost $2,000 a set in 2003 through mid 2005). I have researched several tire comparison test and the F1 has always beat out other brands. It did no one thing perfect but overall it won hands down. It did however, have the best tread life out there of any other performance tire. They will be my next set of tires when the PS 2‘s run out of rubber in another 6k miles or so.

Here is a link to just one of the tire comparison test I was referring to:

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=10252

…and the winner is??? You guessed it, the Goodyear F1 Eagle AND for a very good price.