Originally Posted by patrickjherbert

I was just shocked to get a good look at my rear tires that have only 10,000 miles on them and see they are down to the steel belt on the inside edge. The outside edges are basically bald too. The fronts look less than 50% used. I realize these are performance tires but c'mon.

How much of this is inherent to the design of the suspension and how much can I ascribe to bad alignment?

But in the meantime I'm replacing these with a tire I found at Discount Tire, the Barum Bravuris 3. Apparently owned by Continental, they are $111 each vs $275 for the Michelins. I'm fullu aware of the old saw that "you get what you pay for," but I'll be honest, I have not been a fan of the Michelin premium price vs. performance and life for a long time. The Barum Bravuris 3 have some good reviews, but not many of them. But $600 for two identical replacements means the convertible sits in the garage for a few weeks. We only drive it during the nicest weather about 3000 mile a year anyway.


If anyone is interested, I'll let you know how it turns out.