Driving home two days ago on the parkway when left rear Conti blew. Had a cut in the sidewall from where I banged against curb one time and it finally gave way. No problem controlling car as air didn't escape all at once. Was doing about 55 at the time. Pulled off highway and drove about eight miles on it while it was flat. Tire didn't disintegrate hardly at all and no rips in the sidewall. As we all know, very few dealers stock 19s but there's a guy who has a truck that comes to the house and installs them right there. Called 9am the next morning and by 11 had two new General UHPs on the car. Charged $495 for the two with tax and all but they were balanced and mounted and I was on my way. Had 49,000+ miles on the original tires so I figured I may as well replace them both. Kept the one that was still good for a spare just in case.

 

I put a mile on a flat with mine and was really concerned about the rim. Had to get out of the way on the tollway. I'd think 8 miles might be really pushing it.

 

49K on originals?

I've already replaced the rears on my coupe twice in two years that I've had the car!

Must be defective tires!

 

I have 28000 on my original Conti's - can't IMAGINE going much farther.

How do you get 49,000 miles outta these tires?

 

Still have the original fronts on. Hoping not to change them for at least another 4 months or about 6000 miles and then it's only because of winter and I want a little better grip.

 

tighed1. The reason you have to reolace your tires so often is that jumpy nerve in your right leg that acts up without warning.LOL .Lorne

 

Either you drive like a granny, or you don't remember replacing the ones you had before.

But dam.. 49k miles? That's like... a miracle.

 

Well, it doesn't matter how fast you drive once you get up to speed because the tires are going to rotate the same amount as long as the distance is the same. But no, I don't floor it at every light and I don't race up to red lights to hit the brakes either. Hell, I'm still on the original set of binders as well.

 

The 32 inch tires on my Jeep don't last that long...

 

I had 44,444 miles on my original Michelin A/S' back when I sold my limited coupe.

 

O.o ... Eight miles on a flat... I freak out driving half a mile on a flat, and you went eight!?!? You sir, are very very brave. and yeah, i would have loved to see those treads... lol must have looked like a drag tire at 49k...

 

I got about 25k out of the original contis. I got rear PS2's about two years ago when Costco had their snafu ($105/tire). WONDERFUL tires, but only lasted about 11-12,000 miles. I have General UHPs on the back now, and I hope they will last another 5-6k miles. I had the UHPs on the front and got about 13,000 out of them. I hope these Conti DWS tires on the front will last a bit longer.