How many miles did you get on your OEM Pirelli tires?

I got 13K out of mine, 458 Italia, and I could have gone a bit longer but a front tire developed a bulge on the sidewall, pot hole most likely.

 

7k on my 2012 Spider.

5k on my 360 Spider and F355 GTS.

The rears go first but I like to replace all the tires at the same time.

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Why so little miles?
Are these the approx. miles one should expect with "relatively normal" driving?
I assume your cars were not tracked.

 

Had 15k miles on my Italia when the fronts(!) had to be changed. But those were Michelin Pilot Sport and my dealer keeps telling me you get double the mileage compared to Pirellis...

 

+1 I was told the same thing.

I have Michelins on my 458 Italia with 4600 miles and the wear is very little thus far, should get 10k out of them I hope….

 

I'm changing the original Michelins on my Italia this week. 17,500 miles on them. They're not at the wear bars but the rears have noticeably lost grip since around 16k miles.

 

Depends on how the car is driven. I'd say you are around average. Its fun to put the power down so that explains the worn rears. If it was tracked frequently you would maybe get 1-2k on those miles.

 

Not tracked.

 

^^
But based on the nice pictures you've posted in the past, I would imagine plenty of spirited drives on twisty mountain roads.

 

6000 on my old coupe. The new car has 589 miles and all four are still looking good.

 

Yep.had the p zeros on my 430. Pilot sports are the way to go.

 

Side note, OEM on my M3 lasted 6k, but switched to the Michelin PSS which offered less grip but i have more than 30k on them and one hot track day.

 

2 track days only ;-)

 

just adding....5738 on my 16M.. Zero track days. Switched to Michelin Pilot Super Sport.
Loving em so far. Quieter, comfortable and grippy.

 

I have the dealer do it. Yes it is more expensive. the local tire place aka Big O dented the underside of my Pcar. I KNOW the dealer knows how to put the car on the rack and do the tires. Plus, if there is an issue with the TPMS the dealer can handle.

No way am I going to trust someone who is not a dealer to handle a $300k car. A few hundred bucks is cheap insurance IMVHO and as a % of the car cost including taxes, insurance and gas a few hundred is chicken feed.

If you are going to have one of the best (and most expensive) cars in the world it doesn't make much sense to try and save a few bucks. Also, since I am 3.5 hours from the dealer it is quite a hassle to have to make another 3.5 hour trip each way for tires or if someone makes a mistake.

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+1

 

I would be okay using a well-regarded indie shop that specializes in high-end wheels & cars to mount the tires, but not a mass-market chain like America's Tire.

BTW, last time I needed to replace tires, FOSV was fine with installing ones that I ordered and had drop shipped from Tire Rack. I think it saved me $20-30 per tire. OTOH, had there been a problem, it would be nice to have to deal with just FOSV rather than 2 vendors.

Is there a version of the Michelin Pilot Super Sports specific for 458s? A posting in the FF/F12 section gave me the impression there is a version specific to the F12 (not just a Ferrari version, like there is an "N2" version for Porsche).

 

I believe that at least one of the reasons why our PZeros don't last very long is because they come (new) with very little tread. I realized this when I saw the tires on my new California 30. That's part of the setup requirements the factory has to employ to obtain the expected performance level.

Tire specs are integral to achieving expected performance and I suspect this is why there are "factory-spec" versions of PZeros as well as Michelin SSP tires. We can have tires with better tread wear but just like racing applications often involve shaving treads down, unless we don't mind "sloppier-feeling" tires, our high performance toys probably have to live with some loss of tread life in exchange for the performance we expect from our cars.

P.S. Another reason might be softer rubber compound but I can't verify that.

 

Just spec'd my 2015 with Mich....seems like a good choice per the above ^^^

 

I do not drift the car aka hang the rear end out and burn rubber. That is slower and hastens tire wear.

I noticed the PZeros slid over a few times in fast turns. Has not happened with Mich Pilot SS and they are pretty worn with almost 7k miles. I will probably replace them with Mich at my annual service in June.

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Agreed -- I think you might be on to something on the softer compounds too