I bought a set of staggered 19" Vossen CVT this year, and a new set of PSS to match. Barely any miles on the tires. Well, after this weekend, there's 600 miles on them at least.

19x8.5" +32, 245/40ZR19 front
19x10" +42, 275/35ZR19 rear

Nobody runs 3-season tires in the winter when there's any snow or the temps are below freezing. Not without a death wish. That's just ignorant. Who brought that up? You must be reading that wrong.

 

I'm the OP. Maybe I failed to articulate my question clearly. I have search all over the internet on every forum, and site as to tire wear on the "S" model. I do know the difference between the Base, Premium and the S models (wheel sizes, and width of rims on front and back of the S's). I have driven all three, and really like the S, as it appeals to the sports car side of me. However, I have heard that the earlier models chewed up tires on a yearly basis. Then I heard that Invinity corrected the problem with the G37. As a owner of a spots car I do know the difference in tire composition, and know the summer soft compound tires have very low tread ware.

This will be my wife's primary drive, and our traveling car as I am planning on retiring again, next year. We have a friend who is a local high end used car dealer, and has four with on his lot right now, one base (White with tan interior); one Premium (Red with Black interior); and two S models, one (Grey with tan, and one Black with black). The Gray S is her favorite with the tan interior. However, I don't want to be dropping $1k every year on new tires. So My question is if we got a nice set of good all season tires with a harder compound, would they last longer than a year?

 

Yes. Absolutely they will last longer than a year. At least two, possibly three. Four if you baby the car and barely drive it. However, the OEM rims on the RWD S are staggered. 18x7.5" front and 18x8.5" rear. So you won't be rotating. That's really your only consideration.

Also, that "tan" color in the Sport Sedan... it's called Stone Leather. There's also a Wheat Leather, which is more beige in color, but not in the Sport Model.

LOL

 

Thanks for all the responses, I understand that they are stagger, which make it impossible to rotate. I'm trying to justify to her the reason to get the S in the color combination that she wants, GRAPHITE GRAY even though it is an S, with "Stone" interior, than the WHITE, Base mode, with "Stone" interior.

 

I think I detect some sarcasm

Never say nobody...

And I thought I pushed it running three season tires here in Charlotte where we get, on average, less than 6" of snow a year

 

Well - that all depends on how many miles you put on them in a year.

As you can see by all the responses - there are no 'abnormal tire wear' traits to the car. Get yourself a decent all season tire w/a high tread wear rating (something like a set of Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 - they have a rating of 500 and are highly rated).

If I put my way-back hat on, I DO remember early 350Zs having an edge-wear issue. That was solved by the time I got my '06 350ZR. And I have seen no mention of it on this board (I've been around here for about 2 years).

You should be safe - enjoy!

 

Our roads around chicago are a disaster. 18" stock size is the perfect blend between performance handling and ride comfort. 19" will handle better and be more responsive but at the cost of ride comfort. Not to mentioned, wider tires will likely yield poor mpg. For a daily driver on straight roads the gains are minimal As such, I have little choice but to stick with stock sizing. Thanks for chiming in.

 

Thank you so much for responding directly to my question. This is exactly what I was talking about. My son-in law had some office workers who went out and bought some coupes (early models) when they first came out, and they complained of the cars just chewing up the tires. They got so frustrated that all three of them traded in their cars for something else.

 

I got 30k miles out of the stock Potenza's and I'm in a RWD S model.

 

I haven't heard of the G37 chewing tires but I'd be curious to learn where you're hearing that. I would recommend throwing a set of Michelin Pilot A/S 3. They're rated for 50,000 miles and have great wet traction. They will absolutely last longer than a year.

 

I've got the S. Just had to replace my rear OEM Potenza's, not from wear, but from a sheet metal screw too close to the sidewall to be repaired =/ (thanks roofing company). They had 14k miles on them and I've had the car for 2 years and 3 months. I estimate I could have gotten at least another 7-10k miles before they needed to be replaced.

Just picked up 2 Michelin PSS in the stock size for the rear at Costco yesterday. It's hard to tell how much better they are than the Potenza's because I've still got those on the front. I'm hoping to find a set of rear OEM rims to get a square set so I can rotate them eventually and help with the wear.

 

^^I thought about doing the same thing. I worry that the rear rims on the front axle will stick out more than the rears. Anyone actually try this ?

 

On my last G37S (Sedan) 6MT, my stock RE050's lasted only 11,000 miles. I did chirp the f*ck out of 2nd gear constantly, and my clutch release would be instant so I would really put some work into those tires. These tires are only good for the first 7,000 anyway, after that...they really start blowing.

I now have a '14 "Q60" Coupe 6MT, which comes with the same tires except in 19....as soon as these things reach 8K miles, I am swapping them for RE-11's and calling it a flippin day. My boy got these on his Sedan, and I am just blown away by the grip and the tread life. He beats the living crap out of his car and he STILL has tread and he has put 20,000 miles on them...and they still cut right through the water in the rain.

After riding and reading reviews on the RE-11, I dont know why anyone else would waste their time and money on a different Summer tire.

 

Have you read the reviews on the pilot super sports? They are consistently ranked #1 in summer performance tires by every organization that cares to review them.

 

The RE-11's are the biggest competitor to the PSS , just google and see how many people ask this question.