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Old 11-28-2014 | 05:08 AM
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IIRC PSS have a warranty guaranteeing at least 40k miles out of them.

Now about driving - quite quiet, good in the wet and more grip than you can safely use on the streets (most of the time)

However, if you plan on tracking the car the PSS will disappoint. I actually have mismatched tires, as I wanted my rears to stick as much as humanly possible. I have Bridgestone Potenza RE-11As on my back and michelin PSS on the front.

During a track day (cold ambient temps, too) after about 5 laps where the RE11as were just getting nicely warmed up the PSS were starting to feel greasy and slippery. They had significant track wear and "tears" in the rubber after the track, where the Bridgestones are, if anything, even better after being properly broken in and heated up.

My plans on the future are PSS for DD. I have no complaints about them at all on the street, they are quiet, ride well in all conditions.

With a set of spare wheels with tires like the RE11A on them for the track.

I really - really- didn't like the PSS on the track. Did not inspire confidence beyond the first few laps where I was running easier anyway for the tires to warm up and I found myself understeering to the degree where a tire would leave the track occasionally once the backs were at a "happy" temp and the fronts were melting...literally. The rubber was "rolled over" in small lines upon inspection afterward. Presumably from overheating and having minor amounts of friction melt from grabbing for traction.

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie to track driving and even I feel like if my fronts had as much grip as my back I could have done 5 seconds faster, easily.
Old 11-28-2014 | 07:36 AM
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The PSS mileage warranty only applies to non-staggered fitments.

I had a set of PSS, they were just OK on the street. The rears are narrow in the 245/40/17 size.

RE11a for me.
Old 11-28-2014 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by deepbluejh
I've got 18k miles of aggressive street driving (as well as one track day) on mine. Fronts are at 6/32" and rears are at 5/32". Extrapolating that down to 2/32" for replacement, that would put me right at 29k miles of use.

They've been fantastic tires for me overall. Overall grip has been more than I've been able to safely explore on the streets. As for the sizing, 255s bulge ever so slightly on my 8.5" wheel - which seems about right, IMO.
How did you like their on-track performance? I've been on RS-3s for the past 2 years but was looking to step down to something more civilized for daily driving with better tread wear. I was wondering mostly how they wore, as well as how long their grip levels hold up, how long until they get greasy, etc. I only go to the track 2-3 times a year so I was looking for something a bit more of a compromise than the rs-3

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NVM, read echofilter's post.
Old 11-30-2014 | 06:00 AM
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Re11a are great. I think you need a better alignment
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