Nothing wrong... it's just MX is getting old in term of technology of new tires out there.

I'd rather get Ecsta XS... both XS & MX will not last too long either.

 

Looking at the reviews, it seems like the tires are lasting 25k+. I am aiming for a tire around 30k, but that seems close.

 

Well... according to this thread, OEM RE92 lasted 45K-55k!

Are you sure?

 

It seems like not many people like the RE92's though.... When I bought my car I had different tires mounted, so I never got to experiece them.

 

Yes, I am.

 

So please explain why RE92's 160 treadwear last 45-55k miles vs. RE760's 340 treadwear last 25-35k miles... both made by Bridgestone.

 

Different class of tire.

Ultra High Performance Summer (RE760) vs High Performance All-Season (RE92)

IIRC the RE01R & the RE050A PP both started off released to the public as somewhere between 140-180 Treadwear initially, but the Treadwear rating for both tires adjusted over time. Perhaps the RE92 should have been adjusted as well, but never was.

Wouldn't matter much though as the RE92 is REALLY expensive for not a very good quality tire. If you are looking at Bridgestone All-Seasons.

RE960AS > G019 Grids > RE92

 

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So you are saying since RE92's 140 treadwear gets about 45k miles, G019 Grid's 460 treadwear will get 3+ times more miles? I don't think so...

 

Nope, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that Bridgestone does have precedent for marking their treadwear ratings for 1 line of tires and then later on changing the number of the treadwear to the true rating. It seems like they just never made the adjustment with the RE92's for some reason.

What I was referring to is that the treadwear rating of the tire is determined by measuring against a specific tire (from that particular manufacturer, be it Bridgestone, Michelin, Yokohama, Dunlop, etc.) but it is compared against whatever tire was determined for that particular class ( High Performance, Ultra High Performance, High Performance All-Season, UHP All-Season, etc.). Typically what you will find is that the All-Season tires may be a H-Rated or V-Rated tire, while Summer tires will tend to be V-Rated and above (Z, W, Y). Basically, the stickier the tire, the shorter the lifespan that usually occurs.

The G019 Grid's I actually would probably expect to see something similiar (if not a bit more) in terms of actual mileage out of those tires if driven the same as the RE92's, but they would outperform them in pretty much all the key areas (dry, wet & snow). The RE92's are actually quite an old design in the Bridgestone lineup now so I'm actually very surprised they have decided to keep them around when they already have the G019 Grid which is much newer and can basically be the replacement tire for the RE92's.

Honestly, treadwear rating is such a relatively useless number on tires that I tend to ignore it a lot of the time anyways.

 

That was exactly my point. Treadwear is USELESS!!!

Btw, thank you for explaining all these stuff (even though I already know them).

Oh yeah... my old 92 Acura Integra had RE92 as OEM tires.