How long did your original Bridgestone RE050s last?

[nickows]

Thought this would make for an interesting thread, as some people seem to love the OEM tyres, while others arent too fussed. Personally i thought they offered great grip and were very predictable, compared to the Yokos I'm running at the moment.

I got 18,000km out of mine and they were cactus. My old man got 24,000 and he's a conservative driver....most of the time. I know they are a soft compound tyre (140 rating from memory) but we were both kinda disappointed in the milage we got out of them, considering they cost $400+ a corner to replace. I know some people have had terrible times with uneven tyre wear/alignment issues as well. And has anybody replaced the originals with the same tyres?

[Nexus]

28,000 for me. I thought that was a good result for the potenzas. I wasn't that gentle on them either; they were all gone by then.

If I hadn't been conserving $, I would have replaced them at 23,000.

[duglet]

I got 42000 kms outta mine...and they still had a wee bit on them...

Done 32000km outta my maxxis VA1 and they still have 50% left on them..

Happy Motoring
duglet

[TD]

I'm up to 21000km on mine and reckon I'll probably get to 25000km (after bagging out Nexus for doing 28000km )

[shinslinger66]

I got around 40k on my 6 out of them with lots of highway miles.

[kmh001]

9,000km for me. But I've heard of less.

[Nirvandan]

I will keep an eye on mine, so far 4.500Km in 6 weeks and im anyrhing but gentle on my tyres.

[blackbetty]

I got about 17,000 out of mine and have replaced them with Michelin Pilot Sport on rear (they were cheap 2nd hand 90% tread for about $150 each) and Marangoni Mythos on the front.

[dOttY]

I will keep an eye on mine, so far 4.500Km in 6 weeks and im anyrhing but gentle on my tyres.

Good to see I'm not the only one with lotsa miles when compared with the age of vehicle! I can't stop driving my car.... about 4500kms in 9wks (I thought I was bad Nirvandan, but you're worse!)

[MEL321]

I got about 30k - but should have changed at 25k - nearly died when I got a quote which was definately the "your a dumb female price" - now have the cheapest of cheap....but they make driving all that much more fun!! I've trashed my resale anyway.....just about to hit 50,000kms is under two years!