2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Chevrolet

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  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    Man, I'm glad I have wimpy tire sizes for autoX. One rear tire would almost buy a new set of 4.
  • speed6er_speed6er_ Member Posts: 1
    Tirerack has a lot of options in this size for significantly less money. $1700 bucks is crazy.
  • cobrysoncobryson Member Posts: 110
    http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?customSizeSearch=true&performance=ALL&frontWidth=245/&frontRatio=35&frontDiameter=19&rearWidth=285/&rearRatio=30&rearDiameter=20

    There you go, 10 other options, all cheaper. What's the real explanation?
  • cobrysoncobryson Member Posts: 110
    OK, so that link didn't work (where did the new comment system go??), but you get the point.
  • s197gts197gt Member Posts: 486
    the Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position available from the tire rack would have probably given you 90+% of the performance for 60% (or thereabouts) of the price. they tested well against the pilot super sports in tire rack's testing.
  • desmoliciousdesmolicious Member Posts: 671
    As Cobryson mentioned, spending about 10 seconds resulted in 11 matches.
    So what's the deal here with "we found absolutely nothing"?
  • zman49zman49 Member Posts: 12
    Wow, so tire costs for a Vet are over 15 cents a mile (including the taxes and install).
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,283
    Tire rack has a set of 4 for the Z51 for under $1100 before shipping.
    2024 Ford F-150 STX, 2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
  • fordson1fordson1 Unconfirmed Posts: 1,512
    I would still get Pilot Super Sports, but not the ZP crap. Save $100 per front, $120 per rear - and they're just better tires. The $440 I save will pay for a lot of flatbed service in the event I need to be rescued. And remember, the only instance in which ZP tires will be any help is just a simple, small puncture - you hit something in the road and take a big chunk out of a ZP tire, you're not going anywhere.
  • cx7lovercx7lover Member Posts: 90
    $100 cheaper in a few hours would have sent me to the valley

    Then again, having a set of Bridgestone S-04 PP tires on my '14 M6 would have me choosing them over paying nearly double for tires that perform only slightly better.
  • opfreakopfreak Member Posts: 106
    is it really 13k miles on these tires? or is it more like 7k because the trip to Detroit was on winter tires?

    This sites editors/writers quality seems to be going down.
  • cobrysoncobryson Member Posts: 110
    It's a 2-way street, @opfreak. Read closely-13,000 miles on the tires, ~18,000 on the car. There's your discrepancy.
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