Bridgestone RE960 Pole Position Tires/Misleading
I replaced the Michelin Pilots last year with the Bridgestone Re 960 Pole Position tires. These tires 1) maintain a higher treadwear rating, 2) ride much smoother than Pilots, 3) are 1/2 the price and, 4) have a 40,000 mileage warranty.
After 18,000 miles the inside portion (due to the 911 camber) started to wear. I learned that the warranty doesn'y pay for the entire tires, but only the PRORATED portion. Basically Bridgestone maintained that the tires were at 50% of the warranty period, thus they paid for 50% of the cost. Somewhat shady/misleading, but worked out better than me paying full price for the tires.
Would highly recommend these tires to all my 911 owner friends here.
After 18,000 miles the inside portion (due to the 911 camber) started to wear. I learned that the warranty doesn'y pay for the entire tires, but only the PRORATED portion. Basically Bridgestone maintained that the tires were at 50% of the warranty period, thus they paid for 50% of the cost. Somewhat shady/misleading, but worked out better than me paying full price for the tires.
Would highly recommend these tires to all my 911 owner friends here.
) because no foreign company can afford to appear to fail to succeed in the all-important US market even if the revenue they receive per car or per tyre sold is so low (since the US dollar is historically low right now). I can even imagine some Porsche models are virtually being sold at a loss in the US.
