P55-TT

It’s about time for new rubber, the Conti-sports fitted orgionally last me 20K. I have good experience with Diamaris (N0) on a X5 that still have plenty of tread after 28K before I sold it. (both on 19” rim)

I know CT is a heavy and fast truck and sometimes driven more aggressively than X5.

Which tire will you recommended ( conti-sports or Diamaris) ?

Will Diamaris N1 last a bit longer ?

For my tire wear, both front ends wear more on the inside ( 1st tred pattern)and both rear ones wear a little more on the outside. 99% of the time, the car was driven in low ride high and normal shock setting.

To my understanding If the car was lower and it should wear more on the inside tire, why my rear tires wear more on the outside? ( 2nd tread pattern counting from outside)

I guess if I am rotating every 10K both front and rear should wear evenly, but is this kind of tire wear normal? ( inside fronts and outside rears )

Should I get dealer to re-check my camber setting ?

skl

Don't know how anyone can get 20K- I got less than 12K on the OEM Pirellis and less than 10K on replacement Michelin Diamaris on 19 OEM wheels. I don't drive it like a sports car but do tow with it. Drive it in low normal mode most of the time... in fact today I'm getting new Michelin Lattitudes (not as sticky but a lot better wear rating) at our local Costco. Hope they last a little longer- I'm tired of getting new tires every year and I even run different tires and wheels in the winter!

TimC.

I have brand new 275/40R20 106W Toyo Proxes S/T and I love the ride!!! I also have air suspension so I can play with the feel I want.
The 20" OEM Diamaris were nice, but I barely got 10k miles out of them WTF!! The cheapest I could find replacements was $1600 using tire rack. It all comes down to the tread wear rating. The Michelins are Treadwear 220 and the Toyo's are Treadwear 420

Even the Michelin site ranks the tread wear at 6 out of 10
http://www.michelinman.com/catalog/...retype=5&tire=4
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If you go to all the tire sites and read the reviews....everyone is pissed at how fast the Michelins wear out. We did a calculation on this board and found that you will pay .20 cents per mile for rubber LOL Especially on the Turbo. The Toyo's get rave reviews for wear.

How is this for a review !! 191 mph on Toyo's
"Toyo Tires Porsche Breaks World Speed Record"
http://www.toyo.com/news/news_details.cfm?id=107

Also:
Toyo Tires has been voted #1 in product quality for 8 years running in the annual Tire Review magazine survey of independent tire dealers - passenger/light truck segment. For a reprint of survey highlights, call 877-299-8696.

TimC.

...Link to pictures of how mine look

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...highlight=Toyo

skl

Treadwear on the Lattitude is 440 compared to something like 180 or 220 for the Diamaris. I'll let you know in 6-8K miles...
(I thought about the Toyos but have been happy with my service at Costco and they couldn't get them.)

PogueMoHone

I was able to buy the replacement 20" Diamaris (N1) for $1400, including tax and installation, at America's Tire.

The originals lasted 11K miles, and my Dealer said that normal wear was around 9000 miles. I still gave my wife a little heat about wearing out the tries so quickly. We'll see if she does any better with the second set.

JFScheck

Just placed new Diamaris on my 19" rims - head and shoulders better than the P's that came with my Cayenne.

My 18's have Conti-All Season's that seem nice...

The "Michi-Dude" rules in this house hold when it comes to shoes for my kids...

skl

Well, I've got 20 miles on my new MIchelin Lattitudes and they still look pretty good....

Grssypond

I'm at 2k on my Latitude HPs and they look great. Cannot detect any wear. I got 8k out of my Diamaris. I'm on 20s in a CTT.

Grssypond

BTW...My tire store complained to Michelin about the poor wear I got on the Diamaris...and I got a credit of $70/tire.....Saved $280 on the Latitude.

So far the ride is good, not as grippy as the Diamaris....but what do I know, I really do not press the CTT.

P55-TT

To: skl
sorry forgot to mention it's 20,000 km not mile ~ 12500 mile.
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Apparently the N1 Diamaris only available in 20", and Latitude™ Tour HP is not offered in Australia.

Ordered 4 Diamaris (@ 480US/pc) since it seems to last a bit longer in my pervious X5 4.4...

Hope Michelin will release Latitude by the time of my next replacement or maybe TOYO as suggested by TimC.

mambodoc

Am upping to an 06 CTT which has Turbo Mag 18"s and I'm transferring my 20"s on sport designs from my 06 V6 manual, onto it at the dealership. The Contis on the 20"s at 13k, wearing nicely though will need changing out ayt some point. . My question is what to mount if I'm 99% in Fl. with an occasional trip up to NJ, possibly in winter. I cannot afford to keep a set of 18's around for the winter and was hoping the Michelin Latitudes would do me well with performance while keeping me alive in a possible winter weather scenario. Any input is greatly apptreciated.

skl

The Lattitudes are rated M+S whereas the Diamaris is strictly a performance tire so they'd probably be ok for occasional snow etc. I've only had them for 3 days but they seem to ride nicely (probably in my head as I just spent another 1+K on tires!)...

DMD

So what's better and what's the difference between the Latitude Sports and the Toyos?

charlieXS

the production of a 10K tire for a 5000 lb SUV is criminal...

And those who actually BUY them are enablers.