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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
What do you recommend for owners of classic cars that don't get much use? My Speedster is kept inside under a cover if I'm not driving it and I drive it less than 1000 miles a year. Same with the 911 and 356 coupe, though they get more use, but not by a whole lot. Add the old truck and the VW and I should be replacing 5 sets of tires with 95% tread life every ?? years.
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Much of that depends on the usage of the tires. At concours events some owners will put on the original tires a car came with on their 1970s and 1980s cars. Those are just to drive onto the field, and not for a spirited drive in the mountains.
If you are just driving the car to the car show at reasonable speeds and no hard cornering, I really would not worry much about it.
I never get more than a few years from my 911s tires as autocross and track days are great for shedding the nasty unsprung weight of excess tread and brake pad thickness.
My wife's 2017 Macan still has the original tires on it. She only has 22,000 miles on the car. It stays in the garage when not being driven, and not driven in icy conditions at all, and only driven in rain when necessary. We will likely wait another year of so before replacing them. They are the ONLY part of the vehicle in contact with the ground and provide 100% of the traction to go, turn or stop the vehicle. Kinda important tasks.