new appreciation for PowerSpoke wheels

Quiet Mini said:
Their original name was Corona wheel. Changed for reasons.
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Yes, they were Corona Spoke wheels when I ordered my MINI Cooper SE in 2019. Then came the Corona virus, which shut down MINI production at Plant Oxford and caused the company to rethink the name of those wheels.
 
Slapping my Power Spokes back on today. It's sunny and breezy, and will only get to 50° today, but overnight lows – I leave for work at 4:00 am – likely won't dip below freezing again until late October. Experience over the last few changeover seasons tells me that the Eagle F1s stick surprisingly better than expected at low temps, so I'm not too worried about low-30s. Hoping to get a fourth summer out of them before they wear through to the nylon threads.
 
SameGuy said:
Slapping my Power Spokes back on today. It's sunny and breezy, and will only get to 50° today, but overnight lows – I leave for work at 4:00 am – likely won't dip below freezing again until late October. Experience over the last few changeover seasons tells me that the Eagle F1s stick surprisingly better than expected at low temps, so I'm not too worried about low-30s. Hoping to get a fourth summer out of them before they wear through to the nylon threads.
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Not cold enough to worry about tread cracking, I guess?

Anyway, how many miles total will you get out of the F1s?
 
Not many at all! Car is just about to hit 20,000 miles, and I would say about 40% has been on the winter tires, which are already very worn as well. So maybe 15,000 miles on the summers by the time they're truly finished?
 
I just got new Eagle F1s mounted, noted the odometer. I'm planning to track precisely what I get on these, by noting odometer when I switch to winter wheels and back again. My best guess on my previous two sets of F1s is about 30,000 each time.
 
Could be a combo of road surfaces and... my... enjoyment..? :cool:

Weighing "investing" 50% more in a set of PS4Ses or PS5s that'll last twice as long, or "spending" less and sticking with the cheaper F1s.
 
Puppethead said:
I just got new Eagle F1s mounted, noted the odometer. I'm planning to track precisely what I get on these, by noting odometer when I switch to winter wheels and back again. My best guess on my previous two sets of F1s is about 30,000 each time.
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Wow.
 
SameGuy said:
Wow.
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FWIW, I have just over 18,000 miles on my Pirellis, with 3-4 mm of tread remaining (to the wear bars, not the bottom of the grooves). According to TireRack, tread depth when new is 8 mm.

In addition to "enjoyment" and road surface, might the more rapid wear you've experienced be due to using summer tires in much colder temperatures for which they are designed?
 
No, not likely. At the beginning and end of summer tire season, temperatures change rapidly, usually less than two or three weeks of nighttime lows in the 30s in the spring when I swap them on, and I usually swap them off within a few days of forecast consistent lows in the low 30s.

FWIW, true winter tires are mandatory in Quebec between December 1 and March 15, but because this car isn't on all-seasons, I usually swap to summers almost a month into the "summer tire" season, and swap to winters according to the weather forecasts. Last year, nighttime lows didn't drop below 40° until mid November.
 
The weather around here has been most unusual. Since January, we've had two days of 20's and 30's followed by two days of 40's and 50's, rinse and repeat. Hardly any snow at all. I gave up and put my summer tires on a couple of weeks ago.
 
SameGuy said:
Did you end up with Pilot Sportses?
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Lol! I read this and all I could hear is Gollum:

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