This is my first post on this forum - nice to find it! We have a 2007 Maxima and live in a rural area, so 90% of our driving mileage is on the highway, as it's a 60 mile round trip even to the nearest small town. Just this morning, for example, I ran an errand to a couple of stores and put over 100 miles on the road.

I'm trying to find the best high-mileage tires for this car. I'm not really into curve-hugging performance, so that's not really a concern, and being in central Texas, snow isn't a factor, either. We do have scorching-hot summers, though, which can wear down a highway tire pretty quick.

As we all know, the low-profile Maxima tires are "high performance" tires, which by definition tend to have softer tread compounds and thus don't last all that long. Does anybody have a recommendation for a tire for this car, with the longest possible tread life in these conditions?

 

look in the wheels / tires subsection, not this one.

Also, find reviews from consumer reports and user reviews from tirerack to base your purchase on.

 

Yokohama YK 580

 

Michelin Primacy MXV4

 

The Michelin Primacy MXV4 is an awesome tire.
I purchased mine at the end of December 2009 and drive an average of 15,000 a year.

So long story short, I've put over 30,000 highway miles on them and I still have decent tread to get me through this summer.
I'll probably need a new set before the end of this year.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....l=Primacy+MXV4

If you live in the snow belt and change over to a dedicated snow tire then I recommend the Michelin X-Ice Xi3.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....odel=X-Ice+Xi3

Michelin's are expensive but they really are awesome tires and I think money well spent.