Join the Car Talk Community!  Cursed with gooey tires.  Dear Tom
and Ray:  Last September, I purchased a 1991 Toyota MR 2. I love
the car and am enjoying every mile. I do have one problem,
though. My rear tires are wearing out twice as fast as the front
ones. They're Bridgestone RE 71 Potenzas. I never smoke the
tires--so that's not the cause of the problem. I stopped at a
tire store, and they said they replaced the tires on one MR 2
that had only 15,000 miles on it! Am I doomed to replace my rear
tires every two years at $240? Why are they wearing out?  RAY:
Well, Hank, there are several possible reasons. The first one is
you. Since you bought an MR 2, I'm going to guess that you don't
mosey down the highway at 35mph like my brother does in his '63
Dodge Dart. And you don't have to actually smoke the tires to
put a lot of wear and tear on them.  TOM: Also, the tires that
come with this car are made of a relatively soft compound. The
softer the rubber, the goo-ier the tires, and the more the car
"sticks" to t