Tyre wear rate RS6 - normal driving

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I replaced all 4 tyres 1.5k miles ago with brand new Michelin PS2 R01's 8mm of tread.

Over these miles I've been driving normally with a bit of Fun here and there - however today I decided to check the tread depths to find that all 4 had a wear spread 6.5/7/7.5 inside/middle/outside so 1.5mm tread loss in 1.5k miles... Assuming the wear is linear then I have 4.9mm until they are on the limit inside edge.

So is 6.4k miles out of hard rubber really a wear rate to expect from near on £900 worth of tyres? About 14 pence per mile on tyres or it would mean two sets of tyres at least a year for me

Pressure is set correctly and no loss of any pressure from fitting.

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btdk5 said:

So what? That's completely standard.

The c63 will keep tyres for about 7-8k.

Not what I'm used to (30-40k out of a set) driving just as spirited.

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I wonder how a set half the price Kuhumos would last is assume more than 3.2k miles which if that is the case its better buying a lesser brand but still a decent model within the lesser brand

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GC8 said:

Is this a serious post? My 944 Turbo managed 3,000 on a pair of new rear tyres. I wouldn't expect a great deal more from an RS6 - do you?

If I usually get 30-40k out of a set of tyres driving spiritedly but then a change of car but near on double power reduces this to c6k seems disproportionate.

3k on a set of tyres ouch!

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btdk5 said:

I think that's why people suggest doing a bit of research on running costs before buying a car.

If you do 40k a year you're in for a shocker.

No I do 13-18k now dependant.

As soon as I saw it in the flesh there was no way I couldn't buy it .

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Fox- said:

Welshbeef said:

Not what I'm used to (30-40k out of a set) driving just as spirited.

I hear the road tax is expensive too, have you considered trading it for a diesel 3 Series? Good deals on leases at the moment.

Tax is only about £280pa as its pre the new banding so identical to my old 300d

But to date my total spend is scale raging to well over £800pcm - without need for expensive changes like cambelts brakes or anything which breaks - so I am very much weighing things up at the moment nearly a year so a real potential time to change.

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Will be measuring the tread depth soon to see if the wear rate has continued.

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longfellow said:

Welshbeef said:

Will be measuring the tread depth soon to see if the wear rate has continued.

Fancy answering any of the questions in this thread WB?

So when are you chopping it in for the 335D then?

I don't do any drifting
Currently it seems I be over 2/3rds B road up from old trend
No good deals on 3 series diesels all have been pulled
They are 255's didn't get what you meant initially so I checked the tyres and yep 255's so no idea where you got that - I checked my summary and it states. 255's there then I looked into the individual cost history and you'd picked it up there this has been rectified (I don't normally put any comments in the notes not do the vast majority on PH so just adding more detail for my own benefit.
Know the costs before hand but as always man maths plus no one had said 6k out of a set of rubber -but as said above need another measurement soon to check the trend
Never been on RS246 however from my understanding (like Bimmerland) its very much a USA forums.

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longfellow said:

Err... Let's put it this way, if you have an RS6, you know about RS246 unless you car is still under warranty and you don't give a hoot about costs.
RS246 is most definitely a British forum not US.

Well I certainly didn't before I bought so there you go.

Thanks for pointing it out will take a look

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Well a bit of a surprise today as I measured the tread depth - they have now done 4.2k miles and all are 6.5mm min.

So its actually much much better wear rate

They come with what 8mm new so 4.2k miles wearing 1.5mm so assuming the same wear rate down to 1.6mm then these should mathematically last 18k miles which is frankly very good indeed.

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snoopy25 said:

So panic over nothing then

Most definitely.

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TA14 said:

so his tyres have supposedly not worn at all since the first reading

Or I'd possibly marginally over read first time