Mondeo tyre use
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she's not a fast driver and doesn't push them. The wear is even right across the tyre the preasures are always checked and ok. Spoke to a few sales reps who have them and say their tyre wear is high too. Just wondered if there was a way to solve it? What make of tyre's do you run, hers are vardeistine, (I no that isn't spelt correctly!)
TVR nut said:
she's not a fast driver and doesn't push them. The wear is even right across the tyre the preasures are always checked and ok. Spoke to a few sales reps who have them and say their tyre wear is high too. Just wondered if there was a way to solve it? What make of tyre's do you run, hers are vardeistine, (I no that isn't spelt correctly!)
Vredstein?I'm running Yokos which are soft...!!
Hankooks wear well, but might be worth paying for the Conti Sport 3s.
TVR nut said:
Spoke to a few sales reps who have them and say their tyre wear is high too.
Does your missus drive like a sales rep?Do the Vredestein's have a tread wear rating on the sidewall? It's a US standard but many tyres have it anyway. Some OEM tyres are really low - like 140 etc. A tyre that is 280 should last twice as long. Most "eco" tyres are towards 400.
It's largely about how the power is used though - I used to be a sales rep and we had guys (me!) who could get through tyres in under 10K miles but one guy was famous for never having tyres changed (we used to buy the car and sell them at just under 60K miles).
Edited by Deva Link on Tuesday 13th July 10:27
After all these posts i think i'll book it into another garage for a double check.
My good lady does not drive fast atall, we sold a mondeo st220 for this one and got a good 15000 miles out the front tyres.
The people i've spoken too reckon that its a heavy engine in these mondeos and thats half the problem, i'm not convinced
This is the forth set of tyres and the car is at around 26500 miles,
think i'll sell it and buy another 220.
My good lady does not drive fast atall, we sold a mondeo st220 for this one and got a good 15000 miles out the front tyres.
The people i've spoken too reckon that its a heavy engine in these mondeos and thats half the problem, i'm not convinced
This is the forth set of tyres and the car is at around 26500 miles,
think i'll sell it and buy another 220.
The 220 engine weighs about the same. Granted the diesel pumps out more torque but still.
TVR nut said:
After all these posts i think i'll book it into another garage for a double check.
My good lady does not drive fast atall, we sold a mondeo st220 for this one and got a good 15000 miles out the front tyres.
The people i've spoken too reckon that its a heavy engine in these mondeos and thats half the problem, i'm not convinced
This is the forth set of tyres and the car is at around 26500 miles,
think i'll sell it and buy another 220.
The heavy engine wouldn't acount for only 7000 miles out of the tyres. I have the same 2.2 TDCI, tweaked for more torque and hooned everywhere mercilessly I still get 12-15k out of a set. Is she a smooth driver (throttle and clutch on the Mondy aren't the easiest to modulate)? Though even that wouldn't account for the wear you've decribed. Get another opinion and maybe try some different tyres.My good lady does not drive fast atall, we sold a mondeo st220 for this one and got a good 15000 miles out the front tyres.
The people i've spoken too reckon that its a heavy engine in these mondeos and thats half the problem, i'm not convinced
This is the forth set of tyres and the car is at around 26500 miles,
think i'll sell it and buy another 220.Gassing Station | Ford | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff