What sort of mileage do you get out of a set of tyres?
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Was over at a friend's earlier to help him swap some wheels around on his family wagon (a VW Touran), he said the rears have been on the car since new, still had ~3mm of tread and had just ticked over 80,000 miles! He was only changing them as he had a spare set of alloys and had only just noticed the rear tyres were 11 years old so were due a change. 80k miles is pretty good going, I thought.
Meanwhile on an old works car I got a puncture on the way back from a service, where they'd changed the tyres too. It had covered 9 miles between tyre changes. grumpy
What's the best/worst you have got out of a set of tyres?
Meanwhile on an old works car I got a puncture on the way back from a service, where they'd changed the tyres too. It had covered 9 miles between tyre changes. grumpy
What's the best/worst you have got out of a set of tyres?
The 335D I just traded in still had the fronts it came with and the rears I put on it in July ‘23. Fronts legal but could do with replacing, rears ok a bit longer. Car was bought in October ‘22 and I put about 36k miles on it. Fronts were rainsports, rears were Michelin cross climates.
I changed the original front Bridgestone’s at 45K miles on 2005 Merc C270CDi but only because the edges had scrubbed and they looked bad at a kerbside glance. They still had 4 mm in the centre. Was mentioned on one MOT but not at the next.
The rears lasted 16K - caught me out and they were worn beyond where I’d normally change tyres.
The rears lasted 16K - caught me out and they were worn beyond where I’d normally change tyres.
I invariably use all terrain tyres on my Freelander 2. Had 48000 out of a set of General Grabbers, still legal with 3mm + on them.
Last set of Continental Cross Contact ATRs only managed 40000. Replaced with Michelin latitude cross a few weeks ago, high expectations for decent miles out of those.
Last set of Continental Cross Contact ATRs only managed 40000. Replaced with Michelin latitude cross a few weeks ago, high expectations for decent miles out of those.
cliffords said:
Just for some opposite Ballance .
I have some Kumho tyres on the rear of an old Jag. They have been on 1000 miles and all ready down to 4 mm.
Drive gently, tracking and pressure correct .
I had to change all four Pirelli P Zeros at 6800 miles on my Hyundai i20N bought new in Sept 23. Apparently this is quite good for these tyres as some people have only got 4000 odd miles out of them if used enthusiastically. Swapped front to rear at 3000 miles and they were already down to 4.5mm.I have some Kumho tyres on the rear of an old Jag. They have been on 1000 miles and all ready down to 4 mm.
Drive gently, tracking and pressure correct .
The Pirelli's are a bespoke tyre developed especially for the i20N but are very soft need a bit of heat to get the best out of them. Replaced with Michelin PS5 now and are a big improvement
2172cc said:
I had to change all four Pirelli P Zeros at 6800 miles on my Hyundai i20N bought new in Sept 23. Apparently this is quite good for these tyres as some people have only got 4000 odd miles out of them if used enthusiastically.
That was about the mileage I used to get out of my Ford GT. Mad.I have a Tesla M3 for daily duties and I'm getting around 30,000 miles out of a set.
cliffords said:
Just for some opposite Ballance .
I have some Kumho tyres on the rear of an old Jag. They have been on 1000 miles and all ready down to 4 mm.
Drive gently, tracking and pressure correct .
My S-type ate tyres for fun, not fun at the prices back then even tried switching to the OEM recommended brand and made no difference. I have some Kumho tyres on the rear of an old Jag. They have been on 1000 miles and all ready down to 4 mm.
Drive gently, tracking and pressure correct .
My Yokohama's have been on the Crown for about 3yrs now but WFH has dropped my mileage significantly so getting to 3-4mm around now is about right.
LightweightLouisDanvers said:
I invariably use all terrain tyres on my Freelander 2. Had 48000 out of a set of General Grabbers, still legal with 3mm + on them.
Michelin latitude cross a few weeks ago, high expectations for decent miles out of those.
Most Michelin tyres have less tread depth from new, may not do as many because of that.Michelin latitude cross a few weeks ago, high expectations for decent miles out of those.
Obviously very car dependent - and driver!
From experience, smaller non sporty hatchbacks, citroens, peugeots etc in particular can run on a set of rear tyres for eons - lightweight cars, with very front biased weight distribution, but also a very front biased drive - soft suspension on the front, a lot of load being transferred onto the front outer tyre on roundabouts etc, no weight in the back as its only ever 1 up with an empty boot and 1/4 tank of fuel, the back tyres basically only there because the rule book says you need to have 4.
Partners C3 did I think about 3:1 ratio in terms of front to back tyre wear, all on the same michelin tyre type and size too.
If you keep on top of rotating them regularly its not a problem, but of course no one ever does.
Many, many of these cars will sit on a forecourt at 4, 5, 6 years old with one brand new set of budget tyres, and one 5 year old pair of rock hard, cracked OE fit originals!
From experience, smaller non sporty hatchbacks, citroens, peugeots etc in particular can run on a set of rear tyres for eons - lightweight cars, with very front biased weight distribution, but also a very front biased drive - soft suspension on the front, a lot of load being transferred onto the front outer tyre on roundabouts etc, no weight in the back as its only ever 1 up with an empty boot and 1/4 tank of fuel, the back tyres basically only there because the rule book says you need to have 4.
Partners C3 did I think about 3:1 ratio in terms of front to back tyre wear, all on the same michelin tyre type and size too.
If you keep on top of rotating them regularly its not a problem, but of course no one ever does.
Many, many of these cars will sit on a forecourt at 4, 5, 6 years old with one brand new set of budget tyres, and one 5 year old pair of rock hard, cracked OE fit originals!
cerb4.5lee said:
Best for me was Vredestein Quatrac 5 on the GLC350d, and I got 50k miles out of the front, and 75k miles out of the rears.
The worst was Continental Sport Contact 5's on the rear of the GLE400d, and they only lasted 6k miles/3 months.
Amazing how those cars chould produce such wildly different results.The worst was Continental Sport Contact 5's on the rear of the GLE400d, and they only lasted 6k miles/3 months.
Sheepshanks said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Best for me was Vredestein Quatrac 5 on the GLC350d, and I got 50k miles out of the front, and 75k miles out of the rears.
The worst was Continental Sport Contact 5's on the rear of the GLE400d, and they only lasted 6k miles/3 months.
Amazing how those cars chould produce such wildly different results.The worst was Continental Sport Contact 5's on the rear of the GLE400d, and they only lasted 6k miles/3 months.
I've currently got Continentals on the X5 40d, and they're on nearly 17k miles now, and there's still loads of tread left on them though in comparison.
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