Tyre wear!

[smifffymoto]

Somebody on a Facebook group my wife is on is reporting needing 4 new tyres on a VW ID4 after only 13,500km.

Is this normal and does it totally negate any fuel cost savings?

[essayer]

Maybe if they’re drifting it everywhere!

My Leaf needs new fronts after about 19k, which I didn’t think too bad for a 210bhp-ish car. Rears absolutely fine.

The Zoe was about the same wear rate.

[Indecision]

Doesn’t sound right - I’m on original tyres at 33k on a Tesla M3P.

[gangzoom]

I get 25k miles per set on our heavy, lardy, X.

[SWoll]

Certainly sound like BS IME, assuming the car has been used normally and isn't running winter tyres all year round of course.

We've covered 15k miles in an i3 and still had a few k more left in the rears (fronts were absolutely fine), 20k miles in a Model 3 P and still had life in all 4 and now 13k miles in an etron and barely showing any wear at all all round.

[Sheepshanks]

I’ve seen comments about an alignment issue (from new) on ID4 causing the inside edges to go

Quick Google shows a few hits.

[annodomini2]

Insufficient information to make an informed judgement.

Are they original tyres to the car?

If not, are they e.g. winters or budgets etc?

How has the car been driven?

Environment the car is driving in?

Are they a real owner or just a troll?

[ashenfie]

Sounds like captain wheel spin. Can’t think that all four tyres would go that quickly. Only on 4’wheel drive cars do all the tyres go at the same time , then heavy car like my old Xc90 lasted around 20k miles.

[SWoll]

Sheepshanks said:

I’ve seen comments about an alignment issue (from new) on ID4 causing the inside edges to go

Quick Google shows a few hits.

Yep, that would do it.

[smifffymoto]

From the facebook post,

He is a retired bloke,the car is on long term rental which had 5000km on it before he took it up to 13,500km. He has been quoted 1500€for 4 tyres and that is with a 25% discount

I think the garageis expecting to make quick buck.

Edited by smifffymoto on Sunday 23 October 09:42

[Sheepshanks]

smifffymoto said:

He has been quoted 1500€for 4 tyres and that is with a 25% discount

French village garage pricing? Our colleagues there say everything costs a fortune.

[DodgyGeezer]

to all the people saying it's fake etc surely doesn't it depend on a number of factors?

- the type of tyre... soft compound tyres can wear out rather swiftly
- underinflated tyres will wear out far more quickly
- do they regularly drive on a road with speed 'cushions' as these can screw your tyres

[kambites]

As above it's perfectly possible to get through a set of tyres in 13k km if you drive badly enough and/or don't look after the car properly.

[Sheepshanks]

kambites said:

As above it's perfectly possible to get through a set of tyres in 13k km if you drive badly enough and/or don't look after the car properly.

Apart from there seeming to be a general issue with ID4 tyre lifetime, the story is a bit pointless as who knows how the car was driven for its first 5000kms - we a demo FWD petrol car brought to us at work that we couldn't use as the fronts were bald. It had done 4K miles.

[NDA]

I've just replaced the rears on my Model 3 - 25,000 miles (40k kilometres) and could have done a few more, but with bad weather on the way and fairly high speed motorway commuting, I thought I'd do them a bit early. The fronts will need doing within the next 5,000 I would have thought.

[SWoll]

DodgyGeezer said:

to all the people saying it's fake etc surely doesn't it depend on a number of factors?

- the type of tyre... soft compound tyres can wear out rather swiftly
- underinflated tyres will wear out far more quickly
- do they regularly drive on a road with speed 'cushions' as these can screw your tyres

I'd suggest the comments are all suggesting that it should be doing a lot better than that assuming correct tyres for the conditions, normal driving and no technical faults (alignment/low pressures etc.)

Suggesting this is a representative example of what can be expected from EV's, and as such balances out the other running cost savings as per the OP is patently inaccurate I'm sure you'd agree?

[lizardbrain]

Yes I think I managed about 15k on my first EV.

Very easy to do if you drive badly.

But easy enough to avoid with only minor adjustments to driving.

[Aventador 700]

Sheepshanks said:

smifffymoto said:

He has been quoted 1500€for 4 tyres and that is with a 25% discount

French village garage pricing? Our colleagues there say everything costs a fortune.

Nah, €1600 gets 4 x massive cup2s, something stinks there (norauto)

[DodgyGeezer]

SWoll said:

DodgyGeezer said:

to all the people saying it's fake etc surely doesn't it depend on a number of factors?

- the type of tyre... soft compound tyres can wear out rather swiftly
- underinflated tyres will wear out far more quickly
- do they regularly drive on a road with speed 'cushions' as these can screw your tyres

I'd suggest the comments are all suggesting that it should be doing a lot better than that assuming correct tyres for the conditions, normal driving and no technical faults (alignment/low pressures etc.)

Suggesting this is a representative example of what can be expected from EV's, and as such balances out the other running cost savings as per the OP is patently inaccurate I'm sure you'd agree?

[SWoll]

Aventador 700 said:

Sheepshanks said:

smifffymoto said:

He has been quoted 1500€for 4 tyres and that is with a 25% discount

French village garage pricing? Our colleagues there say everything costs a fortune.

Nah, €1600 gets 4 x massive cup2s, something stinks there (norauto)

The standard fit Bridgestone Turanzo Eco tyres for the ID4 are anywhere from £200-300 a corner in the UK before fitting if bought online. Add dealer tax and fitting charges and the price doesn't look that out of whack TBH.