Mileage expectations Goodyear Eagle F1's on 996 Carrera 4
Mileage expectations Goodyear Eagle F1's on 996 Carrera 4
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Sometimes

Original Poster:

7 posts

162 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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Hi Guys,

Long time lurker sorry but does anyone know/have experience of how many miles you can expect out of Goodyear Eagle F1's on the rear of a 996 Carrera 4?

Driving style is sensible with the odd hard acceleration down say a slip road 3 or 4 times a month.

There is a reason I am asking as there is a possibility of my tyres being switched while having the wheels refurbished.

Thanks in advance


monthefish

20,467 posts

260 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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Mileage expectations on that car with general driving, I would say around 4-7k? (not specific to that tyre though).
What are they at now, and how many miles have you done since new?

Hopefully you'll do better than the <800 miles I got out of a faulty set of Continental sport contacts I had, again normal driving.

(paid to have them sent back to Conti for testing to which they concluded 'nothing wrong with them' grumpy )

Chris Stott

19,446 posts

226 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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I get 8-10k out of rears on my 996. Contis and MPS's, driven reasonably hard.

Avoid Pirellis... Only managed a few thousand out of a pair.

Ady128

537 posts

172 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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How about 24,000 miles? On a 991 though. And still on the same fronts at 36,000 miles...........

Sometimes

Original Poster:

7 posts

162 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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Ok thanks for the replies so far.

We are talking 2850 miles and the tyres are right on the legal limit. The date stamp for the tyres is also 14 months prior to the date they were fitted adding to the suspicion they have been swapped

The wheel repair company involved insist they haven't been switched (they are a very reputable company not a back street garage)

Trev450

6,742 posts

201 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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Is the wear even across the width of the tyre?

Sometimes

Original Poster:

7 posts

162 months

Friday 5th August 2016
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Yes even wear across the whole tyre

cslwannabe

1,565 posts

198 months

Saturday 6th August 2016
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Not a chance you'd have worn them out in that time - do you have any health check or service paperwork which might have recorded the date on them?

MissChief

7,973 posts

197 months

Saturday 6th August 2016
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They've never been known as the longest lasting tyres but that does sound very high wear, especially with the type of driving you have been doing. However, as you've suggested unless you have proof then there's not a huge amount you can do. frown