Golf GTI PP DSG 2010 Tyre usage

[bones33]

Hi there quick question...

I had my tyres replaced on my car in March of this year and the alignment done by a tyre garage at the time of change. When driving the car home it did drive in a straight line but the steering wheel was not totally central but as it was driving straight did not think anything about it.

Today 13k miles later whilst having a bulb changed on the car (bumper off jobby) the garage said that my inside front tyres where down to the wire and need replacing. The tyres I had on where not budget tires but Bridgestone and I was very surprised that I only got 13k on the fronts. I have only owned this car for 1.5 years so do not know what wear I should expect so thought I would ask the pistonhead community.

Should I have got more than 13k?
Was my alignment possible not done or done wrongly?
Could there be another underlying problem that I should get looked at?

My driving style is not hard and the roads I drive on daily are a mix of back roads to motorway depending on work.

Thanks for your replies.

[Spidersleg]

Tyre wear can vary massively from how you drive and where you drive, but the fact they have worn to the wire on the inside would suggest something is amiss and not "normal" tyre wear. I just scraped 12k from the front tyres on my GTD, no motorway driving.

I'm sure someone will be along to give you a list of possible broken parts that cause uneven tyre wear.

[RammyMP]

That mileage doesn’t seem too bad. With every front wheel drive car I’ve had I’ve managed between 10k and 20k miles.

[Novexx]

13k on a PP seems pretty reasonable, if not pretty good.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Novexx said:

13k on a PP seems pretty reasonable, if not pretty good.

But not if the wear is uneven, and to the inner edges.

I got 28,000 out of my mark 7 Golf R.

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

How much tread depth is left on the rest of the tyre?

[bones33]

the rest of the tyre had about half tread left which is why I was not expecting having to buy new tyres already.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Yep, something wrong somewhere

[HughG]

Is it lowered? If it is they might not be able to get the camber where it needs to be to wear evenly.

[bones33]

No totally standard car.

Going to take it to my VW garage Friday afternoon I shall let you know what they find out.

[xjay1337]

It should wear evenly.
I always had even tyre wear on my Golfs (2 of them) and Scirocco.

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

Almost certainly the tracking is toeing out too much.