My tyres have done 58,000 miles. How long do yours last?

My tyres have done 58,000 miles. How long do yours last?

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mat205125

17,790 posts

212 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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kapiteinlangzaam said:
XC90 - 15-20k miles. Mainly mway work too... thats what 2300kg of SUV will do to tyres.

Previous MINI R56 - sold at 35k miles on original tyres, still 5mm remaining, so that was v. good.
E70 BMW X5 - Owned it for 18 months now, and none of the bridgestones it came with were brand new then. I've covered nearly 35k of mixed driving in that time, and the fronts are only just due for replacement, with the rears hopefully with plenty left to last into the summer.

spikeyhead

17,222 posts

196 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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My record is 500 miles for a set of rears on a Caterham but it was huge fun doing it.

Driving gently (ish) then I'll get 2500 out of a set of AD08Rs on the Atom.

Dodsy

7,172 posts

226 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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I dont get many miles on most of my cars as they only do about 5k a year so get replaced based on age rather than wear. I'd be be concerned about any tyre that had gone over 40k and still wasnt wearing down , I always look for any signs of cracking on the sidewalls or between the tread blocks. But thats probably because I never get to that kind of mileage on a tyre ae they really still in great condition at high mileage regardless of the tread depth ?

My Daily driver Jag I am please if I get 8k out of the rears, fronts I have been able to stretch to 20k.


Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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DoubleSix said:
Balance of probabilities.

Not many mega-mile reps in BMW 116s
Really? Isn't a BMW 116d one of the most typical high mileage rep cars?
Low Benefit in Kind and good fuel economy.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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The Kumho tyres on my hack have lasted about 30,000 miles, but they're st, I only bought them because I like the brand name.

pherlopolus

2,087 posts

157 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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my fronts are half worn at 10k, they will be back to front swapped at first service - hopefully they will last the lease (20k) I have adjusted my driving to go slower round corners.

It's a 1.2dig-t qashqai on sport contact 5's

EJH

932 posts

208 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Abarth: Fronts: 14,000 miles
Rears: 3mm left after 6 ½ years and 23k miles but being changed due to age

911: First set of rears lasted 8,000 miles
Now changed due to age, every 6 years
(Having grown up, fronts are prob good for ~20k, rears prob ~12k)

M3: Fronts: Lasted very well; just over half worn after 10,000+ miles
Rears: 1,500 miles 1st set
4,000 miles 2nd set
6,500 miles 3rd set
I’m sure longer distances were possible if one wasn’t a child.

M3 is the only car that I changed brands on. Came with Kumho but changed to Michelin. Michelin lasted much longer than Kumhos, gave better fuel economy and the car was much nicer to drive (vastly more predictable); spending money made sense!

Nedzilla

2,439 posts

173 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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I made the original set of OE Dunlop run flats on my Nissan GTR last till just over 18k miles which must be some kind of record. Admittedly the rears were are good as slicks but the fronts still had a good 3mm or so.
Reason I had them on so long was,the at the time,the replacement michelins I wanted were like rocking horse poo.

juliethotel

255 posts

148 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Mk1 Eunos roadster, welded diff. I think I got
about 600 out of my last set smile I try not to spend more than 40 quid on a pair smile




cat with a hat

1,484 posts

117 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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about 3500 miles for my rear tyre...

DoubleSix

11,691 posts

175 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Jimmy Recard said:
DoubleSix said:
Balance of probabilities.

Not many mega-mile reps in BMW 116s
Really? Isn't a BMW 116d one of the most typical high mileage rep cars?
Low Benefit in Kind and good fuel economy.
I suspect the fact that OP hasn't come back and confirmed age of tyres tells it's own story...

spikeyhead

17,222 posts

196 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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EJH said:
M3 is the only car that I changed brands on. Came with Kumho but changed to Michelin. Michelin lasted much longer than Kumhos, gave better fuel economy and the car was much nicer to drive (vastly more predictable); spending money made sense!
I've just gone from Kumho to Pirelli on the Saab it is much nicer to drive.

gazza285

9,779 posts

207 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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80,000 miles on my Berlingo van, lightly loaded and lots of motorway, Hankook commercial tyres. The spare was the original Michelin, used it once after a puncture, that would have been 12 years old then, the underslung saddle it sat in had formed grooves in the sidewall it had been there that long...

dumfriesdave

384 posts

136 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Roaringopenfire said:
The front tyres on my BMW 116 have now done 58,000 miles and show no signs of needing replacing. I used to think 35,000 was good on a 3 series. What's the biggest mileage anyone has got from tyres? The tyres are Michelin Energy Saver.
Not Davanti tyres? smile

wobert

5,010 posts

221 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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2014 B8.5 Audi A4, 59500 still on the original rears although a couple of thousand more and they'll be in the bin!

RussH91

363 posts

159 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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I've had my car a year in April so far i've burnt £540 worth of conti contact 5. 2 pairs on the front 1 on the rear. And it's due another set on the front i've done 18k.

It's a SAAB 9-5 estate, think I need to find a harder wearing tyre...

EJH

932 posts

208 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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spikeyhead said:
I've just gone from Kumho to Pirelli on the Saab it is much nicer to drive.
On Kumhos I had understeer, snap oversteer and poor feel on the way to either.

I bought the car with Kumhos on it but the rears were bald. Local shop had Kumhos in stock so I got rears to match. I ordered the Michelins pretty soon afterwards by which time the (new) rears had 2mm and the fronts were half-worn.

The fuel economy difference was twice the cost difference and it was much nicer to drive!

Seventy

5,500 posts

137 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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My rears are at 68000. I reckon they've got another 25000 minimum in them.

bern

1,262 posts

219 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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surveyor said:
bern said:
Wow, that's some going.

The fronts on my old company car octavia vRS use to last 8k!

My new Volvo XC60 seems remarkably light on its tyres. 13k in and I've just swapped them front to back but there was only a small amount of wear difference between them and not much overall wear, probably around 2mm off the front set?

Not bad for a 2 tonne front wheel drive SUV type thing.
2wd or 4wd?

Mine's ready for new fronts coming up to 30k
2WD (a pretend SUV!)

ch108

1,127 posts

132 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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58000 miles on rear tyres on a fwd car. They still had legal tread but the ride was getting rough accompanied by a rumbling noise. On closer inspection of the date of manufacture they were made in 2006. The same age as the car. They must have been the original tyres and i think they must have being going out of shape or deteriorating from the sidewalls, although they looked okay. A pair of new tyres solved the rough ride and the rumbling sound.

Then after only 100 miles on the new tyres, I got a puncture on one, and had to buy another new tyre. Typically it never happened when I was running about on 9 year old tyres!