How Long do your tyres last

Mr Cellotape

AKA Mr Ribbed
May 9, 2006
1,283
2
Warwickshire once.
As above, please put your engine, BHP, tyre manufacturer and typical mileage for changing tyres.

1.9 TDI
160BHP
Pirelli P-Zero.
17K roughly between needing new tyres.

is this good? :think:
 

Mikey_H

258.7BHP 39?ft/lb
Feb 15, 2007
810
0
Buckingham
Hi,

1.9 TDI
176bhp ish? 314lb/lb
pirelli p-zero.
9k (that includes swapping fronts to back)


Can't belive they have gone so quick but being an estate agent i do alot of driving round estates and accelerating to to mention he fact there are like 500 roundabouts in milton keynes
 

R1ch85

1/4mile - 13.935 @ 100.54
Nov 9, 2006
1,675
0
Bristol
1.4 16v
75bhp
dunlop sp sport 2000
7k for one pair, swapped backs to fronts and still goin for now :|

cant beleive they lasted such a short time, was literally 1yr from new!
 

Mikey_H

258.7BHP 39?ft/lb
Feb 15, 2007
810
0
Buckingham
well it does make a big difference because it means pretty much all day 6 days a week i am driving round housing estates wich means alot of stopping and starting and accelerating but mayb thats just me making an excuse tothe fact i have burnt 4 tyres out in 9kmiles lol
 

gazjones

Guest
erm 241 bhp 275ftlb and my toyos needed mving to the back after about 4k, they still have 5mm left. but used last bit out of my brigestones they lasted for ever!!!! will still get toyos as they are cheap really sticky so wear isnt a prob at 240 a set
 

Triple D

Guest
1.9tdi asz allard hybrid ;)
changed fronts to backs after 3k, then both fronts and rears were gone at 6k miles :whistle:
 

R1ch85

1/4mile - 13.935 @ 100.54
Nov 9, 2006
1,675
0
Bristol
i bought a pair of eagle f1's to replace my dunlops, £127 for 2, fitted, tracked etc, fronts to backs! think the garage made a mistake but i aint complaining! :lol:
 

hon_n_gem

Candy White K1
Mar 22, 2006
1,132
0
Kent
www.auto-tuner.co.uk
hmm.. had my fr for 1 yr....tyres were new....now need replacing! err...thats touch under 10k miles! but then again i dont rotate! the man at the garage said its best not to rotate??!!
 

Mikey_H

258.7BHP 39?ft/lb
Feb 15, 2007
810
0
Buckingham
well i disagree with that the reason i do it is so i buy tyres in 4's rather than 2's so if the company just happen to be doing a good deal on a certain make of tyres at the time i could get all four and if some of us didnt rotate we would be at the tyre place everyother month well i know i would.
 

Triple D

Guest
i did 16k miles last year, hence needing 3 sets of tires, but then again i never really drove my car slow :whistle: it always had a good blast, and so did the brakes ;)
 

Poverty

Guest
1.4 16v
75bhp
dunlop sp sport 2000
7k for one pair, swapped backs to fronts and still goin for now :|

cant beleive they lasted such a short time, was literally 1yr from new!

About the same as mine then, lasted 6000 miles for the fronts without swapping them round.
 

lard44

Watching C beams...
Apr 30, 2007
474
0
Braintree, Essex
I got 13k out of my Falken FR451s and I thought that was pretty poor, given that I do 40miles a day on A-roads with literally 2 roundabouts.

Don't feel so bad now.
 

Poverty

Guest
:D

My fronts had 3000 miles under the first owner (its an ex seat company car) and then 3000 miles with me! Would have got more if I rotated.

Thats on 16r/205/45 dunlop SPsport2000's
 
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