Tyres - How much mileage is about right?

Monty Nine

You need to check your tyre pressures more often than that.

About once a month?

mjn

I get about 15k out of the rears and 35k out of the fronts on my RWD 335d.

Goodyear Eagles.

GrumpyOldGamer

I thought I had a stone in my tyre tread, went to go out this afternoon and came out this.                                                                               

I called the AA for them to come repair the tyre but they said they could only do a temporary fix so he put the spare on, looking at the tread it appeared in good order until he showed me where the nail was and to my surprise the middle section of the tyre was almost bald, I only ever put 32psi in so it’s never been over inflated, I’ve only covered 7,000 miles on them.
                                                                                 

Just ordered 2x Avon ZZ5 to be fitted tomorrow!

NooBish AbbZ 92

340i RWD (326ps) 22000mikes and rears are still above wear markers by definitely need changing. Mainly motorway miles for me too. Fronts have loads of life left

m1stergeorge

Crikey! Makes me wonder what I was doing on a FWD car that needed the fronts changing at 16.5k!

NorvernRob

It’s perfectly normal to ‘only’ get 12-15k from a set of front tyres on a FWD car, depending on the use and the tyre (I only ever buy performance tyres such as Michelin pilot sports etc).  Motorway driving they tend to last longer as there is less scrubbing and wear when turning the wheels. Big Audi’s are heavy lumps too.

DOBLY

^ as above it depends on many factors.  Steering wears tyres faster than just rolling.  The driven tyres wear faster than the non-driven tyres.  If the steering and drive are on the same tyres (fronts), then they will wear much quicker than the passive rears - that is why front wheel drive cars recommend tyre rotation.

duffbeerdrinker

Driving style is a big factor in front wheel drive cars. Smooth drivers get many more miles out of their tyres than people who drive a little more aggressively.

Some cars understeer more than others too and that increases wear massively.