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Maudi

very very generally.how long should tyres last.bought new..sixty quid each.reputable dealer.four tyres.no idea of make of tyre saloon fambily car...probably around 10/13 thou kilometers.fitted in oct /nov 12 ..and im surprised to notice they is lookin quiet rounded and worn..is this normal..?i hear storys of dodgy chinese knock offs..any thoughts on tyre life.

colm_mcm

Chinese tyres usually last ages as they're such a hard compound.

I'd be getting the tyre pressures, wheel alignment etc checked if the wear is uneven.

air

Recently had a set of "Champiro" fitted while I had the car in for some other work, wasn't aware what type I would be getting, usually go on the mechanic's recommendation. They were so bad I put a serious flat spot on one with a very short (<1m) skid when checking the brakes after changing discs / pads.
I had them replaced after about 3000km free of charge. Their replacements are looking great 15000km later.

Maudi

colm_mcm wrote: »

Chinese tyres usually last ages as they're such a hard compound.

I'd be getting the tyre pressures, wheel alignment etc checked if the wear is uneven.

yea but ages as in..13 g miles?? i have absolutely no interest in car economics but one aul guy i was talkin to informs me that he has the tyres on his car at similiar milage for four years..and his are still ok and ive been given dodgy tyres...so what gives?

bazz26

Tyre wear depends on many factors - the brand of tyre, whether they are designed for maximum grip (usually means shorter life span) or longer life at the expensive of less grip. You also have to take into account the car they are fitted to, the driving style of the person behind the wheel and what type of roads they are driven on.

It is just daft for someone to suggest that because they got x number of miles or years out of a set of tyres that everyone else with the same tyres fitted should get the same. Too many variables to give an exact comparison.

Senna

You could buy some of them Lassa tyres and they will never ware down, they're so hard and rubbish that the sidewall will give out before the tyre is worn down.
Life of a tyre is not a good indicator of their performance.

Maudi

bazz26 wrote: »

Tyre wear depends on many factors - the brand of tyre, whether they are designed for maximum grip (usually means shorter life span) or longer life at the expensive of less grip. You also have to take into account the car they are fitted to, the driving style of the person behind the wheel and what type of roads they are driven on.

.It is just daft for someone to suggest that because they got x number of miles or years out of a set of tyres that everyone else with the same tyres fitted should get the same. Too many variables to give an exact comparison.

chap..an average im looking for..ok so lets pretend its one of your sisters..she bought the good tyres for sixty each..a year later (not doing doughnuts)around the place like.and an average of 13.000 thousand klicks..family trips to school etc..is thirteen thou at 240 a good deal.if you you dont know..just say..i DONT know.about tyre wear and tear.

Ronnie Beck

Maudi wrote: »

chap..an average im looking for..ok so lets pretend its one of your sisters..she bought the good tyres for sixty each..a year later (not doing doughnuts)around the place like.and an average of 13.000 thousand klicks..family trips to school etc..is thirteen thou at 240 a good deal.if you you dont know..just say..i DONT know.about tyre wear and tear.

I would expect about 20000 miles out of the front tyres of my car down to about 3mm thread depth. Maybe squeeze about another 5k. Back tyres will last alot longer. But thats with tracking done when needed, regurlarly checking pressure, never tuning the wheel when I'm not moving etc. and the majority of miles done on main roads, where there made work fairly hard to keep me from the ditches I suppose.

CiniO

I've found roads in Ireland to be very tyre-wearing.
And the more west, the more...
So in Mayo tyres last very short.
F.e. on a car we are using entirely on country roads around here, after 15,000km front tyres are completely gone (I mean less than 1.6 left). If I drive quicker I can wear a set of tyres in 10,000km

On the other hand I remember that when I used to drive in Poland even fast and aggressive driving allowed tyres to last at least 40,000km.

I have a set of winter tyres which I use every winter for journey through EU (Ireland to Poland and back + loads of driving in Poland). I have been using them 4 seasons, and done over 45,000km on them. They still have about 3 up to 4mm tread left.
On the same car, summer tyres when driving in Mayo are gone in about 12,000km.

So surface you are driving on, makes really significent difference.

Ronnie Beck

I can see the wear in my tyres if I drive from Galway to Ballina and back( N84). Absolutely eats your tyres driving that road just trying to hold a steady 100 km/h. I'd probably have to drive to dublin and back three times to get the same wear.

challengemaster

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

I can see the wear in my tyres if I drive from Galway to Ballina and back( N84). Absolutely eats your tyres driving that road just trying to hold a steady 100 km/h. I'd probably have to drive to dublin and back three times to get the same wear.

Never really noticed it tbh, and I've done that route quite a bit. It's not the nicest of routes, but there's a lot of new tarmac laid down recently. Certainly aint the worst!

CiniO

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

I can see the wear in my tyres if I drive from Galway to Ballina and back( N84). Absolutely eats your tyres driving that road just trying to hold a steady 100 km/h. I'd probably have to drive to dublin and back three times to get the same wear.

N84 is probably one of the best roads in Mayo.
Try driving N59 for everyday

Ronnie Beck

I just noticed it the other week. I drove up the N17 to sligo, a bit of dodgy back roading in Lietrim and back to galway via ballina. Tyres were in bits. Maybe it was because they were so worn and the roads were so wet. I was getting heaps of under steer.

Anyway the point is on driven axle wheels I would probably expect 30k miles on motorway only 20k on daycent roads and about 8k if you only drive in Mayo;). I've never worked this out or any thing but it's what I'd expect to get.

naughtysmurf

I got 42,000Km (26,100 miles) out of the two front tyres that came with the Fluence I bought new in 2011 which I thought was reasonable, doing about 26,000Km's a year mainly motorway driving, can't check what brand they are as don't have car today so could look at the original rear ones.

Don't know much really about tyres but have a friend in the biz who sorts me out and for 50/60 euro you are only getting average quality tyres that would be fine for average use, nipping around the town etc & the odd run, fine for our second car but for regular long motorway spins you are better of using something decent, the ones I replaced on the Fluence were €100 each

Driving style has a lot to do with it obviously a lot of breaking = more wear

The OP's description doesn't sound like normal wear though

Bpmull

Our 1.6 octavia has Goodyear tyres and they really good to wear. There is 32k km on them the front are 50 percent no where near the marker the back are 80 percent. My grandparents have the same car same spec same engine identical there car is 4 months older than ours and had continentals they were down to the marker after 20k km on the front. They drive on the same quality roads and would drive alot slower than us. Just shows you the difference on the same cars.