Typical tyre mileage?

micks_address

Hi folks,
Switched over my tyres today to a winter set. The non winter set are Michelins and have done 27596 km since August 2014.. They had a break while I had winter set on from January to March.. Taking them off today looks like plenty if life left in them.. What do people generally get from tyres these days?
Cheers
Mick

ba_barabus

All depends on the car, engine, how it's being driven and where it's being driven

CiniO

Where I drive in west of Ireland about 10k to 12k kilometres on front ones, and about 18-20k kilometres from rear ones.

Driving on the Continent, I used to get about 45 - 45k kilometres from front ones, and about 60-70k kilometres from rear ones.

Truckermal

Got a new A4 earlier in year and the front tyres were bald at 12k..

micks_address

CiniO wrote: »

Where I drive in west of Ireland about 10k to 12k kilometres on front ones, and about 18-20k kilometres from rear ones.

Driving on the Continent, I used to get about 45 - 45k kilometres from front ones, and about 60-70k kilometres from rear ones.

Wow I'm in Dublin so most of my driving is on the m50.. Honda civic tourer diesel

Cee-Jay-Cee

There are so many determining factors, tyre make/model, car make/model, roads surface type, type of driving, tyre pressure, age of tyres, weather. The same tyres on a big RWD car might only last half the time as they do on a small hatchback FWD car. I have gotten as little as 8k from tyres and as much as 40k from others.

Damien360

I used to always fit continentals and would get 40-45k out of a full set.

Current car is a Leaseplan skoda and they will not change until it is down to 3mm. Dunlops only in Leaseplan and I have 6mm still after 50k.

The grip on Dunlop is poor compared to the continentals.

Wonder if the next contract on tyres will be for Chinese ditchfinders which will last long after the car has been scrapped.

*Kol*

Have about 22k up on a set of Bridgestone Potenza's on an A4. Will need to be replaced soon.

Stinicker

Got 50k kms out of two BF Goodrich on the front, swapped them to the Rear last year as the car is RWD, took them off last month as they were worn down to the wear marks. Typically get 3 years out of tyres but it is important to watch the tracking as the potholes will cause them to wear uneven and go unbalanced if it is not tracked twice a year.

CiniO

micks_address wrote: »

Wow I'm in Dublin so most of my driving is on the m50.. Honda civic tourer diesel

See, the road surface makes huge difference.

Around Dubin surface is generally good and flat.
In the West they still built lots of roads using "surface dressing" technology, which literally leaves lots of sharp small chippings on top of surface.
This is proven to wear down tyres between 2 to 3 times quicker than regular flat asphalt surface.
Also fact that most roads here are so twisty that I'm turning right an left every 50 metres, causes more tyre wear.

Sh1tbag OToole

CiniO wrote: »

See, the road surface makes huge difference.

Around Dubin surface is generally good and flat.
In the West they still built lots of roads using "surface dressing" technology, which literally leaves lots of sharp small chippings on top of surface.
This is proven to wear down tyres between 2 to 3 times quicker than regular flat asphalt surface.
Also fact that most roads here are so twisty that I'm turning right an left every 50 metres, causes more tyre wear.

Ah! This is where they sprinkle a 1mm layer of tar and horse a load of gravel on top and let the cars push the gravel into the tar. Usually accompanied by a 'loose chippings' sign for a few months. These are grand roads if they manage to keep the potholes out of them

Stinicker

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Ah! This is where they sprinkle a 1mm layer of tar and horse a load of gravel on top and let the cars push the gravel into the tar. Usually accompanied by a 'loose chippings' sign for a few months. These are grand roads if they manage to keep the potholes out of them

haha, these are the worst sort of roads imaginable second only to concrete, thankfully alot of Road Authorities and County Councils are now moving over to Tarmacadam Asphalt. If the County Councils were removed from Road Maintenance and everything outsourced it would lead to a huge improvement compared to the outdated tar & chip disaster that is the roads of rural Ireland. Frost cracks them and temperatures above 25c sees them turn into a slick mess as the tar bubbles.

blackbox

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Ah! This is where they sprinkle a 1mm layer of tar and horse a load of gravel on top and let the cars push the gravel into the tar. Usually accompanied by a 'loose chippings' sign for a few months. These are grand roads if they manage to keep the potholes out of them

In my experience the temporary signs last longer than these road surfaces.


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CiniO

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Ah! This is where they sprinkle a 1mm layer of tar and horse a load of gravel on top and let the cars push the gravel into the tar. Usually accompanied by a 'loose chippings' sign for a few months.

Exactly them.
In my region, all the road all like that.

Stinicker wrote: »

haha, these are the worst sort of roads imaginable second only to concrete,

Concrete is being used for making many of German motorways, and it's actually brilliant for that purpose.

thankfully alot of Road Authorities and County Councils are now moving over to Tarmacadam Asphalt.

I don't think Mayo Co. Co. is anywhere near moving over to something else.
Bit of tar, and lots of gravel left for cars to compact.
Among it plenty of broken windscreens as obviously chippings are flying all over the place. I had 4 windscreen claims over last 5 years.

If the County Councils were removed from Road Maintenance and everything outsourced it would lead to a huge improvement compared to the outdated tar & chip disaster that is the roads of rural Ireland. Frost cracks them and temperatures above 25c sees them turn into a slick mess as the tar bubbles.

Indeed. But between 25c and 0c, they actually work fairly well, and provide incredible grip even at wet.
No other surface will provide with such a grip.
Only problem is that grip is bit unreliable, as in some spots, gravel chippings might be cleared out, and this spot is completely slippery, so you have to be careful.
And obviously biggest drawback is incredible fast tyre wear which I'm experiencing.

blackbox wrote: »

In my experience the temporary signs last longer than these road surfaces.
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Hahhaha.

La Fenetre

CiniO wrote: »

See, the road surface makes huge difference.

Around Dubin surface is generally good and flat.
In the West they still built lots of roads using "surface dressing" technology, which literally leaves lots of sharp small chippings on top of surface.
This is proven to wear down tyres between 2 to 3 times quicker than regular flat asphalt surface.
Also fact that most roads here are so twisty that I'm turning right an left every 50 metres, causes more tyre wear.

He's right there's a huge difference in tyre wear on tar and chip roads compared to asphalt or tarmac.
Though as much as I like nice smooth asphalt or bitmac, they are a lot more risky in the wet and frost.
Tyre rubber is also very variable. Some brands last a lot longer than others.

Might make an intresting poll, could the OP or a passing mod put one up ?

Sh1tbag OToole

CiniO wrote: »

Indeed. But between 25c and 0c, they actually work fairly well, and provide incredible grip even at wet.
No other surface will provide with such a grip.
Only problem is that grip is bit unreliable, as in some spots, gravel chippings might be cleared out, and this spot is completely slippery, so you have to be careful.
And obviously biggest drawback is incredible fast tyre wear which I'm experiencing.

Hahhaha.

I always thought that they were made that way so they would have grip. Over the years I've seen many perfectly good resurfaced or remade from scratch roads get a layer of loose chippings on them after a few weeks. Always assumed that some health and safety gobsh1te or some serial complainer got onto the council saying it was too smooth and that's why they did it in addition to it being a cheap and cheerful way of blasting new life into an old road.

micks_address

La Fenetre wrote: »

He's right there's a huge difference in tyre wear on tar and chip roads compared to asphalt or tarmac.
Though as much as I like nice smooth asphalt or bitmac, they are a lot more risky in the wet and frost.
Tyre rubber is also very variable. Some brands last a lot longer than others.

Might make an intresting poll, could the OP or a passing mod put one up ?

I've never done a poll before... Feel like there maybe be lots variables with tyres, cars, driving surface, driving style, brands..