Tyres-Insignia, how long?

road_high · 07-04-2013 05:00PM #1

I really know I am asking how long is a piece of string but I have an Insignia brand new just since last sept 2012. 24.5 thousand KMs on her since then. It's the SRI 160 bhp model so reasonably quick off the mark..and front heavy too. It's just the tyres 245 Continentals are very worn already on the front! Will need replacing to my eye. Just wondering what would people think is "normal" wear for one of these? I appreciate so many factors like driving style, road conditions etc come into play.
Driving a real mix of m-ways, N roads and country roads. Fairly heavy right foot but I 'd never be playing acting like taking off skidding, breaking hard etc...am surprised I didn't get longer out of them.

Crasp · 07-04-2013 05:10PM

road_high wrote: »

I really know I am asking how long is a piece of string but I have an Insignia brand new just since last sept 2012. It's the SRI 160 bhp model so reasonably quick off the mark..and front heavy too. It's just the tyres 245 Continentals are very worn already on the front! Will need replacing to my eye. Just wondering what would people think is "normal" wear for one of these? I appreciate so many factors like driving style, road conditions etc come into play.
Driving a real mix of m-ways, N roads and country roads. Fairly heavy right foot but I 'd never be playing acting like taking off skidding, breaking hard etc...am surprised I didn't get longer out of them.

thread is useless without mileage?

road_high · 07-04-2013 05:13PM

Crasp wrote: »

thread is useless without mileage?

Cheers just noticed that, sorry!! It has only 24.5 K kms up on her...

Big Nasty · 07-04-2013 05:16PM

There's almost 25k on her? 'Course she'll be needing new rubber dude.

road_high · 07-04-2013 05:22PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

There's almost 25k on her? 'Course she'll be needing new rubber dude.

That's km's obviously. Defo hardrer on rubber on the previous S40 I had. Lighter car no doubt...thanks heavens it's a co car!

Big Nasty · 07-04-2013 05:31PM

road_high wrote: »

That's km's obviously. Defo hardrer on rubber on the previous S40 I had. Lighter car no doubt...thanks heavens it's a co car!

How much do you expect to get out of fresh rubber?

road_high · 07-04-2013 05:34PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

How much do you expect to get out of fresh rubber?

Have no idea thought I might get a bit longer than that tho! It's scarcely 15000 miles in old money and comparing it to any previous cars they lasted quite a bit longer.

Crasp · 07-04-2013 05:39PM

don't take up motorcycling whatever you do lol

Ded_Zebra · 07-04-2013 06:04PM

That seams short to me. Our Insignia has 130,000km on it and it's second set of fronts are nearly down to the limit. That it all motorway/dual carriage way driving plus a small amount of country roads, maybe 10%. It's still on it's original rears.

MuppetCheck · 07-04-2013 06:07PM

Any reasonably powerful front wheel drive diesel will be heavy on front tyres due to the power delivery and engine weight. That's not too bad in my opinion for the fronts but don't have any experience of that specific car.

road_high · 07-04-2013 06:21PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

That seams short to me. Our Insignia has 130,000km on it and it's second set of fronts are nearly down to the limit. That it all motorway/dual carriage way driving plus a small amount of country roads, maybe 10%. It's still on it's original rears.

I know its quite variable from driver to driver but I'm far from a tiring burnin' maniac so interested to know from others with Insignias. I notice the wear is mainly in the centre of both fron tyres. My country road driving would be far higher due to work.

Crasp · 07-04-2013 06:22PM

road_high wrote: »

I know its quite variable from driver to driver but I'm far from a tiring burnin' maniac so interested to know from others with Insignias. I notice the wear is mainly in the centre of both fron tyres. My country road driving would be far higher due to work.

What are your tyre pressures like?

vectra · 07-04-2013 06:27PM

I only got 19k kms out of the front bridgestones on my last vrs.
This one has Contis same as yours and my local fitter tells me they are one of the most over rated tyres out there.

Try a set of Hankooks. They should last much longer.

road_high · 07-04-2013 06:28PM

Crasp wrote: »

What are your tyre pressures like?

About 30 PSI which is about right I think...checked 'em last week...

Ded_Zebra · 07-04-2013 06:29PM

road_high wrote: »

I know its quite variable from driver to driver but I'm far from a tiring burnin' maniac so interested to know from others with Insignias. I notice the wear is mainly in the centre of both fron tyres. My country road driving would be far higher due to work.

Well the tyres on ours are kept very hard ( between the "fully laden" and "eco" pressures on the sticker in the door jam). It is also driven gently for the most part.

Country roads will be a lot more wearing as the tyre has to work more as the car is doing a lot of accelerating braking and turning. On the motorway they just roll along

road_high · 07-04-2013 06:30PM

vectra wrote: »

I only got 19k kms out of the front bridgestones on my last vrs.
This one has Contis same as yours and my local fitter tells me they are one of the most over rated tyres out there.

Try a set of Hankooks. They should last much longer.

Yea cheers. The conti's came with the car obviously, was happy at the time because i'm used to cheaper rubber usually and expected them to last longer!

Ded_Zebra · 07-04-2013 06:32PM

road_high wrote: »

About 30 PSI which is about right I think...checked 'em last week...

Ours would be 40 (2.7 bar or over) 30 is very soft which would cause excessive tyre wear.;)

Crasp · 07-04-2013 06:54PM

road_high wrote: »

About 30 PSI which is about right I think...checked 'em last week...

Wear in the centre can be due to over-inflation of the tyres. You should really know what pressures your tyres should be for the load you're carrying. You should check this as it will affect tyre wear and fuel economy.

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Ours would be 40 (2.7 bar or over) 30 is very soft which would cause excessive tyre wear.;)

I personally haven't seen a car with recommended tyre pressures that high, unless running seriously low profile tyres. Highest I've seen is about 36 for an average load.

road_high · 07-04-2013 06:57PM

Crasp wrote: »

Wear in the centre can be due to over-inflation of the tyres. You should really know what pressures your tyres should be for the load you're carrying. You should check this as it will affect tyre wear and fuel economy.

I personally haven't seen a car with recommended tyre pressures that high, unless running seriously low profile tyres. Highest I've seen is about 36 for an average load.

Yea will do. It's about 32 from what I've read and was weary not to overinflate as it can be as bad for wear on tyres. Will know for future set as these are defo nearly the end I'm afraid...

R.O.R · 07-04-2013 09:14PM

25k for the fronts, 40k for the rears.

You're in for fun when you start pricing the tyres....

road_high · 07-04-2013 09:37PM

R.O.R wrote: »

25k for the fronts, 40k for the rears.

You're in for fun when you start pricing the tyres....

I'm not payin...thank The Lord!

R.O.R · 07-04-2013 09:45PM

road_high wrote: »

I'm not payin...thank The Lord!

In which case, you probably won't be rolling Contis......

road_high · 07-04-2013 09:50PM

R.O.R wrote: »

In which case, you probably won't be rolling Contis......

Pirellis all the way...

Digger69 · 09-04-2013 08:58PM

Need new ones

free_man · 21-07-2014 04:04PM

Hi,
I am on my second set of tyres.
I got 32K km from a set (4nos.) of Toyo Proxis. I of the tires was replaced for a continental sports due to tire burst. The Toyo wore down to min, but the Conti still had loads of mm on it. I replaced all fours with Verdesteins.

I kept Conti in my garage as backup just in case.

I do loads of motorway driving. Verdesteins are great for control and in wet.

I would say 30k to 40k from a set should be very good.

Stallingrad · 21-07-2014 04:38PM

Similar age and mileage on my Passat and 50% worn on front. But you do have 40bhp more than me. I would be getting different tires next time.

Jesus. · 21-07-2014 05:13PM

That's very short. The average driver would be buying a brand new set almost every year at 15k. You should be getting twice that.

You must have a heavy foot.

knipex · 21-07-2014 07:09PM

pretty much what I got out of mine on exact same car..

Bpmull · 21-07-2014 09:28PM

Goodyears all the way if you want a tyre that will last a decent amount of km. 40k km on the front of an octavia and there was still a good 2mm or more on them when they were changed. Back lasted even far longer. Bridgestone turanzas used to be good to wear but the newer type turanzas wears very quick. Continentals have to be one of the worst wearing mid range tyres on the road there beyond bad when it comes to wear.

To put it in perspective the above octavia that came with Goodyears from the factory is my parents and my grandparents had the same car with same engine spec just a few months older so it came with continentals from the factory 21k km on front tyres when they were changed and they were in worse condition that the Goodyears after 40k km. both were tracked perfectly from factory so wear was even just a huge difference.

Noccy_Mondy · 21-07-2014 10:15PM

Don't think this has any relevance to anything, but I'm going to say it anyway. Got the car 2 years ago with all new bridgestone turanzas all around. Towards the end of last year one of the front ones got a bulge in it and so had to be replaced, soon after something happened the other front one, can't remember now, but both were replaced by two cheap brands, don't know what the name was, so they must have been shyte. Anyway, NCT there last week, front 2 tyres pass/advisory, less than 3mm, whereas the back 2 bridgestones have plenty of thread left in them (2 years on, close to 30,000 miles later). I know that front tyres wear quicker than rear ones, but still it goes to show the difference that there is in quality of tyres. I'll be going back to the better brands from now on.

MuppetCheck · 21-07-2014 10:26PM

If your alignments in check there's no reason why you couldn't get 60k+ out of a set of rear tyres.

Tyres-Insignia, how long?

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