How long do your tyres last?
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How long do your tyres last?
What's the average lifespan on a set of tyres with the car not being driven too hard? Looking to change my back ones but was just wondering what the average is?
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I've had a few sets of F1's they have lasted 22K and 25K miles and then a set of toyo's T1S's which lasted 18K.
Normal driving with a mix of motroway and lanes, No Round abouts near to where I live, the nearest one is 25 miles away!!!!
Normal driving with a mix of motroway and lanes, No Round abouts near to where I live, the nearest one is 25 miles away!!!!
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my yoko parada's lasted me 20k (18 months)
would easily expect 12k out of a set (depending on geometry)
would easily expect 12k out of a set (depending on geometry)
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My RE070s did 16500 miles. They were rotated at 9000 miles and the tracking was done twice. They still had a mm or two left before hitting the legal limit but they looked done on the outer edges - just the nature of the tyre. I could feel them getting twitchy at the back under hard driving and decided it was time to change.
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I've got the original RE070's on my 05 STI and i've just hit 13,000 miles. The outer edge is getting very low and have about 2mm left until i hit the limit so i would say about another 1000 miles and i'll have to fork out £110.00 per corner!!!!
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Also look at Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetricals (I paid £100 a corner) as a replacement to the RE070s. Much better all around tyre.
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The RE070's on mine are fairly low on the back but like new on the front, only bought the car 4 weeks ago so don't know if all 4 were replaced at the same time but I suspect not. Would you recommend rotating them?
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I believe the fronts take the most abuse on an Impreza, so no. Personally, I would replace them. Unless it is a puncture I would always replace all 4 when ever possible and 2 at the least on an AWD car.
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Sensible: Grip and traction decline significantly well before you get to the legal limit. All the AWD and fancy diffs in the world won't amount to much if the contact patches with the surface of the road are compromised
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About 10-12k max I would think for me, Parada Spec 2 but maybe less. They seem soft.
The Toyos on it when I bought i were on for 3 years (14k).
My old Fiesta RST went through a set of Proxes in 1500miles. Managed to eek 3000 out of a set of F1's on that thing.
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The Toyos on it when I bought i were on for 3 years (14k).
My old Fiesta RST went through a set of Proxes in 1500miles. Managed to eek 3000 out of a set of F1's on that thing.
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If I got 10,000 out of a set of tyres, I'd be changing them every 4 months and on Mr Goodyears private Christmas party list .
20-25000 of a set of rotated F1/F1A, with a complete mix of road types, including the good ones in Wales
20-25000 of a set of rotated F1/F1A, with a complete mix of road types, including the good ones in Wales
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Some can drive some cannot, owning a fast car does not mean you turn into a prize plonker driving like your rear end is on fire.
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my rears take more abuse mate! It seems they are too far gone to swap now but generally if all 4 are changed together then every few months it's got to be worth a quick front/back swap.
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got a year out of the toyo t1r,s on the front which was arond 10.000 miles the rears saw me through another year.have changed to the vredesteins now but only done a few thousand on these but not much wear on them yet.
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toyo proxes lasted me 7000 and that was under normal driving, nothing too hard
trouble is i mainly use backlanes on my commute to work and they recently redid all the surface on them but not with tarmac just the old tar and stonechippings so its a tyre killer really, and i cant be bothered to drive the other way as it adds 10 mins each way to my 25 minutes each way journey to work
trouble is i mainly use backlanes on my commute to work and they recently redid all the surface on them but not with tarmac just the old tar and stonechippings so its a tyre killer really, and i cant be bothered to drive the other way as it adds 10 mins each way to my 25 minutes each way journey to work
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I'd be devastated if I only got 7K like some of you boys. I could not afford to keep changing them!!
Mine last about 3 years but I only do approx 6k a year average.
Mine last about 3 years but I only do approx 6k a year average.
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Just under 25K for the orig fit Brig RE050's (rotated every 6k) and about the same for the front discs - pads I managed to go through a front set ever 10K
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