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Hi all, I have recently bought a used RWD Skoda Enyaq 80 Sportline Plus (although no one at Skoda has been able to tell me what the Plus really means lol-not that that's the reason I bought it). It needs 2 new front tyres. It currently has the Bridgestone Turanza Eco, which I assume came fitted from the manufacturer. It has 23k miles on the clock. Tyre size is 235/50/R20 100T I will be using the car daily (mostly short journeys with longer journeys on the weekends) and it'll be my family car. Local tyre shops are quoting me 2 different types of Turanza's-the Eco and the 6. The 6 is newer and more expensive and has some improvements. I would welcome the feedback and guidance of the Enyaq drivers here-should I go for the Eco or is the 6 a suitable and worthwhile investment? Cheers!

Hello, I had the wheel alignment checked today. It was off by a little bit on the driver's side front tyre so only had it carried out on the fronts. Was told that the back two are fine. Guy mentioned that the bursting of the rear tyre may be to do with the suspension bushes bearing down more on that side but who knows. I hope it doesn't happen again. Thank you all for your input.

Thank you all for your input. The common theme I can see is to get the wheel alignment checked and reduce the pressure in my tyres down from 34 psi to 32 psi. Going to do both of those and I'll post back about the wheel alignment just in case anyone's interested

i park on the road and have probably hit the kerb twice in 2 years. what's odd to me is how the tears have occurred on the part of the tyre that wasn't in contact with the road due to there being plenty of tread left and the tyres being at the correct pressure. don't know about the tyres being refitted because, if this was done by a garage, it was done completely without my knowledge. another thought then: the fuel cap says keep it at 2.2 bar if there's 3 passengers and a bit of luggage. that's how my car normally is. so that's 32 psi but i keep all four at 34 psi. could this be a contributory factor to this tearing at all?

forgot to add that the garage said on sunday that the rears had 2016 on them so he thought that i've been misled by the dealership that they were brand new and so had been through some wear and tyre hence why they deteriorated quicker than the fronts :S

hi. i'm attaching pictures of the tread depth i measured. i really hope i read the tool correctly now lol could've picked up a puncture en-route but the same issue with the tear was present in the other rear tyre despite plenty of tread whereas nothing of the sort on the fronts-that's the unusual part for me.

i'm referring to the groove part i.e. the part you'd run your fingers through to check the tread. i've just checked the date code (bear in mind i bought the car in 2018). the front 2 have 3317 and 4517 and the back two, which I had installed on sunday both have 19 at the end (is this an issue by the way i.e. the fact that these are from last year?)

hi @Gissin. 20k miles in 2 years. they didn't mention a suspension check to me. this visit to them was part of a free brake check. do you recommend i get a full wheel alignment ASAP or when I come to replace the front 2 (bearing in mind that the back 2 tyres have been replaced and the front 2 are at 4mm tread)? it's a 2014 octavia 1.4 tsi dsg with Pirelli Cinturato P7 225/45/R17 91W. i've had the same tyres but 91Y put on the back as that's all the garage had and they said it should be fine to have those on even though the fronts are 91W) hi @Roottootemblowinootsoot. thanks. i'll have to check the paperwork Skoda gave me to see what tread and mileage it was 3 months ago. mileage must've been roughly 1k less than it is now due to much reduced travelling. i used to check tyre pressure every 2 weeks but when middle of March came around and my travelling reduced drastically, i've checked them once a month. my 2nd last check was probably end of April though. does that matter though given that the last check showed the correct pressures all around?

Hi @nidza. they were Pirelli Cinturato P7 225/45/R17 91W Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of the damage but they were like cracks only in the part of the tyre where the tread depth bump is located (i think it's called the groove. excuse the layman terms i'm using lol) hi @Gissin. i'd checked the inflation 2 hours before this happened and all 4 tyres had the exact right amount of pressure. unsure when the tracking was last checked but i have a feeling i've not had it checked since i've owned it as i've had no work done to the tyres since owning it (only tread depth check from Skoda three or so months ago as part of another job).

Hi all, I have a mk3 octavia which I bought at 30k miles. It's now done 50k miles. The Skoda dealership I bought it from told me that it had 4 new tyres at the time I picked it up. A few days back, I was driving down the motorway at 70 mph and one of the rear tyres burst. Thankfully the car stayed under control so I pulled over immediately. The rubber on the inner side of it had come off (almost 50% of it) and of course the tyre was now flat. I replaced it and went straight home (after checking the pressure in the spare wheel). The next day I went to have all 4 tyres replaced as I thought that the rear tyre burst due to low tread and so, with it being a front wheel drive, the front one's will definitely need replacing as well. When the garage took the burst rear tyre out of the boot, we measured it's tread and it was at 4mm i.e. 62% worn but it had cuts in the inner wall. The other rear tyre also had similar cuts so could've blown out at any time too. This one also had 4mm tread remaining. What's odd is that the front 2 also had 4mm remaining (no cuts or bulges in these as I had them inspected). So all 4 tyres had 4mm tread remaining yet the rear 2 had cuts in the inner wall. I can't seem to figure out how this happened. The car doesn't pull to the left or right when I let go of the steering so I highly doubt it's the wheel alignment. Any thoughts would be highly appreciated. cheers!