Hi, had these tyres on front of vRS TDi now for over 3 months and they are nearly gone!! 3500 miles:mad:.

Not been driven hard very often at all iether!

Am gunna get the tracking checked as the wear is 3/4 across from the outside with only 1mm left on indicators!

What were your previous tyres like? I have goodyear excellence on my Octy ambiente estate and the wear is even on the fronts.

I heard that about those Goodyears...

I've to invest VERY soon because i'm drivin on slicks..

Going for these..

Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta reviews - tyre reviews, ratings and road tests for all car, bike and trackday performance tyres

€128 delivered to my door!!

On the front of my petrol vRS they did well over 10k and the rears at least 16k.

At only 3.5k I would suspect that something is amiss.

I still would rate them though.

Last tyres were awful cheap ones (was on the car when bought) so didn`t pay much attention as was willing them to wear out so I could get some new ones without feeling as tho I had been wasteful! Cannot remember them been uneven wear tho.

I did look at the Ultrac but went for the Assymetric for the wet weather performance after nearly aquaplaning off road on way to work (lots of B roads!).

I would tend to agree all is not right to be potentially having to buy new tyres after only 5000 miles (based on current wear rate). Could understand it if I was caning it everywhere as it struggles to get the power down in lower gears, but that is not the case.

The thing is, what else could be causing the excessive wear??

I had the F1-A on my Astra. Put them on the front, wore by 4mm in under 2000 miles, so swapped them to the back. Put the old Ultracs back on the front. By 20k the Ultracs still had 2.5-3mm left on them. Proves the car had no tracking or odd wear rates.

So, the shocking wear rate you're seeing seems consistant with what I saw. Ruled the F1-A out for me on the Vectra, so went with Bridgestone Turanza ER300 instead. I do 20-25k a year, so I needed a good wearing tyre, and I know the ER300 lasts well. Also it has a better rolling resistance than the Ultrac.

Trouble is I also put one on the back at the same time so I cannot even swap front to back as I will end up with a rapidly wearing G/year on one front corner with a Bridgestone on the other corner!

Think I will just end up having to buy new tyres much, much sooner than planned (or budgeted!) and go for longer lasting tyres rather than performance ones.

Had to get some new tyres recently, but I did not buy the Goodyear Assymetrics due to some reports of high wear (got Pirelli P-Zero Rossos in the end).

I wish I had seen the reports of high wear rate before buying them. Too be honest tho, I would call 8-10k quite a high wear rate compared to other cars/tyres I have had over the years but was prepared for that kind of mileage really as it would `only` mean a front end replacement once a year.

I have been in to the dealer today who checked the tracking and found it to be out. They said this would cause the outer tyre to wear quicker. I pointed out that while I agreed with them and did not dispute that the tracking was indeed out, this did not explain the wear rate only being marginally more on the outside than the inside third. They went away and came back to say that as a goodwill gesture they would not charge for the tracking (much appreciated) but all they could do about the tyres was to sell me some more tyres and then send the worn ones off to Goodyear for them to check.

Now, being a pessimist when it comes to dealing with large companies and goodwill etc, I will have to do this but expect nothing more than for them to come back and say they have found nothing wrong with the tyres/compound and that the excessive wear rate must be down to my driving. I will do it though as I have no other course of action open to me, and I will need new tyres soon anyway so I might as well get some before winter sets in (I had fully, and reasonably, expected these tyres to last me until NEXT winter!).

So......which ones to get this time? mmmmmmmmmmm...

Well, I got brilliant wear from the Vredestein Ultrac on my Astra, and my housemate got a set of them on his M3 - he's very happy and they're wearing very well on it too. They replaced Pilot Sport 2 on his car.

Just been looking online. Have read a few opinions on here so looked at the Falkens, Toyo, Ultrac etc on the reviews site and stumbled across the Uniroyal Rainsports as the review link below. Not seen them mentioned on here. Priced them up and also sound very reasonable.

Uniroyal Rainsport reviews - tyre reviews, ratings and road tests for all car, bike and trackday performance tyres

I used to use Uniroyal in the past, mostly on 13" and 14" rims. Never had any problems with them at all.

I suspect there is something seriously wrong with the wheel alignment or geometry rather than the tyre wear rate, 3.5K miles for a set of tyres is truely rubbish unless your driving style dictates heavy wear.

Having looked at various reviews it does seem that the Goodyear Assymetric do indeed have lots of problems with rapid wear rates. I will still send them back to Goodyear and hope for a goodwill gesture but don`t expect anything.

Am going to get some prices today for some new tyres. Will see what prices I get for the Uniroyal Rainsport, Ultrac and Falken 452.

3.5K miles for a set of tyres is truely rubbish unless your driving style dictates heavy wear.

No, they really are that bad. See my other posts in this thread about the shocking wear I experienced.

I suspect there is something seriously wrong with the wheel alignment or geometry rather than the tyre wear rate, 3.5K miles for a set of tyres is truely rubbish unless your driving style dictates heavy wear.

Seconded; I'd accept a complaint of tyres wearing too quickly if they needed to be replaced after 7,000 - 10,000 miles; but 3,000 miles is taking the biscuit.

I'd be looking for other reasons; if not driving style then wheel alignment/geometry.

I had a pair of Asymetrics on the front of my petrol vRS and they lasted around 12,000 miles before being replaced with the good ol gsd3's all round.

I replace tyres at around 2.5 - 3mm tread, so could probably have got slightly more out of them if I wanted.

I know perfume burner produce more torque, but 3.5k is far too low for road use imo.

I measured the tread depth on my tyres (two sets) over the weekend, been doing this every 2,500 miles, and have come up with the following data, based on 27,500 miles in the car from new.

Michelin Pilot Exalto 2, 225/40 r18 - 20,000 mileage covered; expected replacement @ 2mm depth - 24,000 miles front/60,000 miles rear. Cost c. £150 per tyre.

Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas, 225/45 r17 - 7,500 mileage covered; expected replacement @ 2mm depth - 10,500 miles front/27,500 miles rear. Cost c. £100 per tyre.

Clearly the Ultrac Sessantas cost more on a £ per mile basis but they are much better for wet grip/handling; although I was expecting the Ultracs to last a bit longer than they will, maybe I'm driving the car harder?

I guess a case of 'pays your money; takes your choice.'