I'll be rotating my wheels at the weekend because I've noticed the front tread is quite a bit thinner that the rear. It got me to thinking that I'll probably have to replace the tyres at about 20,000 miles, which should be in about a year.

I had a quick look and the cost of four 205/50 R17 Z-rated tyres seems to be in the region of

I've been running 225/45 for the last 82000 miles. No problems yet, but time will tell

Told my insurance co, as it is a change to the car, they weren't interested. Told them I did want it on record in case of a claim. No problem.

Jon

Any comment on why wider tyres would be cheaper? Are they more common, therefore cheaper to mass produce?

Indeed they are. Also, up until about 12 months ago, they were a Porsche size and very little else used them. Porsche drivers have large wallets....

Not all of them! :eek:

Ah, but you have a 928. You probably had one to start with