hi all,thinking of going down the vrs cr dsg combi  pcp route,how many tyres do you think i will need in the 30,000 mile contract,would be willing to swap front to rears,  and i dont  drive to hard,anyone know from experience.thanks paul.

I would guess 2x fronts and 1x rear in 30k miles - depending on how you drive and how fastidious you are over checking correct tyre pressures.

bloody hell!!i thought 4 tyres including swaping front to rears,would do me.my superb has 13500 miles and im guessing il get to 17000 on front,the rears look like theres plenty of meat on to get me into the 20s.haha  you must have drove the lancia,"back in the day",like marku alen  to get through that much rubber  

I don't know how he did it but my brother got that from his original fronts - though they were pretty much on the legal limit. He has a CR DSG. On the other hand with dodgy alignment I went through a pair of fronts in less than 7000 miles! My current rears are at c3 mm and have done 25000 miles. Probably could get to 30k but tend to change tyres at the 3mm stage. So it's pretty variable but for 30k I would be looking at needing to change rears once and fronts twice.

Oopps - above relates to mkII FL, not mkIII. Sorry.

Sarge.

Edited 8 August, 201312 yr by Sarge

I got 45,000 mikes off the rears on my vrs. Had two or three sets of fronts in that time.

I got around 30/31 000 miles out of the front tyres and still on my backs with nearly 50 000 miles on the clock now and stil loads of tread on them.

First question is what tyres do they come with as that'll determine longevity

I'd be disappointed if I had to change any tyres in 30k.

The last front wheel drive car I had, my little Toyota Yaris Diesel did 22k on the fronts and the rears were still original at 60k when I sold it. My guesstimate above was based on the Octavia being a bigger heavier car with much more torque going through the front wheels. But I was pessimistic in my forecast on fuel consumption, hopefully I'm being equally pessimistic about tyre wear.

 

Make of tyre is also a factor, Iagree, Bridgestones I've found to last longest but with a harder ride, Michelins better ride but slightly worse wear rates. I keep clear of budget tyres at all costs as tyres in the wrong situation can be all you've got between life and a half hour appointment with an undertaker.

On my PD140 Mk2 I got about 30k from the fronts and 50k from the rears, so driven sensibly you could return the car on the originals.

Wasn't it recommended practice anyway to switch the front tires with the rear to keep the wear constant between the two axles?

Wasn't it recommended practice anyway to switch the front tires with the rear to keep the wear constant between the two axles?

 

That's good practice! In the good old days when you had a full size spare that was included that in the tyre rotation as well.

The last front wheel drive car I had, my little Toyota Yaris Diesel did 22k on the fronts and the rears were still original at 60k when I sold it. My guesstimate above was based on the Octavia being a bigger heavier car with much more torque going through the front wheels. But I was pessimistic in my forecast on fuel consumption, hopefully I'm being equally pessimistic about tyre wear.

Make of tyre is also a factor, Iagree, Bridgestones I've found to last longest but with a harder ride, Michelins better ride but slightly worse wear rates. I keep clear of budget tyres at all costs as tyres in the wrong situation can be all you've got between life and a half hour appointment with an undertaker.

That's strange as I find Michelin last very well.

Wasn't it recommended practice anyway to switch the front tires with the rear to keep the wear constant between the two axles?

I only rotate at change.

So when fronts replaced, the new go on the back and rears moved to the front.

I only rotate at change.

So when fronts replaced, the new go on the back and rears moved to the front.

Same here

As said previous, it depends on the manufacturer. On the same car, driven the same way, one make would last only 6000, yet another would only be down 1.5mm for the same distance and yet do discernible difference in feel on the road.

 

The car was a TVR Tamora, the tyre makes were Pirelli and Michelin

 

As question for the engineers out there.

I have never moved tyres from front to back, etc. I figured that because of the toe-in and camber on the front and rear being different  then moving the tyres would cause the car to be unbalanced for several thousand miles, until the wear had evened out the differences  I would also prefer to have the new tyres at the front where the steering is done.

 

If somebody can explain why rotating the tyres is ok, I will be very happy to save money.

I'm averaging about 20-25k on the fronts on the Superb, double that for the rears.

 

Bit hit and miss on the tyres from factory - my Superb came with Dunlop but it will be whatever is on offer at the time.

I do low mileage annually so I usually rotate the tires during the winter/summer tires switch.

I am getting 8k on my superb fronts and 18k on back. Conti sport tyres are the worst I have ever had. Rears perished after 10k. I hope my new vrs doesn't come with contis. It also depends on where you live. I have lots of twisty hills and rough b roads to navigate which tend to increase wear.