Wondering if any VRS owners of the latest model have experienced excessive front tyre wear, I am. After I reached around 9.000 miles my fronts were pretty much shot, when I went into get a suspected slow puncture sorted and was told I needed new tyres my jaw hit the floor. On there advice I changed the fronts to a harder compound Pirelli. I'm now at around 20.000 and the car is now 15 months old and I reckon I have a couple thousand miles left in them. Before I get told its my driving etc, this is my fifth Skoda Octavia VRS bought from new, and had them through all the models. My driving has been the same through out, and never experienced this kind of tyre wear. If I was wheel spinning my way round UK I could understand, I do like to enjoy the power, like I always have but come on.

Is the tyre wear uniform? I.E. is the tracking correct? I know it sounds crazy, but they do occasionally come wrong from the factory, or have you hit any potholes?

 

My wear is much less, but I don't drive it very hard. Not saying you do though!

 

Your second set of tyres has done 11,000 miles, and has a few months left? So approx 15,000 miles? Doesn't sound too bad to me.

 

Finally, have you considered swapping tyres front to back? I know you don't get any more miles out of them but it should even the wear out.

 

Matt

I used to get 20k from fronts on my passat but that was designed very much as a motorway cruiser. I'm expecting to get less from the vrs.

This is for the tdi variants btw

Edited 29 June, 201510 yr by Greg R

If they were Conti SC2's on the front then 9k is about right.

 

Next time try Goodyear Eagle F1 AS2's - they are highly recommended for wet and dry grip, noise and wear rate. And they have a decent kerb protector bead as well

Same here, I had to have my continentals changed at the front at 10,000 miles yet the backs still have loads left on them. I'm now on bridgestone but gonna take Andy's advice and go with Goodyear when they need changing again!

what make tyre are the latest vrs have fitted from factory?,i changed the contis on mine at the front at around 9k, and they have a lot of road noise

Edited 29 June, 201510 yr by cortina63

My last 2 petrol Vrs got new fronts every 9000-9500 miles and my brothers tsi vrs is the same, all tyres worn evenly with no issues. My current mk3 tsi got new tyres all round at 3000 miles as the pirellis had been so bad.

Eagle F1 assymetric 2's are probably one of the best tyres to fit to a Tsi vrs

Does sound a little excessive, I'd say it's driving style but I don't exactly hang around and I'm coming up to 20,000 on my front factory tyres, but that's 70% motorway driving in the TDI.

Looking at getting run flats as they will be going on the rear once rotated, so options are P Zeros or eagle F1s. Both around £112 per tyre, done abit of browsing and seem to get the impression the F1s are the ones to go for. Thanks for the tips Andy!

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Edited 29 June, 201510 yr by JoeFifty

Looking at getting run flats as they will be going on the rear once rotated, so options are P Zeros or eagle F1s. Both around £112 per tyre, done abit of browsing and seem to get the impression the F1s are the ones to go for. Thanks for the tips Andy!

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Avoid the pzeros like the plague, horrific tyres

Cheers Allan, F1s it is

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Cheers Allan, F1s it is

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 And don't get run-flats.  They ride like concrete

Having switched SWIMBOs Mini Clubman Cooper R to normal tyres from run flats I'd agree - horrid idea. On some of the M27 expansion joints it used to jump on the run flats, now with Goodyear Efficient Grip normal tyres it rides much better. Totally transformed the way it drives.

 

So I'd avoid switching to run flats IMHO.

I got 24k miles on my Conti 2's on the front before i got Eagle F1's

Rears are still ok at 29k miles.

I do 75% motorway driving which helps that

 

They actually were worn un-even with less wear on the outer edges than the inner.

I got a 4 wheel geometry done and i believe the car had negative toe which could of explained that odd wearing.

Cheers, I take it no one recommends the extra £20 for run flats?

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I wouldnt be choosing Run flats if I had the choice.

Cheers, I take it no one recommends the extra £20 for run flats?

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No.  It's a backward step unless you are concerned about a member of a family driving through nasty places & getting a flat.  maybe that would justify it but I would tell the drivers to avoid cutting through nasty places...

 

A fair few of my mates have BMWs and have binned the run-flats for normal tyres.  All are very happy with the transformation to a proper "drivers car".  There's a certain oddness in BMW persisting with them (although they have improved over the years).

The outsides on mine (front and back) seem to wear much faster than the insides. Most of my driving is around town, but I have not seen such uneven wear from previous cars. All four wheels are the same, so perhaps it is a consequence of 18" low-profile tires (lack of flex) rather than geometry. After 10K miles I was left with 2mm on the outsides and 3 to 3.5mm tread on the insides. I rotated diagonals at ~6K miles so they are all quite evenly worn. Tires were directionless Conti SC2's so it is fine to rotate on diagonals before anyone asks.

The outsides on mine (front and back) seem to wear much faster than the insides. Most of my driving is around town, but I have not seen such uneven wear from previous cars. All four wheels are the same, so perhaps it is a consequence of 18" low-profile tires (lack of flex) rather than geometry. After 10K miles I was left with 2mm on the outsides and 3 to 3.5mm tread on the insides. I rotated diagonals at ~6K miles so they are all quite evenly worn. Tires were directionless Conti SC2's so it is fine to rotate on diagonals before anyone asks.

I'm a big fan of cross-rotation (drive wheels straight to lazy axle, lazy axle cross over back to drive wheels) but most people don't agree.  To each their own I guess.

 

it sounds as though you may be running a bit too much toe-in.  Have you had the alignment checked?

I'm suffering roundabout wear.  7.5K and first service shows FL 5mm  FR 6mm, RL 6mm, RR 6.5mm.  all 4 totally even across the tread.  presure wise I've experimented with as low as 32psi (no moe comfortable) and as high as 38psi (no less comfy, far more fuel efficient).  boots are the usual conti SC2.  the nearside wear is due to the roundabots on the A51 between J18 on M6 and Chester.....straighten those on a regular basis and you wear tyres.  I'l swap diagonally at 10k, and replace the set for decent goodyear eagle AS1 at 18k.

agreed the goodyears are very good tyres - but really just for the 18" wheels, if you have gone for the black design plus package and got the 19" Xtremes, the goodyears rise to £145 each whereas the 18" tyres are only £90. Does anyone know of an alternative for the 19" wheels? - maybe the ones skoda fit as standard are fine - i dont own the Xtremes so it would be good to hear from someone who has them.

I went for the goodyears on my 19" extremes,I replaced the p-zeros after 3000 miles, they really are that bad. Car feels so much better now

agreed the goodyears are very good tyres - but really just for the 18" wheels, if you have gone for the black design plus package and got the 19" Xtremes, the goodyears rise to £145 each whereas the 18" tyres are only £90. Does anyone know of an alternative for the 19" wheels? - maybe the ones skoda fit as standard are fine - i dont own the Xtremes so it would be good to hear from someone who has them.

 

 I've got Uniroyal RS3's on my extreme's (run on my MK2FL) quieter than the factory fitted 18's. The mk3 is also coming with extreme's..........my alloy collecting has started already!!

good shout on the Uniroyals - seem like a good tyre - found them here http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm/price/225-35-19

for £95 each. Not the quietest tyre at 72db but for the price and the wet grip rating of A, I would go for it.

NB - no idea if the seller 'LoveTyres' is reputable

I found them a lot quieter than the conti's fitted as standard. If that helps with a gauge

do you think it would be possible to request that skoda fit you choice of tyres to your car when you order it? Obviously, if you could there would undoubtly be a charge, but if peope are saying the continental super sports are as bad as people are saying with 3,000 mile durability, I certainly wouldn't want to spend money on them if I didn't have to...

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