How is everyone finding tyre wear on their cars?

I'm finding the conti contacts 215/55/17 are wearing on the front at a rapid rate compared to other cars I have owned .

Running the pressures at the high end, all wear is the same across the full tyre.

I'm currently down to just under 5mm with 3700 miles.

At present I'm not doing much motorway mileage, and a lot of my driving tends to be steep roads daliy which does result a lot of throttle use.

Anyone else finding the rubber is wearing quick??

I'm on 19s and so far at just over 15k the wear is ok. Not sure in terms of mm though.

I have winter tyres for a third of the year but the highest mileage is on the summer tyres.

I've now got 6 mm all-round at about 7k (allowing for winter tyre use) but these are the road-noisy 18" Pirelli Cinturato Eco tyres on a 4x4.

My Superb II 170 tdi came shod with 18" Conti Contacts and didn't survive much beyond one summers use. I switched to Pirelli P1 Rosso and they still had plenty of healthy tread when I p/x'd the car three years later.

P1 will be top of the list when it's time to swap. Quieter, more grip, better wear.

The Michelin Primacy 3s on the front of our 220 are down to 6mm in about 1,500 miles. To be fair, that's only because I drive it properly. Like, really properly.   Another reason RWD would have been far better. At least then I could have done donuts while wearing out the tyres. I s'pose I could put the 220 in reverse and do them backwards.

I have the conti's on my se business 150. 10.5k and down to about 5 mm. Live rurally, up and down hills all day with a fair bit of wheel spin. Should get around 15k out of them which I'm very happy with. Do you have the coni's or Pirelli?

I have the conti's on my se business 150. 10.5k and down to about 5 mm. Live rurally, up and down hills all day with a fair bit of wheel spin. Should get around 15k out of them which I'm very happy with. Do you have the coni's or Pirelli?

 

I have the conti's on mine.

I have the conti's on mine.

Sorry should have read your post better. I didn't see any notiacble wear in the first 5k. I run mine at minimum psi though, find the traction is better than when at the Eco/full setting.

27k on a 150 tdi and I've got 2.5mm remaining on the fronts

15k on my 18" pirellis still loads of rubber left.

TDI 150 at 11000 miles with 4mm remaining on the front Contis.

Over 13k done on my 120 TDi Combi & tyres like new. They are Pirelli's as opposed to those Continental 's. I mentioned it before in another thread but I couldn't wait to get rid of the continental sport contacts off my last Superb, far too noisy & bad grip.

Now at 4mm with 5700 miles..

 

These narrow 215/55/17 Conti's are really poor for traction I find. (and that's with an outside temp much above 7'c)

Now at 4mm with 5700 miles..

 

These narrow 215/55/17 Conti's are really poor for traction I find. (and that's with an outside temp much above 7'c)

 

4mm on mine having covered 20k.

Once mine got to about 5mm they started to wear out much more rapidly. They were changed at 14k with 2mm remaining. 150tdi estate, conti's.

My 150tdi manual hatch needed a new front pair at 13300 at 2mm. Contis replaced with Michelins.

With Pirelli's on 19" wheels on my 190 DSG 4x4 I'm on slightly over 6mm with 9000 miles. Anyone know if the four wheel drive makes a difference to tyre wear front or back?

It would be interesting to hear how average mpgs compare alongside tyre wear. 150 TDI, 18", 6mm left all round on 18500 miles! I average aprox 52mpg, think I'm a bit of a granny.

Edited 14 December, 20169 yr by dan123

I had the MK2 , owned it for 30 months . The initial conti's only lasted 25Klms .... All four had to be replaced ..... I replaced them with GoodYear and got circa 50Klms from them (but had to replace 2 cos of punctures etc)

I think the issue for me is at the moment i am doing a lot of local driving, the hours in the car are high but not mileage, plus a lot of my driving can involve steep hills, (ie, a 900ft climb  over 4 miles) 

Hills, corners, (excessive?) acceleration and braking are all going to take a toll on the front tyres of FWD vehicles.

Coarseness of road surface, temperature and dampness are also going to be factors on wear rate.

Driving style, vehicle characteristics, car maintenance, tyre wear performance/wear characteristics and correct pressure maintenance.

 

Can anyone think of more factors? It all makes generalised comparisons very difficult.

 

The ones I have always been a bit curious about, but not seen any comparative data for, are the relative wear affects of driving on high surface temperatures (particularly relevant in Australia) and also wet roads?

 

By rotating our tyres we should get around 40k km out ours but I am pretty sure a high percentage of our wear is inflicted by the excessive number of urban backroad mini roundabouts we have to negotiate in our area.

I've probably had 4 nail punctures repaired in the 31k km to date, but I have lost count because I have had to take my son's car tyres in a couple of times too.

If you do a lot of parking, with a lot of steering without the car rolling, that also scrubs the tyres a fair bit.

In my experience the tyres that come with a new car wear out quickly (so they can be replaced with decent tyres?) My Octy lasted 25000 miles on front tyres on the original Bridgestones.I replaced all 4 for Bridgestone A001 all season tyres. The front were replaced after doing 50000 miles. It still has the original A001 tyres on it which have now done 75000 miles and have 4mm left. Hopefully the Superb will have a similar wear.

I'm still on my original tyres, 34k miles covered.

I've got about 2mm tread left after 15k. 

 

I've got an awful rumbling noise coming through the cabin now though, so suspect they're unevenly worn. I'll look at changing them this week.

Update -

 

The Tyres were changed at 9500 miles from Conti Contact Premium 5's to Pirrelli P7 cinturato

 

Time to see how long these last.