Washing the car, with wheels turned full lock, and noticed the tyres looked a bit odd. I check the tread depth regularly, but have obviously ignored anything more in depth (I should be shot for this!). They are Goodyear Vector 4Seasons, so all season tyres, put on in 2019, so have now done approx 35k miles.

 

Anyhoo, across the central 3/4 I have > 1.6mm (although it's pushing it at the edges, down to ~2mm at the 3/4 edge, so I will be looking for some new tyres asap), but the edges look more worn than the center (and measures too, center depth is 3.5mm~). The edges that would be facing the N/S seem especially bad. Nothing was mentioned at the previous service or MOT 10 months or so ago. 

 

Tyre wear pictures online show that it might be a mix of alignment, and also underinflation, but that IS something I keep on top of checking, and generally run at 36psi front and rear, since i'm not the smallest of people, and the boot generally has a fair bit of stuff in it (but nowhere near 3 passengers weights worth in the back). The rears seem even and are only at 5.8mm or so.

 

Aside from a 4 wheel alignment (which is planned after the new tyres), is this wear pretty standard of an Octavia? Or is something more suspicious going on... handling seems as fine as it is on all seasons in 25+ degrees C weather! The fat twi looking thing top right of the nsf picture is the snow limit, the legal twi is 5 treads below it

Edited 25 June, 20232 yr by micro
Forgot the pictures!

@micro The outside (and inside) tread edges look worn and chewed in a way that suggests underinflation and/or enthusiastic driving. are you certain you're using the correct pressure for Goodyear Vector 4 seasons>

I cannot say that I dont enthusiastically drive... that was another consideration too! I'm also aware that being all season tyres they are softer when its warmer (like... now!)

 

36psi (2.5 bar) is above both OEM recommendations for < 3 people, hence why i'm a bit confused why I appear to have "underinflation" type wear, but if that wear can also be explained by enthusiastic driving, then that's probably it! I'm certain they're still legal, but will get two ordered asap as never like to be right at the limit.

If anyone is looking for all seasons, these have done 35k, have never let me down in grip in the dry, wet or snow (although they feel strange in corners esp when new, you get used to it).

Edited 25 June, 20232 yr by micro

I've run the same tyres for five(ish) years now and that wear on the front looks the same as what I had on my previous car, a Signum. So long as the tread depth is legal I wouldn't worry.

 

FTR, after liking them so much on my Signum I've put the same tyre on my OH's & FiL's cars and on Friday had a set fitted to my Superb.

 

Great tyre 😃

I have the same sort of tyre wear on both my Octavia 2.0 tdi and Golf R. Particularly bad on winter tyres but still quite noticable on summer ones. The same with various makes of tyre and over inflation. I have never managed to find the reason🤔

Had you checked the tread depths when the tyres were only say 25% worn you could have changed your inflation pressure then, that is what I did because  the recommended figures may not suit my vehicle, the tyres fitted and my journeys (often loaded) but also critically I do not know that my guage is 100%accurate. Its still not too late for you to gain a few more miles but at  2mm in places, visible ones!  you are probably going to replace the tyres soon anyway.

 

My reward for my efforts which included rotating the tyres was to have 4 tyres at approx 3.6mm tread after 45000 very tough miles and the tyres were not new when I got the vehicle.

 

Most people will not have noticed what you have as they change their tyres well before that point, usually because of scrubbing, my Yeti having the supposed "Offroad Package" sits high with small wheels in large wheelarches so the full tread is visible to anyone looking, I am getting fed up with idiots many of them friends telling me that my tyres are bald when they have not yet even reached the tread wear indicators and are more than double the legal limit, a situation that I have worked hard to achieve, they have probably never seen an evenly worn tyre and theirs must be replaced well before the TWI's are reached.

 

Edited 26 June, 20232 yr by J.R.