My fabia has just passed 12k and the front tyres are near the tread wear indicators. The rears are absolutely fine so I will swap them around very soon. Is this normal for Bridgestone Turanzas ? I don'd drive like a looney either.

Erm ... Anybody ?

yes bridgestones do wear pretty quick , they also get noisier the more they are worn , especially if on the rear so just buy 2 new front tyres for the front , it will be safer that way

Thanks for the reply & advice. Cheers.

mmm I don't rotate either, just bob two new ones on the front!

hey jonny boy, I'm moving up into cumbria, look out for me! (Black furby vRS) and give me a flash! (of your lights...)

Is it normal for Furby front tyres to wear this quickly? I used to get 20,000 (front) and 40,000 (rear) from my Pug 406 2.2! I'm hoping my Furby fronts are going to last at least 20,000!

depepnds what tyres you've got, but even more how you drive how often do ya see the TC light flash my fronts made about 16.5k before I changed 'em, and they were the conti's.... got slightly more from the goodyear F1's, now trying the p neros

As posted else where.. I got through a set of sport conti IIs on the front in 6000 miles :/ oops.

michelins are the best IMO for longevity on the front i saw 26k before i changed at 3mm tread , rears now done 33k and hardly worn , but has been said it depends how you drive , also one of the main reasons they wear is the amount of weight over the front wheels in diesel engine guise

My toyo t1r's have laster 12K miles on the front till I swapped them to the rear. I expect to get around another 10K out of them before I change all 4.

if you are tootiling around town or commuting into a city then you are more likely to wear you tyres down quicker than if you went on longer motorway drives to work.

I got through conti's on my 1.2 clio in 10k miles and I only drove to work and around where I live between friend and the like,

Hopefully the tyres on my fabia will last longer but I'm not keeping my hopes up.

I've got Conti's on my vRS, just hit 11k and they need replacing. I wouldn't personally put the old front tyres on the back of the car just in case of aqua planing (easier to catch a car when this happens on the front as opposed to the rear of the car!).

I get upwards of 17-20k from a set of Toyo Proxes T1-S. Very impressed with the way they last, and I'm no tyre preserver when it comes to driving. Key to good tyre wear can be fairly regular trips to get a 4 wheel alignment. Only need a little scrubbing to kiss goodbye to a good set of tyres p.d.q, and at £25 for an alignment check it can often be false economy not to go.

My toyo t1r's have lasted 12K miles on the front till I swapped them to the rear. I expect to get around another 10K out of them before I change all 4.

My Toyo T1-Rs are wearing about the same as fabooka's.

I got 14k out of a full set of Bridgestones after rotation.

My T1r's are on 12k and I have just rotated them so I reckon I'll get another 11k which I am more than happy about considering I drive like a ****. I payed

I've got Conti's on my vRS, just hit 11k and they need replacing. I wouldn't personally put the old front tyres on the back of the car just in case of aqua planing (easier to catch a car when this happens on the front as opposed to the rear of the car!).

Why would it easier to "catch" the front than the back?

Surely this is the same as understeer (front end) sliding away, and oversteer (back end) moving? I would rather have oversteer any day, much easier to control. Especially if you have plenty of experience of rear wheel drive.

Why would it easier to "catch" the front than the back?

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rear wheel drive oversteer is different to frontwheeldrive oversteer....

in a rearwheel drive car, just backing off when the back slides is enough to catch it, as the rear wheels then have engine braking and will bring the back back

into line....

if you were in a furby, and got oversteer and backed off, you'd spin, as the front wheels would be engine braking, and making it worse! To catch it , you need to steer into the skid and get on the gas pedal, to let the front wheels pull you out of the slide, and as the furby has a little lag when you get on the gas, this can be slightly worrying! (not to the guys/girls with the ARB tho eh? )

I think you will find that backing off with rwd makes it snap back, gradual control with the gas pedal and steering balance is required, just like with fwd.

I would still prefer the back end to lose grip than the front.

I got through conti's on my 1.2 clio in 10k miles and I only drove to work and around where I live between friend and the like' date='

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swmbo conti lasted about 12K (all 4) on here clio. Same as when I owned one (twice) Personaly will never get conti's again.

Personaly I dont wont to see what I'm going to crash into so oversteer all the time for me.

Speaking of which had a nice sight in the rear view mirror last night. someone done a 720:eek: on the M61 in the rain. Bet he was a little shaken after that.