General Tyre wear

[Shadeyman]

Premium tyres fitted to a Stilo.

Example: How long do you think a set of Goodyear EAGLE F1 Asymmetric 2 would last on a 5 door diesel?

4 years IMO, what about you lot?

 

[TangerineTractor]

Haven't had mine long enough yet, and never put any decent tyres on it.
Depends on the mileage you do, and the type of driving - I trundle gently around on the motorway, so should get better life than someone hurtling here there and everywhere round town, lots of cornering etc.
I'm amazed that despite all the advances in technology, we're still basically using a 100 year old principle to provide traction... surely there must be a better way?

 

[sussexa]

any idea on the wear index
lifted from alfa forum
a tyre graded 100 should wear twice as fast as one graded 200

Marshal Tyres 719 Power Racer II 340'
Kumho Ecsta KU31 320'
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 300'
Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas 280'
Continental Ecocontact 280'
Firestone F700 280'
Michelin XH1 240'
Dunlop D8 200'
Pirelli P600 180'
Pirelli P7000 140'
federal 595rs-r 140'
Yokohama AD08 140'
Kumho V70a (super soft) 50'

 

[cledan]

Premium tyres fitted to a Stilo.

Example: How long do you think a set of Goodyear EAGLE F1 Asymmetric 2 would last on a 5 door diesel?

4 years IMO, what about you lot?

its gotta be down to mileage and driving style

If I get 1 year and 8k thats it for the fronts, and I've slowed dowd a lot too rears could easily see four years though. but thats Firestones on at the moment

I will prolly go for Goodyear Eagles next time

 

[Yellow Peril]

Also depends on nature of journeys. Long runs up and down the motorways can mean rear tyres on an FWD car can last so long they perish before they're worn out...

P.S. I've noticed the eveness of the wear on my Schumi's tyres massively improved after I fitted my chassis braces. Seems that when the suspension is kept firmly in place and does the job the designers intended, the tyres wear less.

 

[Caravadossi]

any idea on the wear index
lifted from alfa forum
a tyre graded 100 should wear twice as fast as one graded 200 ...

The principle only works intra (within) brand – not inter (between) brands.

For example a Eagle F1 Asym2 with a 300 wear-rating will be better than a GS-D3 with a 280 rating - because it’s measured against a Goodyear control tyre. But it doesn’t necessarily follow that the F1 Asym2 is better than (say) a Conti SC3 with a 280 wear rating – because the Conti would have been measured against a Conti control tyre.

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[rattystilo]

If it helps Kumho tyres last 10/10ths of f()ck all. I bought a pair July 2011, noticed a vibration after 1000 miles. November noticed sidewalls had failed on both tyres and after 8 weeks gave up on replacement tyres and bought Falkens. Still waiting for a response from Kumho.

 

[Shadeyman]

So expecting 4 years from a premium set of tyres is wishful thinking?

 

[Stealth123]

So expecting 4 years from a premium set of tyres is wishful thinking?

I think that is pretty reasonable.
I have changed a pair of tyres once in 6 years on the three cars I have owned in that time, of course it will be down to having to alternate my tyres for summer and winter but my VW I had reasonably cheap used tyres and I never bothered to change out of the winter tyres and only 2 of the four failed the MOT after 4 years. As I say they were used 3 years old when I bought them.

Other than that, I feel after tyres are over 7 years old, you would need to change them, worn or not.

I think that most drivers who want high performance tyres are going to use them as they were designed, so clearly hard and fast driving will make them not last very long. Practical and economic driving saves on everything and more the tyres.

 

[Caravadossi]

So expecting 4 years from a premium set of tyres is wishful thinking?

US & Ca sites give time & distance tire warranty data, but not for performance tyres - for obvious reasons … the miles/hours & G-forces the punter puts-it-to are less predictable.

It could be argued that anyone getting (say) a 4 year lifespan from a performance tyre – doesn’t then require a performance tyre. If someone get’s 10K miles from a Conti SC3 - then they got what they paid for commensurate with their car & driving style.

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225/45ZR18 XL95Y Falken FK-452
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[Shadeyman]

I have performance tyres(Goodyear F1 Eagle GSD3) on our Multiwagon for safety reasons, not so I can pull 5G on a round about.

I want the car to stop in an emergency.
I want the ABS and ESP to work to its full potential to help me avoid an accident.

I don't drive hard(well, once or twice may be), for me the extra safety that performance tyres offer my family makes them worth every penny.

 

[cledan]

I have performance tyres(Goodyear F1 Eagle GSD3) on our Multiwagon for safety reasons, not so I can pull 5G on a round about.

I want the car to stop in an emergency.
I want the ABS and ESP to work to its full potential to help me avoid an accident.

I don't drive hard(well, once or twice may be), for me the extra safety that performance tyres offer my family makes them worth every penny.

When I had Ling Longs on the Stilo once on a wet road I had the ABS working at 60mph, they really are that bad, even the (relatively) cheap Firestones I have on now have stopped any tyre squeal and butt clenching moments on the brakes.

The Missus has Uniroyals on the Picasso as I just wont fit ditch finders to any car I own (no tyre will ever make a Picasso handle though!)

 

[mzhussein]

if it lasts a long time, its not going to be very grippy. you cant get around that. judging by the wear on my falkens (ZE912) on my stilo schui wheels (VERRRY good tyres, MILES better than the pirelli p zero neros that have come on my alfa). id get about 2 years before they need replacing, which is fine in my books considering i drove the stilo enthusiastically.

pirelli pzeros are shockingly bad in the wet and crap in the snow if anyone wants to know, so bad that i just replace all 4 on my alfa as i missed the grip i had in the stilo! all is well now i have falkens again .

 

[jim cooper]

So expecting 4 years from a premium set of tyres is wishful thinking?

Only if your tracking is spot on and even then 4 years is pushing it a bit for the fronts, whatever type of driving you do

 

[Steve148]

When I had Ling Longs on the Stilo once on a wet road I had the ABS working at 60mph, they really are that bad

Heh - when all that snow fell recently I realised I had 4 nearly bald tyres. I really enjoyed hooning around at 20mph until the new ones were fitted, it's like slo-mo drifting.