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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

...since I last replaced the rear tyres on my Omega.

Good....bad......indifferent, or just plain piss poor mileage?.....You tell me.

Anyway, my wallet is now £188 lighter.

Assuming £15  a corner to balance and fit, each tyre has cost me the princely sum of £79.

I'm reasonably pleased with that.

[aaronjb]

Assuming you drive everywhere like you're trying to qualify for pole position at Spa, not bad..

[Nick W]

I got about 28,000 miles out of the pair I replaced last week for the MOT. That's budget 235/45 17(no, I don't remember/care what brand they were) on the back. I don't live like a lunatic, but I do believe in making decent progress.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I got about 28,000 miles out of the pair I replaced last week for the MOT. That's budget 235/45 17(no, I don't remember/care what brand they were) on the back. I don't live like a lunatic, but I do believe in making decent progress.

How on earth do you get such mileage?.... I'm impressed.

You must drive the undernourished four pot to get those figures.


EDIT......3.0 V6. You must be related to that funny Tunnie chappie.

[The Sheriff]

People have always said that you get many more miles if you mainly drive on the motorway, as opposed to twisties or stop/start A roads. I'm not sure but it seems to make sense. My journeys mainly consist of stop/start, left bend/ right bend, up hill/down hill so I'll see what my mid range tyres do. Yours are on a rear wheel driven vehicle, mine are fwd.....lots of parameters to take into account.
Where's Christine? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

People have always said that you get many more miles if you mainly drive on the motorway, as opposed to twisties or stop/start A roads. I'm not sure but it seems to make sense. My journeys mainly consist of stop/start, left bend/ right bend, up hill/down hill so I'll see what my mid range tyres do. Yours are on a rear wheel driven vehicle, mine are fwd.....lots of parameters to take into account.
Where's Christine? 

There may be something in what you say.

I was thinking that 11600 miles was 'reasonable.

My old FJ1200 would trash a rear tyre in 1500 miles.

[The Sheriff]

I've just changed the fronts on mine, down to about 3mm and my car has covered 17000 miles. It came with michelins on.

[Varche]

11,600 miles!!! Crikey

 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

11,600 miles!!! Crikey

 

Crikey good......or crikey bad?...

I reckon they were down to 1.0mm. Certainly well below the legal limit of 1.8mm.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've just changed the fronts on mine, down to about 3mm and my car has covered 17000 miles. It came with michelins on.

Michelins...I'm impressed.

I was expecting rubber from a Soviet era tractor.

[The Sheriff]

I've just changed the fronts on mine, down to about 3mm and my car has covered 17000 miles. It came with michelins on.

Michelins...I'm impressed.

I was expecting rubber from a Soviet era tractor.

even then I'd have got more than 11600 miles 

[EMD]

All terrain on mine , they will last 300,000 miles at least 

[TheBoy]

That's slightly more, IIRC, than I got, but not by a huge amount.

I believe tunnie once got 45k from a set. But he drives like a, errrrr, tunnie

[Nick W]

I got about 28,000 miles out of the pair I replaced last week for the MOT. That's budget 235/45 17(no, I don't remember/care what brand they were) on the back. I don't live like a lunatic, but I do believe in making decent progress.

How on earth do you get such mileage?.... I'm impressed.

You must drive the undernourished four pot to get those figures.


EDIT......3.0 V6. You must be related to that funny Tunnie chappie.

I just drive it!


Back when I used to drive my cars hard, I used to get 32,000 miles out of a set of 185/70 13 on 2.0l Capris. That was wearing all 4 evenly, without rotating them! A well set-up 4cylinder Capri is still hard to beat for fun without being ridiculously fast.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Both rear tyres have lost 10 PSI overnight.

I asked the fitter to clean the rims before putting the new tyres on but.......

I just can't seem to keep the air in the tyres.

Any ideas, chaps?