Mk3 Tyre Wear

[acecard]

Now done 5500 miles in a new MK3 on Michelin Primacy which I believe have a reputation for being hard wearing.

Fronts are now 5.5mm and rears are 6.5mm, all evenly worn across the tread. The gal is also driven carefully, with love and understanding.

This is a big surprise to me. My old mk2 galaxy still had 7-8mm on the rear after about 3 years on Michelin pilot (iirc)!

True enough, the front tyres wore quite heavily with that big diesel mass on top but not as fast as this with the mk3.

At this rate, any cheaper tyres on the front would last about a month!

Anyone with similar experiences?

[gregers]

smax is the same m8ty.but ive got 18's on mine.

[acecard]

thanks gregers, will just have to get used to more frequent tyre changes. On the old mk2, wear on the rear pair was so minimal that I often changed them with 7mm left simply 'cos the sidewalls were tired and cracked.

Glad I don't do a lot of mileage in the gal - must use the punto more except it makes me feel claustrophobic.

[Scorpiorefugee]

Hi Acecard,

Mine came with run flats which were lethally unstable and I replaced them with cheapo Landsails about a year ago. I reckon I've done 9K on these and they are looking fine although there are signs of feathering on both NS tyres. Based on this I expect to get another 20K at least. The feathering was also evident on the run flats so there may be a problem there as I replaced them at about 10K ( I bought it at 9K) and we now have nearly 20K on the clock. For comparison I always aimed for about 40K fronts and "Die of old age" on the rears on the previous MK1 and MK2.

Just for the record, it now seems to be returning 44 mpg reasonably regularly although this is reducing as the temperature falls.

One question please. I've just replaced the wipers and the replacements are 26" and 28" and the originals were 30" and 26". As yours are probably originals can you say what size they are?

Ron.