Re: Life of front tyres on hard driven fwd cars



"Dave Baker" <Null@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When I bought my Focus 2.0 ESP at 33k miles it had Michelin Pilot
Primacies on the front and Firestones on the back so clearly the fronts
had already been changed once. Tyres are 205/50/16s. After another 15k
miles the fronts are down from about 6mm tread to 3mm so approx 5k per mm
which means they have about another 5k in them which will take me to
53,000 miles total for two sets of tyres. The rears will probably be about
ready to change at the same time.

Given that new tyres have about 8mm tread but wear a lot faster to start
with that would indicate these current ones had already done maybe 6000 or
7000 miles when I bought it, will last 26 or 27k in total and that ties in
exactly with the first set also lasting about the same distance.

Given the grip level and how hard I use it that seems pretty damn good to
me. I don't recall getting that much life out of the fronts on previous
fwd cars but then those only had 185 section tyres on them (Fiestas and
the like). Maybe the narrower tyres have to work harder and wear out
faster or maybe quality rubber like the Michelins gives you both grip and
life in the same package. I also think that the excellent suspension on
the Focus keeps the tyres flatter to the ground than on older cars which
means they aren't grinding away the outer edges quite so much when you
hoon it round corners.

Just curious as to how people with similar cars (1300kg, 140 bhp), driven
fairly hard, have managed on quality rubber.
--
Dave Baker
Puma Race Engines


20k front, 35-40k rear, (changed at 3mm) Continental PremiumContact2 on a
1240kg 130hp 2.0 97 Nissan Primera cornered pretty hard, mostly driven on
fast flowing dual carriageways and 40-60mph country lanes. Michelin
Primacies don't grip as well as these going by a direct comparison on a nice
handling 99 Hyundai Coupe 2.0, and I've never seen any Michelins near the
top of any tyre tests in AutoExpress. They do last longer though but they
usually cost more than other makes so I can't see much benefit really.


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