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Depending on the vehicle and your driving, it can vary from next to no miles to 60,000 miles.
Front wheel drive cars do the fronts first. Rear wheel drive cars tend to have the rears out first. If you drive a front wheel drive car hard, it still does the fronts, but if you drive a rear wheel drive hard it will also do the fronts as well as the rears.
Over the years, I have had up to 30,000 miles out of a fiesta front tyre, but only 18,000 miles out of an Omega Rear Tyre (both driven wheels). On my Vans, I tend to get @ 20,000 miles out of a set overall. On an L200 pickup, you will get @ 12,000 from the rears and @ 20,000 from the front. If you don't swap tyres, axle to axle (left front to right rear etc) , you will get more miles out of the non-driven wheels, but I tend to only swap on the axle (left to right) so you get more rub on the driven axle.
It also depends on the tyre compound. harder 'general use' tyres will last longer than sporty 'sticky compound' tyres. Grip is a trade off between longevity and compound grip. Softer Tyre= Better Grip, Harder Tyre= Longer Lasting.

2006-12-15 08:52:07 · answer #1 · answered by WavyD 4 · 0 0

That depends on a lot of things. There are a lot of tires out there now that have very long mileage warranties - 80k miles for a Bridgestone Turanza LS-T or Goodyear Assurance for example or 90k for the Michelin Hydroedge. Of course to get that you need to keep up on your tire maintenance religiously - frequent air checks, regular rotations and alignments, etc.

These tires don't fit all vehicles though. In the last 5 years especially there has been a massive shift in the tire market as more and more cars come from the factory equipped with "performance tires". The mileage you can get out of these can be quite poor. There is a certain Lexus vehicle in whose sales brochure you can find in the fine print words to the effect that your tires may last substantially less than 20k miles.

I see a lot of VW Taoureg's (or however the heck one spells that) in my shop. They go through tires after about 15-20k and a replacement set goes for $800-$1,000! We get a lot of people very unhappy about that because inevitably the last car was a Buick or something similar that had some "mass-market" tire that was not only relatively cheap but wore like iron shoes. Consumers have not adjusted to this change in the market yet.

2006-12-15 13:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by Naughtums 7 · 0 0

Depends on your definition of "relatively decent" but I would be unhappy to get less than 30000 miles from a set of tyres and would expect to get a lot more. All depends on your driving style.

2006-12-15 23:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Pit Bull 5 · 0 0

That depends on how fast you are driving the car... IF you do a lot of motorway miles at 75-80 mph then the life of the tyre WILL be less than if you do a lot of urban town driving. If you don't believe me then look how long formula one tyres last on there cars

2006-12-15 08:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

it can vary immensly;
if you have a two wheel drive car the drive wheels be it front or rear will wear quicker than the others as they are doing most the work.
if u wheel spin lots that shortens life
if you dont check pressures that shortens life
or if u over inflate that shortens life
if you do lots of long distance fast driving that shortens life

i keep a good eye on my tyres and i am a fairly sensible driver
i approx drive 60% motorway 40% town

i fitted 4 avon zv3 tyres to my golf gti in jan 05 and i replaced the drive tyres (front) in feb 06 at 16,000 miles
i done 22,000 now and need to do front and rears in next month or so.
hope that helps

2006-12-15 08:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

havent we improved..........20years ago you could expect 35-40,000 miles from a tyre,,,,,however cars then had lower top speeds and were not driven by idiots who try to set off doing "wheelies"in their cars.
now you can expect 25 - 30,000 miles depending on what sort of a driver you are

2006-12-15 19:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I have no clue. If it is used then find out how much it is rated for new. Then take about 1/3 of that, and that should be the maximum for a used tire.

2006-12-15 08:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by Slappin 3 · 0 0

From personal experience, 30000 miles, provided you don't drive like a maniac (that's from brand new to minimum legal tread).

2006-12-15 08:13:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

20-30k on the front, 40-50k on the rear (front wheel drive)

2006-12-15 09:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by lulu 6 · 0 0

i would say bout 35.000 or every 21/2 years

2006-12-15 08:26:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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