Tyre mileage

[DavidP]

Hi,

My 2.0 TDi 4Drive Xcellence 150 manual has covered just over 14,000 miles on its first set of tyres. The tread depth is now a little over 1.6mm so new tyres are being fitted early next week.

What sort of mileage are others getting from their tyres? Mine are the Bridgestone 225/50/18 W (95) that came with the car when it was new last July.

[Silvertouran]

Is this just your front tyres or are they all at 1.6mm?

[Qwerty789]

Mine came on R17 Hankook Ventus Prime 3's. 14 months and 11k miles in they have left on them 4.5mm front and 6.5mm rear.

[DSG4WD]

Sounds a lot like mine. It's done 13,000 and I'm thinking they have a couple of thousand left at most. Not massively impressed by Bridgestones. I'll be interested to hear what else might be on offer.

[DavidP]

Is this just your front tyres or are they all at 1.6mm?

They’ve worn evenly all round so front and rear being replaced. Going for Continentals.

[Silvertouran]

Mine came with Falken Azenis so I’ll keep a note of what i get.

[ArnP]

21k on falken azensis.

Done 3k roughly on winters, then replaced the fronts. Back is sitting just shy of 4mm at the moment.

[Valleyboy]

I got 16.5k out of my front Falkons, just changed them. Rears still on 6mm.
Strangely, my fronts wore out in the centre with still a fair amount of tread at the edges. It's usually the other way around for me! Tyre pressures were not too high I don't think, I've been running on 34psi all round

[DavidP]

Four new Continentals fitted today. The ride seems a little firmer than on the old Bridgestones. I checked the pressures in case the garage had over inflated the tyres but they were all spot on. I do a weekly check of the pressures so I know that the old ones were not low.

[MarkB]

Ours has done over 17k on the original Bridgestones and still has around 4mm tread all round. I might be looking at Michelin Primacy 4 when the time comes. My RWD XF Sportbrake is on Goodyear Vector 4 Season G2s and - as well as being quiet and compliant in normal driving - it was actually better in the snow than the 4WD Ateca! Unfortunately they don't make these, Michelin Cross Climates or Nokian Weatherproof in the 225/50R18 size, even though it is shared with the BMW X1.