If you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.
Tyre pressure adjustment
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Re: Tyre pressure adjustment
Re: Tyre pressure adjustment
I asked the tyre fitter about that and he was under the impression I'd only get 10-12,000 miles out of the set. Is that wide of the mark?monkeyhanger wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:36 pmIf you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.
As a rough estimate now I think I'll be hitting around 8-10,000 miles per year. Although I'm moving soon for a new job and the commute is a 5 minute drive (15-20 min walk) so I doubt I'll be using the car much on weekdays at that point. Replacing the front ones when needed sounds okay to me though.
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Depends how hard you drive the car. Drive like a maniac and 10k miles on the front is all you get, 20k miles on fronts is possible. I will have to check my tyre tread depth, 4500 miles since change to PS4 on the red GTI+. I just have to find my depth gauge.S_94 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:36 pmI asked the tyre fitter about that and he was under the impression I'd only get 10-12,000 miles out of the set. Is that wide of the mark?monkeyhanger wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:36 pmIf you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.
As a rough estimate now I think I'll be hitting around 8-10,000 miles per year. Although I'm moving soon for a new job and the commute is a 5 minute drive (15-20 min walk) so I doubt I'll be using the car much on weekdays at that point. Replacing the front ones when needed sounds okay to me though.
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Re: Tyre pressure adjustment
Haven't the time today to faff on getting the pic posted (out to York), but sticker says 41psi front/38psi back under partial occupancy and 44/41 fully loaded.
Re: Tyre pressure adjustment
Cheers mate. Did 1,000 miles with the Bridgestones and 1,800 on the MPS4's so far, I'll get them checked around the 6,000 mark.monkeyhanger wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:46 amDepends how hard you drive the car. Drive like a maniac and 10k miles on the front is all you get, 20k miles on fronts is possible. I will have to check my tyre tread depth, 4500 miles since change to PS4 on the red GTI+. I just have to find my depth gauge.S_94 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:36 pmI asked the tyre fitter about that and he was under the impression I'd only get 10-12,000 miles out of the set. Is that wide of the mark?monkeyhanger wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:36 pm
If you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.
As a rough estimate now I think I'll be hitting around 8-10,000 miles per year. Although I'm moving soon for a new job and the commute is a 5 minute drive (15-20 min walk) so I doubt I'll be using the car much on weekdays at that point. Replacing the front ones when needed sounds okay to me though.