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Offline Watts

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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #10 on: 04 January 2023, 20:34 »
About half of the time I find myself replacing tyres due to piothole or puncture damage before they have worn out.

I usually replace at about 2-3mm, some tyres continue to grip well as the tread wears but others don't. Plus on my commute there are a couple of sections of road which tend to hold standing water, and going through without much tyre tread can be a bit scary.

I replaced all 4 due to one front tyre having a non-repairable puncture, the rears still had 5-6mm of tread! But I really didn't like the Pirellis and wanted 4 PS4S so I just went for it. I had around 25k miles out of them so that was pretty good.
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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #11 on: 04 January 2023, 20:57 »

Is it only when you've taken a corner a bit too hard the interest peaks?  :wink:

It does have a tendency to spin!

@Exonian, just done what you’re considering- brand new PS5s front, leaving part worn PS4s rear.

Just do it, they’re the same brand, almost the same model. Won’t do you any harm!

If the sidewalls don’t match almost perfectly I’d get a nervous twitch every time I looked at the car!
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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #12 on: 04 January 2023, 21:00 »
😂😂 you need help!
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Offline Rudedog

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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #13 on: 04 January 2023, 21:32 »
Same position here... probably 2'ish on front and 4 to 5 on rear, was thinking of just changing fronts to PS5s for now and waiting on the rears... then I thought I'd do a rotate this weekend and change all four in a couple of months which would eek out a few more miles.

Just means having to jack and do the rotate on the drive... did ask a local garage and they wanted a tenner per wheel to do it!

Now I'm thinking of going for all four at the same time.
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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #14 on: 04 January 2023, 21:46 »
Now I'm thinking of going for all four at the same time.

Go for it. I'm tight but to me it was well worth it.
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Offline symonh2000

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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #15 on: 04 January 2023, 22:09 »
About half of the time I find myself replacing tyres due to piothole or puncture damage before they have worn out.

I usually replace at about 2-3mm, some tyres continue to grip well as the tread wears but others don't. Plus on my commute there are a couple of sections of road which tend to hold standing water, and going through without much tyre tread can be a bit scary.

I replaced all 4 due to one front tyre having a non-repairable puncture, the rears still had 5-6mm of tread! But I really didn't like the Pirellis and wanted 4 PS4S so I just went for it. I had around 25k miles out of them so that was pretty good.

Mine is on Pirelli Pzero at the moment and they are not great. They came with the car when I bought it.

Lots of tread on them and I cannot justify binning them before I have had use out of them.
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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #16 on: 05 January 2023, 12:06 »
2mm, when it is on the wear marker, never had issues over the years driving with not doing it then.

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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #17 on: 05 January 2023, 15:22 »
An anal MOT tester may give you an advisory for the tyres on an MOT but it won't fail. Depends how much this bothers you. When looking at used cars I often check MOT history as i feel its an indication how well the car was looked after.

The current time of year its the wet weather and we are going into the snow months. :undecided:
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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #18 on: 05 January 2023, 17:07 »
Similarly, I can't wait to get rid of the Pirelli's but I've got too much tread left, oh well it's winter now anyway....

I'll probably be going for PS4S as Costco do good deals on them, as well as Eagle F1 Supersports. I think the Michellins are on offer at the moment, £50 off for 2 tyres fitted and £100 off when buying 4 fitted. Don't forget to add fitting charges of £8 per corner. Still worked out around £40 less per a tyre (19") compared to blackcirlces when I looked last year.
« Last Edit: 05 January 2023, 17:09 by Rich62 »

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Re: when do you replace your tyres?
« Reply #19 on: 05 January 2023, 17:32 »
Just looked on BlackCircles and 19" PS4S are £192 a corner! WTF?