May 2005
Forum
Tyre Wear
I assume tyres must be made of much softer rubber these days as, despite a more sedate driving style and plenty of motorway use, I get far lower mileage from tyres these days.
I once got 90K from a set of Michelin X tyres fitted to a Beetle that was driven flat out everywhere. Even 40K from a set of Continentals on an early Audi 100.
Now I am pushed to get 15K on a Golf GTI turbo or SWBBO's Yaris Verso. Daughter's Polo gives similar mileage.
Not complaining, merely commenting!
That said years ago a pal scrubbed out a set of front cross ply tyres on a Mini-van in 1,500 miles - driven vigorously on minor roads in Pembrokeshire.
Does anyone get high mileage these days?
Read more
Elsewhere on 
I assume this is yet another derogatory comment about a Citroen. There must be plenty of big mileage ZXs still on the road. Whilst not sharing the build quality of the Xantia, the basic design is sound, and the engines would have no trouble going past 100,000 (particularly the diesels). I had a 1.4i up to 47000 and it never required topping up with oil between changes, always returned at least 40 mpg and the car was easy cruiser at 80 mph.
With regard to this thread, I believe I got around 45K miles out of the front tyres. The back ones would no doubt have gone on for much longer than that.