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[pauls]

On my second set of rear tyres in about 10k miles   i dont drive like a nutter l have just found the dunlop rts dont last. I was looking at uniroyal rainsport 3. Any coments on these before i blow another £200+ on them
cheers.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Had the Rainsport 2s on my E34 525i. Made it very easy to do whole laps of a wet roundabout sideways in complete confidence... if that helps...

[Doctor Gollum]

Consdidering Avon AV7s for my summer set... and I know TB isn't a fan, but if the Goodyear F1 Asym 2 was anything to go by, then the Asym 3s should be reasonable.

Guess this is related to the twitchyness

[tunnie]

Omega does appear heavy on tyres for some, not sure why 

My car share guy has BMW 235i and does not spare the horses, often we have Sport Plus mode engaged. He is quite hard on its tyres, which are michelin pilot super sport...

He just had his 20k service, the tyres are original!

10k is shocking 

[Doctor Gollum]

Omega does appear heavy on tyres for some, not sure why 

My car share guy has BMW 235i and does not spare the horses, often we have Sport Plus mode engaged. He is quite hard on its tyres, which are michelin pilot super sport...

He just had his 20k service, the tyres are original!

10k is pretty standard for an Omega. Some do better, some don't...

Fixed for objectivity

[X30XE]

I got 40k out of a set of budget tyres on an omega and never once lost control of it... Some of you have some pretty strange ways of destroying tyres it would seem.   

[tunnie]

I got 40k out of a set of budget tyres on an omega and never once lost control of it... Some of you have some pretty strange ways of destroying tyres it would seem.   

Glad someone else is on the same page   

[Chazza12]

I was told to put new tyres on and have the 4 wheel tracking done, so had that done when i put new tyres on, back end was well out and in.

[X30XE]

I got 40k out of a set of budget tyres on an omega and never once lost control of it... Some of you have some pretty strange ways of destroying tyres it would seem.   

Glad someone else is on the same page   

Rumour has it you drive like Miss Daisy tho    I don't, (or rather didn't when I was 20). Which makes it all the more hard to believe that they could only last 10k... that's like pirelli-cheese p6000s on a fwd car sort of ridiculousness 

[ronnyd]

Have had good tyre wear on both mine but ran with 15" on the PFL and 16" on the Desmond. Does running 17" or 18" make tyre wear more of an issue?

[Viral_Jim]

Rainsport 3's were my go-to tyre on the 9-5's I had. Probably covered about 50k on them in total (not the same set!).

They are very good and wear better than average. Which on my mapped 9-5 was 6k for the fronts 

[Doctor Gollum]

Have had good tyre wear on both mine but ran with 15" on the PFL and 16" on the Desmond. Does running 17" or 18" make tyre wear more of an issue?

No. Heavy braking and cornering at speed is what kills them... fronts from the outside in... rears tend to wear on the inner half, although worse if lowered or constantly loaded without self levelling. Best I managed in an Omega was 18k from Runway Enduro 916s directional tread and shit to a blanket grip. Goodyear NCTs typically lasted 10k. Autogrips would probably do 40k driven nicely... see above for 15k shoulder wear Worst I ever managed was less than 1000 miles from the fronts

[Nick W]

I got 40k out of a set of budget tyres on an omega and never once lost control of it... Some of you have some pretty strange ways of destroying tyres it would seem.   

Glad someone else is on the same page   

And me. Some of the reported wear on here makes me wonder how they still have driving licenses. But my car still has the same front brake pads that were on it when I bought it 6 years ago.
The only set of tyres that lasted me less than 10,000 miles was when I was stupid enough to fit large tyres to narrow wheels. The same tyre in an appropriate size lasted 3 times as long.

[Mr Gav]

Have had good tyre wear on both mine but ran with 15" on the PFL and 16" on the Desmond. Does running 17" or 18" make tyre wear more of an issue?

No. Heavy braking and cornering at speed is what kills them... fronts from the outside in... rears tend to wear on the inner half, although worse if lowered or constantly loaded without self levelling. Best I managed in an Omega was 18k from Runway Enduro 916s directional tread and shit to a blanket grip. Goodyear NCTs typically lasted 10k. Autogrips would probably do 40k driven nicely... see above for 15k shoulder wear Worst I ever managed was less than 1000 miles from the fronts

Thats assuming they don`t kill you first 

[tunnie]

I got 40k out of a set of budget tyres on an omega and never once lost control of it... Some of you have some pretty strange ways of destroying tyres it would seem.   

Glad someone else is on the same page   

And me. Some of the reported wear on here makes me wonder how they still have driving licenses. But my car still has the same front brake pads that were on it when I bought it 6 years ago.
The only set of tyres that lasted me less than 10,000 miles was when I was stupid enough to fit large tyres to narrow wheels. The same tyre in an appropriate size lasted 3 times as long.

My VW had what looks like brand new discs and pads on the front of it when I bought it, I'd be very surprised if I change them this decade. 

Done nearly 5k in the VW, tyre tread depth looks identical to when I bought it.