[ad087]

I'm interested to know how long peoples tyres are lasting cos I've just had to get mine replaced at 9600 miles - I've got the ASC+T fitted and i would have thought the tyres would have lasted much longer! My driving covers a good mixture of Motorways and a little bit of twisties on A roads. Can anyone else share any experience on this?

[Swil]

My tyres really could do with replacing, I have done 9000 miles which is a bit quick in my book. Have you managed to find any to replace them... spoke to our Kwitfit and they are talking about £75 !!!! bit costly for 3 1/2 months driving.

Si

[monsta]

My Cooper has the 15" 8 spokes with 175 Pirellis.

I have covered over 13,000 miles and I am still on the original set. I must admit the front ones were getting very low but I have swapped them over with the back set so that I can get buy four wider ones when the others wear down...

Did that make sense?? !

[kjs]

Glad its not just mine then! About a month ago I looked at my front tyres and though "*£$! they're wearing a bit fast!" ). Haven't got them swapped over yet, but I will do sometime in the next month or so. Driven 8000 miles on them since the 9th of November (over 4000 miles of that since the 2nd of March!!!!). The rear ones look fine though. Pressures checked regularly, so they've not been over-inflated and my Cooper has got ASC+T.


maybe the power steering is to blame???? Although from past experience on my dad's BMWs, the power steering usually just does for the edges of the tyres...

kjs

[Swil]

I have now got a much cheaper quotes for 175/65H15 P3000 for £45 from Alba tyrs in Leeds. Garages seem scared of the type preseure sensors, does anyone know how these work?

[kjs]

Quote:

Originally posted by Swil
I have now got a much cheaper quotes for 175/65H15 P3000 for £45 from Alba tyrs in Leeds. Garages seem scared of the type preseure sensors, does anyone know how these work?

Lots of stuff on the site about this - probably best to do a search.... but, in short, on the MINI they work via the ABS and detect changes in the rotation of the wheel due to changes in the circumference of a deflated tyre.

kjs

[JonBlakeburn]

Courtesy of Bruce,

"The MINI’s tyre pressure warning system, part of its standard equipment, uses data from the ABS wheel sensors to monitor the rolling radius of all four tyres and detect any significant deflation, warning the driver if any tyre’s pressure drops below 70% of normal. But there’s a curiosity of the MINI design. Although the system identifies which tyre has lost pressure, the car doesn’t pass this information to the driver, who is simply warned that one of the tyres is under inflated.”

[ad087]

Phew - glad to hear that it's not just me.... i got my tyres for £55 each at bugdet but i wouldn't be going back - the guy that took my car into the garage was throwing it about like it was a £200 Nova. When I ask to split the cost over my switch and visa and was treated like i had asked to pay with monopoly money. I wish i had gone to Kwik fit and payed a little more for better service. The tyre pressure sensors do run off the ABS and not any sort of sensor in the tyre. The only problem i have had is that when my front tyres were a little over pressure and the back ones were a little under the system went mad - this while is was overtaking on the motorway - a shock to say the least.

[timlowden771]

My Mini one has done just over 3000 miles and the tyres really are showing signs of wearing out. I reckon if I get 10,000 miles out of them I will be doing well. The car has not been driven that hard either. Its a shock becasue my clio 172 has covered 11000 miles now and the tyres are fine, and that has been driven very hard

[kjs]

Wasn't conventional wisdom/general rule of thumb that you should expect somewhere around 30000 miles of a set of tyres. I got somewhere in the region of 24000 off the front tyres in my Fiat Punto and would have got substantially more had it not been for the crap tracking on that car.....


kjs

[ad087]

The 106 i had before my mini only went through 2 sets of front tyres in 40000 miles if i remember right. Is everyone here on the Pirreli P3000 - maybe it's something to do with the compound that is used in the tyres. If it is a soft high grip compound it maybe that the normal life span is short - what kind of tyres does your clio run on?

[GrahamG]

Looks like I've got a puncture on my front drivers wheel
17" Got a price from my dealer 205quid!!!!!!! are they
F****** mad any help would be apreciated

[timlowden771]

Quote:

Originally posted by ad087
what kind of tyres does your clio run on?

The Clio 172 has got Mitchellin tyres on. The tyres are the sort or tyre that looks bald from the word go, but if you turn the steering wheel there is load of tread left of it still

[ad087]

Quote:

Originally posted by GrahamG
Looks like I've got a puncture on my front drivers wheel
17" Got a price from my dealer 205quid!!!!!!! are they
F****** mad any help would be apreciated

I got my new tyres at hlaf the price of dealer prices - Mini Rubber cheap tyres my arse!!! Try shopping around a bit - but i guess if it's a fast puncture then your kinda stuck but if its slow then you can afford to wait for a next day delivery to likes of Kwik fit.

Could be worse - i had to shell out for a new alloy and tyre 4 weeks after i got my car - the council lft a kerbstone sticking out of the verge after some road works - very interesting feeling haveing your tyre blow out at 50 round a bend!!! That said the Mini emergancy service were amazing - they ent out a car with a spare and arranged my loan car and everything - at 7.30 am!!!

[willibobs]

Quote:

Originally posted by ad087
I'm interested to know how long peoples tyres are lasting cos I've just had to get mine replaced at 9600 miles - I've got the ASC+T fitted and i would have thought the tyres would have lasted much longer! My driving covers a good mixture of Motorways and a little bit of twisties on A roads. Can anyone else share any experience on this?

I just posted a thread on teh faults and fixes forum about this, I should have done a search first!
My Coop has done under 8000 miles in 8 months and my front pirelli P3000 175/65 x 15s are down to 2mm! The rears are still over 6mm. I was expecting longer life from the tyre than 8000 miles.
I'll mention it to the dealers next week.

I wonder what tyre wear is like on th 16" and 17" wheels? What tyres do they have?

[ad087]

I think the 16 and 17's use a good-year tyre - possible an eagle because they are runflat tyres with a different sidewall structure.

[Dom]

Yeah, my 16's are on Goodyear Eagle NCT's... and they've covered 8,000 miles and the front left is looking a little slim (can't think why the front left!)... Will swap for rears and then go for 215's if they fit...

Dom

[kjs]

monsta/anyone

how long should it take to swap front and back tyres - I've just been quoted about an hour to an hour and a half.... (I was expecting more like half an hour at the most!!!)


kjs

[willibobs]

That's outrageous!
I'm assuming you don't actually want to take the tyres off the rims, just swap the front and rear wheels round to even out tyre wear.
For a properly equipped garage with a trolley jack and an air gun it should take about 20 minutes to swap the front wheels with the rears.
Think about it;
1. Jack one side of the car up with the trolley jack, 2 mins
2. Undo the four wheel nuts on the front wheel with the locking wheel nut adapter from the boot and the airgun, 2 mins
3. Same for the rear, 2 mins.
4. Swap the wheels around, 1 min.
5. Do up the wheel nuts on each wheel and lower the car, 3 mins.
Do the same for the other side of the car and there you go, done it 20 minutes.