How many miles do you get on a set of tires?

[aaronc879]

After checking online I didn't see any other car that I'd rather have. The latter is a good exercise for me, so that if/when I actually NEED a new car, I have some idea of what I might want. Not one car made me drool this time so I'm glad I didn't really need to buy one.

With the miles you put on you won't NEED a new car until your in your 90's...so never. Nothing wrong with buying a new one though if your in the spend-down phase and can afford it like you are.

 

[W2R]

With the miles you put on you won't NEED a new car until your in your 90's...so never. Nothing wrong with buying a new one though if your in the spend-down phase and can afford it like you are.

Well, that is what I'm thinking. I can afford it if there was one that I wanted. I guess I like the Venza more than I realized.

But suppose my car got hit by a truck while I was inside a store shopping, and was totaled. (That has never happened to me, but just suppose.) Then I would need to buy another car quickly, and it's always good to have an interesting car or two in the back of one's mind just in case.

 

[jimbee]

... on retirement car 8k; 2014 Camaro ZL1, 600HP, Supercharged.

Do you find the rear tires wear a lot faster than the front?

 

[Gumby]

My current daily driver is a 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid with 205K miles on it. I rotate my tires at every maintenance, which is roughly every 9k miles.

The original equipment tires were Dunlop SP31 Low Rolling Resistance. According to my records, I replaced the original tires at 57,844 miles (replaced with same). I replaced them again at 120,423 miles (switched to Toyo Versado LXII). I am getting ready to replace them again before the snow starts.

So it looks like the Dunlops averaged about 60k miles and the Toyos are now around 85k miles.

 

[gerntz]

Wouldn't life be dependent on diameter? I.e., bigger diameter means more circumference & thus less surface contact frequency per tread length.

 

[retiredinnyc]

I live in nyc, I own a car . It's a 2004 with 37,000.it was my very first new car. It has a CD player AND a cassette player lol. We have yearly inspections here my mechanic told me the tires had dry rot and I could have a blow out, mind you the car rarely goes over 25 miles an hour . He ordered 4 tires and they had I think 33000 miles on them ,plenty of tred just rotted, I used to park in the street but dogs whizzing on the tires and rock salt might have had some responsibility for it. I park in an under ground garage now , I visit the car at least monthly when I pay them for the spot. It would have been cheaper to just take taxis but I never had a new car and it was on the bucket list.

 

[jazz4cash]

I have always preferred to go 40-50k miles and get four brand new tires. Nothing else improves the way a car feels like a brand new set of tires. Usually, I end up needing to replace a tire or two before the 50k mark due to a road hazard and that throws everything off. The last couple sets of tires I ran for more like 50-60k miles to wearout with only sporadic rotations, but I do maintain inflation pressure on the high side.

I have been "blown away" by the Michilin tires that came on my 2011 Chevy Equinox. I am approaching 90k miles on two of them and they still have decent tread depth and good road feel. The other two were replaced due to sidewall damage.

One time I was on the interstate when the tire pressure monitor (TPMS) light flashed on and I watched the tire pressure dropping as I drove. Because of this technology I was able to get off the road onto a side street where I could safely change the tire. Without TPMS the tire would have certainly been destroyed before I could react. FYI, the 1st replacement tire was $300 and the 2nd one was around $200, but I see them available for about $150 now and most shops charge extra to service vehicles equipped with TPMS. I will probably start replacing tires in pairs rather than going for a full set which is a big compromise for me.

 

[calmloki]

Don't think I bought a whole set of four tires till in my late fifties - now and again I'd splurge and buy a new pair and mount them on the front. Once I got into buying sets of four I found they would last about 25-30k, but much of that wear had to do with BMW alignment settings, which tend to scrub rubber off the inner rear tread, and driving style, which scrubs rubber on the outer edges of the front tires.

Still, better than the old days when all my tires were bought from junkyards, often mounted on wheels.

 

[retiredinnyc]

I saw a show even if the car is front wheel drive put the new tires on the rear

 

[JoeWras]

I saw a show even if the car is front wheel drive put the new tires on the rear

Right. A little upset handling in the front means some understeer, which most non racers have a chance of recovery from. Rear upsets mean oversteer, which most non racers screw up.

 

[Midpack]

Got new tires this morning. Glad I had the heads up on age here, the oldest tire they put on my car was 2215, that's certainly new enough.

 

[RunningBum]

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Again, I was glad to discover that the expense of buying new tires this afternoon was much lower than I had expected. So, I probably won't have to cut back much if at all.

I thought you were way way under any reasonable withdrawal rate, were you really thinking you'd have to cut back? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. If not, it's your business, and I don't have any problem if someone wants to be really conservative with having enough, but having way more than enough and fretting over a set of tires doesn't seem any fun to me. I have more than enough (not way more) and I just shrug off an expense like that.

As for the new car, well, it is always in the back of my mind. I'm not ready for one yet, though, so maybe it was about half tongue in cheek. My Venza only has 22,000 miles on it.

After checking online I didn't see any other car that I'd rather have. The latter is a good exercise for me, so that if/when I actually NEED a new car, I have some idea of what I might want. Not one car made me drool this time so I'm glad I didn't really need to buy one.

I do the same. For years I didn't see anything that really brought me more than my 04 Honda Pilot, but I had a couple ideas of what I'd get just in case. Good thing since it became an urgent need when I had my wreck. I think about that less since my Forester is so new, and I suppose I'd just get another one of those or an Outback if I had to.

 

[cooch96]

I wouldn't trust tires over 10 years old. On tires more than 5 or 6 years old, I'd be watching carefully for signs of cracking in the sidewalls.

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