The wife has taken up rallying....

[lordrobs]

This. some brands are only good for 10,000 miles, some Ive done 60,000 miles in.

I put some Avons on my Touareg since it was due to go back on 15th Nov and with only 6 months left didn't want to put michelins on it. Car isnt going back for another 6 months now due to delays in the new one and I had a look at my tyres the other day and no was will they last another 6 months. Ive only done almost 9k on them and only a mm left to the indicators. WIll be having to put another set on by xmas at the latest I reckon.

avons are very soft and wear quickly although they are great "budget" tyres for wet grip.

Those bridgestones are decent and most users seem to get around 25,000 miles from them.

I use Avons on my MX5 but that only does around 1k a year so the wear rate is far less of a concern than anything else!

I've had Bridgestones on a couple of my cars (Potenza's) and one of the wifes (Turanza). Never managed to wear a set out before they cracked up to the point I wasn't happy running them

 

[Semple]

Unless the garage is attempting an epic rip-off, my money’s on this being the case.

My missus actually whinges at me for slowing down to go over the bumps (some are absolute mountains), there's lots in the residential area where we live, i probably go over about 30 of them dropping her off at work.

So if it's anything like the OPs other half - "what speed bump".

 

[Hades]

shes been taking those speed bumps at 30mph+ every day hasnt she?

This is what my wife does. After I've had to get the suspension fixed several times my daughter told me she takes the bumps at rally speed when I'm not in the car. It's infuriating because however much I ask her to be careful she doesn't seem to. There is no consequence for her because I pay for every aspect of all the cars; tax, insurance, buying them, most fuel, servicing and fixing them.

 

[ci_newman]

This is what my wife does. After I've had to get the suspension fixed several times my daughter told me she takes the bumps at rally speed when I'm not in the car. It's infuriating because however much I ask her to be careful she doesn't seem to. There is no consequence for her because I pay for every aspect of all the cars; tax, insurance, buying them, most fuel, servicing and fixing them.

I mean, the answer here is pretty clear

 

[MikeTheNative]

I mean, the answer here is pretty clear

Divorce? Murder? Letting her sort her own car out?

 

[Liquid_Entity]

Women only see cars as an object to get from A to B. No care taken ever especially if someone else pays for them to drive it.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Let's give some balance, there's definitely a number of men who do the same as well.

I don't really care about my car cosmetically now, scratches and scrapes don't really bother me. However there's a difference between that and driving around like an idiot.

 

[Hades]

I mean, the answer here is pretty clear

 

[Diagro]

I drive over speed bumps at 30 too.. (the triangle ones. not full on full width ones).

Then again, all my suspension bushings are uprated.

 

[Hades]

Divorce? Murder? Letting her sort her own car out?

Poo through her letterbox...

...oh wait that's going to backfire

 

[Doobedoo]

Poo through her letterbox...

...oh wait that's going to backfire

Essentially you have provided free car rental with perks. Who treats hire cars with any kind of sympathy? Especially when daddy will take care of it.

Great to have a dad like that not so much for learning personal responsibility though.

 

[Rroff]

I use Avons on my MX5 but that only does around 1k a year so the wear rate is far less of a concern than anything else!

I've had Bridgestones on a couple of my cars (Potenza's) and one of the wifes (Turanza). Never managed to wear a set out before they cracked up to the point I wasn't happy running them

Yeah - I have Turanzas put 10+K on them just dropped below 6mm but some tiny cracks appearing definitely going to be replacing them due to that before tread wear.

 

[Hades]

Essentially you have provided free car rental with perks. Who treats hire cars with any kind of sympathy? Especially when daddy will take care of it.

Great to have a dad like that not so much for learning personal responsibility though.

Which is all great and everything, but I'm talking about my wife.

 

[Doobedoo]

Which is all great and everything, but I'm talking about my wife.

Oh ok you did mention your daughter also but nevermind.

 

[Hades]

Oh ok you did mention your daughter also but nether mind.

Yes because my daughter told me that my wife pretends to be Tommy Makinen when I'm not in the car

 

[Doobedoo]

Yes because my daughter told me that my wife pretends to be Tommy Makinen when I'm not in the car

Ah I see . Fair shout to her I say.

 

[Greebo]

Yes because my daughter told me that my wife pretends to be Tommy Makinen when I'm not in the car

You should fit a hidden dashcam.

I would imagine the footage would look something like this?

 

[theone8181]

Yeah, Turanza's are OK. OEM fit on my old Skoda. I got 14k out of the fronts on a diesel hot hatch...

Not a Sorento, but decent enough for the car it was on.

Diesel hot hatch? Surely that's an oxymoron.

 

[MagicBoy]

Diesel hot hatch? Surely that's an oxymoron.

They never made a petrol version, and it homologated the rally car...

I miss that car.

 

[mjt]

All that on a 6-year-old car? Blimey