TDI 170 and I drive like a loon. My average fuel consumption over 50,000 miles is 35MPG.
I don't hang about. Trust me, I was amazed when I looked at my spreadsheet and saw how much they'd covered.
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I don't hang about. Trust me, I was amazed when I looked at my spreadsheet and saw how much they'd covered.
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I got ~30,000 miles out of the MPSS on my M135i. I did that with 2 sets as well, so not just a 1 set fluke.
But that’s pretty normal for someone who drives steady surely?
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I've fitted Eagle F1s to 530s for 14 years and averaged about 10k a set in the past.
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Another TR1 update, I remain impressed by the wet and dry grip they offer for the money, however the fronts have worn down to about 4MM after just 7K miles. I guess spirited driving in a nose heavy FWD turbo car hasn't helped but thay does seem pretty fast wear to me.
Still for the price I'm not sure I can complain.
Still for the price I'm not sure I can complain.
I was going to try some on a R53 I just purchased. Can’t find too many reviews on them, doesn’t help that they named them so closely to the original!! Camskill are selling them in 205/50/16 for around £55 which seems like a bargain...
Still don’t think 20k is ‘exceptional’
Will wait and see on mine but they are 15k in with plenty tread left on a powerful car driven hard.
I think Michelin’s are always worth the price premium due to how long they last
Soldato
PS4S have a 30k treadwear warranty here providing you aren't running a staggered set up.
Wonder if they will actually honor it.
Wonder if they will actually honor it.
Presumably because they expect you to rotate them.
Swapped my eagle F1 asym 3 run flats out last week for some Bridgestone turanza t0005s (or something like that), full on and reassuring grip in the dry, wet seems decent too can't really tell if that's better or worse than the eagles. They are just that bit numb in the feedback department.
Last change was march 18 
Soldato
dammit, did not know this thread existed - perhaps you helpful chaps could advise me a bit?
I need 4 x 225/60 R17 tyres for an ix35 (with previous cars i just left it with my local garage and they fitted what i can only assume are what as described as ditch finders) Being in the 'sticks' in NI narrows my options a bit but i blackcircles have a 'partner' reasonably close (20ish miles) With a max budget of 100 quid per tyre can anyone suggest what i should be going for - or indeed at that budget are ditch finders all i'll see or get?
I need 4 x 225/60 R17 tyres for an ix35 (with previous cars i just left it with my local garage and they fitted what i can only assume are what as described as ditch finders) Being in the 'sticks' in NI narrows my options a bit but i blackcircles have a 'partner' reasonably close (20ish miles) With a max budget of 100 quid per tyre can anyone suggest what i should be going for - or indeed at that budget are ditch finders all i'll see or get?
How many miles did you get out of them?
I recently replaced my rears for some Goodyear Eagle F1 runflats (which incidentally doesn't have a version number?). I previously had the stock Bridgestone RE050A Potenza and they were down to the wear indicators after around 8,000 miles.
I actually had no problems with the RE050A and was thinking of getting them again. But thought I would try the Goodyears as it might offer better wear rates and improved wet grip. I shall see when we have wetter and colder weather.
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I don’t think you’re going to get more than 50k out of the new Bridgestone’s on the rear !
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The RE050A was mediocre back in 2005 or so when they were new. Nowadays they are absolute crap. The dry weather performance and feedback they gave was good. As soon as the road became a little bit damp though, they turned into ditch finders.