Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Ive routinely had >50% of original tread on tires when we got rid of them. Usually age is the determinant, I dont recall a single set of tires Ive actually replaced based upon wear. Extrapolating on a variety of tires, not necessarily 90k mile spec tires, we would achieve similar use, so it is more than doable.
It has a lot on how you drive, how you maintain them, etc.
Agreed. The primary reason for replacing them at this point is age more than wear.
On a side note, I ordered a set of General AltiMAX RT43 for the car today. After a couple of phone calls to local tire retailers, no one could come close to the price that Discount Tire Direct has them for, including a $25 internet discount and $50 rebate. Factoring in both of those I'll have less than $330 in all 4 tires. A neighbor down the road owes me a couple favors (I bush hog his fields a couple times a year) and he owns a tire store. I'll have him put the tires on, and it won't cost me anything.
It will be interesting to see how the General tires hold up compared to the Michelins. They are rated as a 75,000 mile tire, and if they do reasonably well it will probably be the last set of tires I put on the car.
Originally Posted By: CapriRacer
It might be time for my lecture on tire wear.
Most tire wear occurs in the cornering mode. The more corners you take, and the more severely you corner, the more rapidly a tire wears. Drive in a straight line and you hardly get any wear at all.
You could think of this as the difference between city driving and country driving - with country driving having lots of miles between turns.
It is not uncommon for people who pull RV trailers to get over 100K in a set of tires - all because the drive long distances on the highway.
Thanks-I have a huge amount of respect for the information you provide and I appreciate your comments.