Ok, heres an open ended question: whats the tyre wear on new scoobs like? I have a 1 month old MY04 WRX and have done about 2000miles. I keep reading about high running costs cos tyres wear out... never had a 4WD drive motor before, so dont know what to expect. I used to get about 10k out of fronts on a alfa 156 (only 155bhp though).

I still cant get over how much I love this car though! Dont care if they only do 3K :-)

 

Personally I've found the Scoob has put up with me much better than any other car I've had.

All my previous cars I used to do a set of fronts in about 6,000 miles, I reckon I oughta get 10,000 out of the set on the Scoob.

 

remember, when u replace tyres,its always 4 at once!

 

no you don`t

 

MY 03 WRX 7500 K Miles change fronts to back, should give 10-12k

 

so what is it the wears the tyres? 0-60 runs or just cos theres more grip when cornering etc? im sure with my alfa it was all the wheel spin (no TC)?

 

my 02 wrx had front changed at 12,000 and have still got the original rear's on after 22,000 is that a record?? and they are still legal as i've just had a service and asked the garage to check them,overall i've spent less on servicing and parts than i did with my old rover coupe!!!!!.except the ahem!!!fuel.

 

lol, yeah fuel has taken me by surprise! first tank after 1k service was a whopping 192miles! 54litres. now thats were the tyres go..... :-)

 

Virgin - the centre diff takes care of the 0.01% variation no probs!

My 03 WRX has just had a set of 4 Goodyear Eagle F1's (lovely) at 16,750 miles. I'm stunned the standard Bridgestone RE050's lasted so well given the abuse they got.
Would have got more miles, but the geo was set with no negative camber on the fronts (from the factory) so I wore the writing and the edges off. Heh Heh! Top tip - get your car on a good 4 wheel alignment rig ASAP. Dials out the understeer, adds loads more steering feel and saves the poor tyres!

 

My last set of 4 did just under 15k.

Andy

 

My 02 WRX ate it's OEM bridgestones in about 13,000 miles. Replaced them with a pair of GYEF1's. The rear bridgestones are still going strong.

John

 

The more grip you have, the less tyre wear you should have. Its the sliding around and poor suspension geometry which causes rapid tyre wear. The older Scoobies used to wear front tyres rapidly on the inner edges due to bump steer and bad geometry. With the bump steer removed the tyres wear evenly across the tread. I drive fast round corners but expect nearly 20K out of my fronts (Goodyear F1's) The grip is vastly improved too.

Les

 

I got 20K out of my last set of Toyos. The classic scoobs tend to wear the inside edges out first.... so worth checking your tyres!