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Pickles · 03-13-2012, 04:24 AM

I like to keep the same brand/tread pattern front & rear.
The normal way to get maximum mileage out of your tyres is to rotate them...obviously impossible on a C63.
So, if I want to keep the same tread pattern, odds are the rears are going to wear out before the fronts, so I'll just be buying rears.
My question is....how long do the fronts last?....I mean rears can be anything from 6/7000ks to ?
So, on average, how long do fronts last? If they last twice as long as rears, then maybe I should buy a set of rears now, so that when my current rears wear out in maybe a year, then I'll still have an exact match with the fronts?
Why buy them now?...because maybe in a year, the existing tread pattern will be superceded.
Hope I'm making some sense here?
Cheers, Pickles.

03-13-2012, 04:24 AM	#1
Pickles Super Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Melbourne Posts: 766 Drives: (a)'12 C63 P/P, LSD, 19" m/spoke,comfort pack. (b)Astra SRI.	Rear Tyre/Front Tyre...Wear? I like to keep the same brand/tread pattern front & rear. The normal way to get maximum mileage out of your tyres is to rotate them...obviously impossible on a C63. So, if I want to keep the same tread pattern, odds are the rears are going to wear out before the fronts, so I'll just be buying rears. My question is....how long do the fronts last?....I mean rears can be anything from 6/7000ks to ? So, on average, how long do fronts last? If they last twice as long as rears, then maybe I should buy a set of rears now, so that when my current rears wear out in maybe a year, then I'll still have an exact match with the fronts? Why buy them now?...because maybe in a year, the existing tread pattern will be superceded. Hope I'm making some sense here? Cheers, Pickles.