hi. i am currently not an rs owner (yet) but i am thinkig of owning one. i have heard that the tyres can wear quickly on the cars though. is this normal as i would be using it for commuting as well as pleasure thank you
Welcome Regarding tyre wear, that's rather subjective.. how you drive, conditions, distances etc. or even poor alignment!
I put down that I drive 8000 mile a year. I don't drive the car hard as such, more 'spirited' but not too often as the roads are rubbish where I am
to be honest anything that packs more than 200BHP on 18 or 19 wheels isn't going to be a car that is 'Good' on tyres. I don't think there that bad, Focus ST is worse.
They destroy tyres if used hard, I have just put a 3rd set of fronts on since August with circa 10k miles.
Welcome to the site Are you thinking a mkII or mkIII? i.e. 250 or similar or a r26 or 225 etc? Tyres on my 250 were pretty shocking but like people have said above, depends on how you drive
I'm think of the 250. I have read that the tyres need to be replaced around 9000 miles for some people
Yeah thats probably about right, if not a little optimistic .. I think I was on a new set between 7000 - 8000 miles, maybe less. It's just part and parcel of the type of car it is though ... same a fuel usage will probably go up, insurance etc.
oh dear. I wouldn't mind but it would be my daily driver so maybe I will have to rethink. I am getting 20000 miles out of my tyres at the moment so it's a lot more expense. Thank you
