USCRugby

At the local shop I visit. I was informed my tires were balding and I needed new ones. I have 62,000 miles on my car and this is the SECOND set of tires. Some kind of mechanical wear has caused my tires to die. I believe this was me not having the cars alignment fixed after tire rotating.

They recommended that I change the transmission fluid. When should I do that?

I went by Costco and purchased $900 worth of tires. Really pisses me off.

williakz

31k miles per set and you're pissed off? Why?

Devh

I would be happy with that kind of wear from quality tires. Cheap tires often last longer but are terrible.

slimjimtel

How often do you rotate your tires?

cpcc

control arm bushings?

roadfrog

Yeah....I don't get that. I wish I could get that kind of wear from ANY tire on any of my cars!

Recently on my LS, I was getting wear on the outside edges of my front tires. I had a four wheel alignment done and when I got the print out report back from the machine they use, all four tires were WAAAY out of spec. All bushings and suspension components were in good shape.

USCRugby

My 2nd set of tires were supposed to last 55k miles I believe.

USCRugby

Costco does them for free when you purchase your tires from them. I rotate them every 5k miles or whatever they tell me to do? I also get my pressure checked once a month at Costco.

dlbuckls10

The brand of tires, regular tire rotations, proper tire pressure, wheel alignments and routine tire inspections will make your tires last longer. Have mines checked every 5000 miles when having my oil changed.

USCRugby

Good question. This is why I am posting in here. Lexus told me I needed new ones last year. My mechanic told me they was a slight crack in one of the bushings, but it doesn't need to be replaced. He called it normal wear and was no safety concern.

I do not believe that would cause all 4 tires to go die quicker than normal. This is why I am posting my problem in here.

sktn77a

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If you're not getting the rated mileage from your tires, you should be getting a partial credit for the difference. Did you?

USCRugby

Not due to mechanical wear. Trust me I tried.

RR601

I also think 31K is good. I am curious if anybody on the forum is getting more than that.
I just changed out the original factory tires on mine at 23K. I could have got another 5K out of them but want the new Michelin Sports AS3 for a little better handling.
Did make a nice difference. But either way would have only got about 30K max on the tires.

USCRugby

Front brakes have 3MM and the rears have 5MM. How much longer will they last?

Devh

I only got about 22k on the factory tires before they needed replacement.
Most people think the factory rated mileage advertised on a tire will be the same for every car which is not true. Apart from the general maintenance of the tire, age and road conditions tires can very greatly and usually the better tires will wear faster. Heavy cars are brutal on tires.