When do you change your tyres?

JP1978

uknick wrote: »

Change at 8mm? Mine only come with 8mm from new.

Wooooosh......

PasturesNew

It would depend on the type of journeys I'm making.
All small/local I'd wait until they were on the legal limit; if I were travelling further and/or on motorways I'd change them before they got to the limit.

At an MoT I was told the tyres would need changing "soon" so I asked him how many miles they had in them - and he gave me a figure .... so I knew roughly what I was looking at and could make a judgement based on my mileage I knew I was going to do, so I could do it "at my leisure".

Joe_Horner

arcon5 wrote: »

It certainly is.

:cool:

That's good that you don't let being MSE get in the way of safety :money:

motorguy

Joe_Horner wrote: »

Normally as soon as it's convenient after there's around 2mm left - the last 0.4mm or so to the limit gives a month or two of leeway in case I can't for any reason.

Thats where i would be too. If i was getting feedback from the car to suggest otherwise (excess noise / feeling a lack of grip), etc.

Jackmydad

motorguy wrote: »

Thats where i would be too. If i was getting feedback from the car to suggest otherwise (excess noise / feeling a lack of grip), etc.

Makes sense to me. Especially after the article Joe (?) linked to in the previous tyre thread about Michelin saying that 1.6mm is OK.

Ectophile

At about 2mm, or when the tyre is so old that the rubber starts cracking up, whichever comes first.

marlot

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Should-we-change-tyres-at-3mm.htm

Iceweasel

This thread was only a few days ago:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5718455

gord115

3mm for me

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/58850/how-keep-your-tyres-safe

uknick

JP1978 wrote: »

Wooooosh......

Why the comment?


Mine are Bridgestone RE050 and come with about 10/32" tread from new.