Okay admit my ignorance here - but how much tread is there on a new tyre ?

Just had the free winter check and the tyres are down to 5.8mm to 6.2mm. Cars 3 months old and 6400 miles. Mostly motorway miles and not driven hard. Doesnt seem alot left considering mileage. MY10 TDV6 HSE, Alaska White, Ebony with Contrast, Park Heat, Paddle Shift, Privacy, Heated Steering Wheel, Extended & Premium Leather,

MY07 TDV6 HSE, Zermatt Silver, Gone

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1964 Austin Healey 3000

2007 LR Defender

2011 VW Tiguan R Line

7 - 8mm i believe new 
" WITH MORE EXTRAS THAN A HOLLYWOOD EPIC "

I would of thought 8mm if you are on 19"

Hmm, that doesn't seem too bad really? 2mm in 6.5k.., that means you're going to get around 20,000m from a set of rubber on a big helfty 4x4. Could be a whole lot worse?

Measure your spare, could be as low as 6.5mm to 8mm depending on tyre make. Highest I've ever seen is 9.5mm on Michelin 235/70 16" rim size disco tyres - they were good for 50,000miles! Softer compounds and lower tread blocks when new for stability at high loads/speeds means much lower life on the RRS though  Cheers

Simon

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So therefore not too bad so far ?

Not sure how you worked out 20,000 miles, presume the legal limit is still 4mm ? MY10 TDV6 HSE, Alaska White, Ebony with Contrast, Park Heat, Paddle Shift, Privacy, Heated Steering Wheel, Extended & Premium Leather,

MY07 TDV6 HSE, Zermatt Silver, Gone

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1964 Austin Healey 3000

2007 LR Defender

2011 VW Tiguan R Line

Legal limit is 1.6mm not that you would want to get down to that

Landlord wrote:

So therefore not too bad so far ?

Not sure how you worked out 20,000 miles, presume the legal limit is still 4mm ?

Well, if a tyre starts with 7.5-8.0mm tread, then you've used an average of either 1.5mm or 2mm. So, the remaining 4mm+ of tread represents slightly more than 2/3 of your tyre life. With just less than a third gone after 6400m, 20,000m looks a likely distance they'll go before you hit the 1.6mm replacement limit that Cliff correctly stated.

Having said that, I think you'll find most experts would recommend replacing tyres well before 1.6mm as the road-holding quality and wet characteristices will have significantly diminished.

Phew, that's enough maths for one day thanks!

dah......

Of course its 1.6mm -  MY10 TDV6 HSE, Alaska White, Ebony with Contrast, Park Heat, Paddle Shift, Privacy, Heated Steering Wheel, Extended & Premium Leather,

MY07 TDV6 HSE, Zermatt Silver, Gone

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1964 Austin Healey 3000

2007 LR Defender

2011 VW Tiguan R Line

I have driven 30k and still had 4 mm on my previus super charged 275/40/20 - but they shoot you when you drive over 70 in holland  Range Rover Sport TD V8 2007 "first edition"
Overfinch "The Works"
22" 285/30/22

Defender 50 V8 4.6 RPI

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