Do people find their fronts or rears wear more?

defo front lol n/s/f more due to roundabout done 14,000 on fronts and the edges are showing wear , sport contact. 2007 SUPERCHARGED HST

Fronts. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Front and rear about the same on Pirelli Scorpions

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Hi,

Had tread depth of 4.5mm (R) and 3.5mm (F) reported @ 2nd service (24,000ml) in March. Now down to 2.5mm (F) and 3.5mm (R) @ 29,500mls. New set are in the garage ( care of Tyredealers) ready for changing fronts in near future and probably rears by Xmas.

Shame she's going on 1st March - but not prepared to risk Somerset winter weather on low tread depth.

All in all I've been very pleased with the Pirelli's compared to the Conti's on my previous TDV8.

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Conti's are a soft compound & don't last long,,I run Pirelli's on my RRS as they do last longer.

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Thanks all, suspected as much but due to edge wear & changes, haven't been keeping an eye on front/rear wear. Fronts are needing changing now. Got a good pair of tyres to go on, just wanted to work out which end was better to put them on and maybe swap rear to front first. I'll just put them on the front now.

Always put the best tyres on the rear.  Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
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Maybe but then if I do it this way, I'll have better front end grip for longer and then I can change all 4 tyres when they've worn out together.

The reasoning behind putting the best tyres on the back is down to oversteer vs understeer (the latter being safer). Again, it's better to have a blow out at the front rather than rear and I believe research may suggest better water clearing too.  Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
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