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S_94 wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:47 pm The person who fitted my tyres recommended me to swap the front and back tyres over at around 5,000 miles of use. Not sure if you guys would do the same thing?

monkeyhanger wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:36 pm

S_94 wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:47 pm The person who fitted my tyres recommended me to swap the front and back tyres over at around 5,000 miles of use. Not sure if you guys would do the same thing?

If you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.

S_94 wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:36 pm

monkeyhanger wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:36 pm

S_94 wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:47 pm The person who fitted my tyres recommended me to swap the front and back tyres over at around 5,000 miles of use. Not sure if you guys would do the same thing?

If you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.

I asked the tyre fitter about that and he was under the impression I'd only get 10-12,000 miles out of the set. Is that wide of the mark?

As a rough estimate now I think I'll be hitting around 8-10,000 miles per year. Although I'm moving soon for a new job and the commute is a 5 minute drive (15-20 min walk) so I doubt I'll be using the car much on weekdays at that point. Replacing the front ones when needed sounds okay to me though.

fazzy wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:06 am Can anybody with a pre-gpf Polo GTi post a picture of the tyre pressure sticker which is stuck on the car?

monkeyhanger wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:46 am

S_94 wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:36 pm

monkeyhanger wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:36 pm

If you want them to all wear out at once and replace them all together, that's fine to do. If you were only keeping the car 2 to 3 years and didn't want to buy any tyres in that period, you might get 30-40k miles off a set. Otherwise leave them where they are and replace the fronts every time they wear down to 1.6mm / 2mm, although at that point some tyre places would have you rotate your tyres anyway and put the new ones on the back.

I asked the tyre fitter about that and he was under the impression I'd only get 10-12,000 miles out of the set. Is that wide of the mark?

As a rough estimate now I think I'll be hitting around 8-10,000 miles per year. Although I'm moving soon for a new job and the commute is a 5 minute drive (15-20 min walk) so I doubt I'll be using the car much on weekdays at that point. Replacing the front ones when needed sounds okay to me though.

Depends how hard you drive the car. Drive like a maniac and 10k miles on the front is all you get, 20k miles on fronts is possible. I will have to check my tyre tread depth, 4500 miles since change to PS4 on the red GTI+. I just have to find my depth gauge.