standard factory fitment tyres on a s fl2.only done 3500 miles and cant see them doing no more than another 3500 miles !

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my goodyear wranglers only lasted about 16k miles, but those were the front ones and i do have a heavy foot  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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I have 17" wranglers on mine and they were down to 5mm rear 4mm front after 28000 miles, 5000 of which were towing a caravan(cue CG comment) are your pressures ok and have you had the tracking checked?

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I have 17" continentals, and I've done 17k, and still have at least another 5k to go out of the tyres

Rich

My car came with Good Year Wranglers. I drive a bit heavy footed, under 30mpg and still on first set of tyres after 32000 miles. Much better than the XC90 i had before this which went through tyres in about 15000 miles.

I also tow a caravan which doesn't seem to have any adverse affect on the tyre life. CG might dispute this though.

Seeing that you are all asking my opinion, towing has got to have some affect on tyre life, how much so is anyones guess.
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41500 miles on Wranglers with 5mm left all around, some caravan towing, maybe 1500 - 1600 miles.

Also maxed out a tank of fuel at 650 miles, could there be some relation ship here .....

One thing I have noticed, when looking at my spare tyre, is the contis have a wear rating of 300 and the wranglers are 400, so in theory the wranglers should last 1/3 longer than the Contis.

How unfair is that. The dealers never ask you which tyres you want, so you can't pick the longer lasting ones.

Rich

Currently 34,000 miles on original tyres, 30k service report says 30% left so I am looking to get around 40k miles out of them

TC

Are you sure that they have worn by half of the original tread? How can you tell?

I would suggest if you are curious to determine eactly how much wear they have is measure the tread depth of a new 16" tyre of the same brand and model and compare it to yours as proper indication.

Tread guages are dirt cheap and very simple to use, especially on a 4x4 where you have that extra clearance around the wheel.

The tyres are worn out when they get down to the raised dimples between the treads, not before. See below.

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a local tyre dealer who ive used for years gauged them and its 3mm front and 4 on back.the spare is unused and its got 9 mm so he said there was no qestion they off a different fl2 with more like 15000 miles not 3500 miles thats on my clock.he said u be buying new fronts by christmas.not happy.land rover want to see the tyres themselfs so off im going after the weekend.

My FL2 came with Contis fitted, but whilst cleaning it yesterday noticed that the spare is actually a Wrangler!

Gilfishman,

Was your car new or secondhand?

If secondhand how many miles has the car done, and did the dealer tell you that the tyres had only been replaced 3500 miles ago?

If new wouldn't you have seen that the tyres were worn and dirty......  Once you've tasted GREY you'll never go back!