Given
96%
while driving a
Honda Accord
(205/50 R16) on
a combination of roads
for 12,000
easy going miles
One does wonder about those who describe these tires wearing excessively fast. I have not found this and at 12,000 miles, over the year, the wear has been no more appreciable than I would expect from any tire. Tires are, by their very nature, a 'scarificial' component, (i.e. designed to wear out with usage). One suspects that those drivers experiencing heavy wear may not be monitoring their tire pressures as they should,and adjusting for the load they are carrying, in terms of number of passengers and/or weight in the boot for the journey. Speed, or lack of it should not be too much of a contributory factor to wear, but the means of getting to and from higher speeds will be. It is more likely that those who have found they are experiencing heavy wear are too fond of driving hard on the gas and hard on the brakes.From observations generally, I cannot help but notice the number of drivers who accelerate when they don't really need to,(usually overtaking at a point where the road calls for them to slow down), and who also brake un-necessarily,(going uphill towards a junction or other vehicle), rather than letting the incline reduce their speed. I always go by the general axiom, "...I have not gone to the trouble of spending money on petrol to now waste all this kinetic energy I have created by using my brakes...."