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thomsonpop:
My girlfriend and I both have Edition 30s. I have no problems with my tyres which seem to last about 12 months, but hers need replacing VERY regularly. The current pair of front tyres now need replacing after only 3 months and she only does short trips locally. She usually has Eagle F1s but since someone told her they are a soft tyre, she has fitted a set of Khumos (which are now already on the legal limit!!). Both her usual garage and the tyre fitter can't find anything wrong with the wheel alignment or tracking and have suggested she must be driving too aggressively. Now, granted she is quite a spirited driver, but she's not wheel spinning out of every junction and has deliberately been driving carefully but to no avail.

Any ideas?

Clarkj93:
Are they wearing evenly across the whole tyre? And is it just the fronts? Print out of the alignment might be handy too.

thomsonpop:

--- Quote from: Clarkj93 on March 08, 2023, 02:08:43 pm ---Are they wearing evenly across the whole tyre? And is it just the fronts? Print out of the alignment might be handy too.

--- End quote ---

Appear to be wearing evenly. And just on the front. Going to see if I can get hold of the alignment results. Apparently they just came back to her to say there's nothing wrong with the alignment, but did not produce a printout for her to take away...

pudding:
This has to be some kind of trolling wind up, or insufficient info has been provided.  No alignment issues and tyres worn down every 3 months, but she doesn't wheel spin it?

I had an Edition 30 for 8 years and my average tyre life was 2.5 years or 30K miles.

I'm smelling manure here.  Tyres that only last 3 months would be scrubbed to f'ck.  If they're completely bald with no feathering, get the missus to stop driving like a chav.

thomsonpop:
I know! We're both baffled. I know she is not ragging it and yet the tyres last no time at all. Something must be wrong – which is why I am reverting you to guys for possible causes...
Promise it's not a wind-up – I wish it was... it's costing her a fortune...

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