Winter tyre wear and brake wear

[Darren M]

For those considering winter tyres in the future here is a quick update.
i've had winter tyres on the car since end of October. I have covered an absolute minimum of 13,000 miles albeit mostly motorway I must embarrassingly confess( ie, not the best territory for the M).

Front tyres are 7 8 7 mm (outer/middle/inner)
Rear tyres are either 6mm or 5mm evenly across (5mm one being the Left rear)

The winter tyres have lasted very well (Conti Sport Contact 830P's)

Oh and I must drive the car harder . My brakes are apparently 10% worn fronts and 20% worn on the rears at 48k miles!! . Odd that the rears are more worn than the fronts though or is that normal? Maybe previous owner replaced the fronts. But I don't tend to be a heavy braker on the road.

Must admit since fitting the winter tyres I have been taking it easy to ensure they lasted but now need to burn up the rears at least! With the warmer temps I'm finding the traction control is kicking in at 80mpg in sixth pretty easily on the M4 motorway if the road surface is even just a little bumpy. Bear in mind though that the rears are 3cm narrower than they should be (have 225's fitted).
Have been very impressed with the winter tyres in all winter conditions, but am now looking foward to putting the normal tyres back on soon also

 

[aerobod]

I've run 225/45-18 Pirelli Sottozero 240 winter tyres all around, for two and a half winters over about 28,000km (17,000 miles). They have been rotated each winter to even out tread wear, they are now at the advisable minimum for a winter tyre of 4 to 5mm tread depth. I'd expect about 20,000km (12,000 miles) from a maximum performance summer tyre on the same car (although the rear standard Contis only lasted 10,000km due to some heavy use including half a dozen drag-strip runs).