Good one! They might time out before they wear out at this rate.I don't know what the problem is with the OEM Continental tires. Mine are doing a great job! Been sitting in my garage unused since I swapped them out at 5000 km in December 2022. They make good bumpers to keep family members vehicles from hitting the garage wall.
Other than the spider webs they still look brand new, garage life is easy on tires that aren't on rims after all.
Okay snapped a few pictures. Using tire gauge in 32 of an inch I have 4/32 left at best .There wear bars are real close too. Keep in mind its only a total on truck of 17345 total miles and I had snows on it from November 15th till March 12th both two winters So 8 month of snows out of a total time of 21.5 months of ownership. . Not sure of exact miles on OEM tires BUT would guess at maybe 10 K miles on them .Yes Tire Rack say 8/32 tread depth new but once down to 2/32 fail NY inspection and you are flirting with hydro planing. Inspection for me is due this August I doubt it would pass by then . Like I said I got 28K out of last OEM tires on 2020 ecosport before I sold it with same amount of tread left as Mav tires do now\e. . . The tires on maverick will be HALF of that. Since getting hybrid I really try to brake with ALL regeneration braking and drive away all eletric so in other words baby it. .
Torque of the system could make a difference. Hybrids do have that high low end torque, which is known to be hard on tires. That said, I have seen reports of people getting 40-50k miles out of the OEM Continentals. I know without a doubt that the front tires on the Maverick wear much faster than the rears. I have to do longer than recommended rotations to keep them close to even.
Interesting, the wear rating is 500 while my Goodyears are rated at 680...what a difference that seems to make. At 3000 miles now, my tires are still at 10/32nds, which is what they come with.Okay snapped a few pictures. Using tire gauge in 32 of an inch I have 4/32 left at best .There wear bars are real close too. Keep in mind its only a total on truck of 17345 total miles and I had snows on it from November 15th till March 12th both two winters So 8 month of snows out of a total time of 21.5 months of ownership. . Not sure of exact miles on OEM tires BUT would guess at maybe 10 K miles on them .Yes Tire Rack say 8/32 tread depth new but once down to 2/32 fail NY inspection and you are flirting with hydro planing. Inspection for me is due this August I doubt it would pass by then . Like I said I got 28K out of last OEM tires on 2020 ecosport before I sold it with same amount of tread left as Mav tires do now\e. . . The tires on maverick will be HALF of that. Since getting hybrid I really try to brake with ALL regeneration braking and drive away all eletric so in other words baby it. .
It's deception.
I already purchased Hankook Kinergy tires and they are just sitting. Because my stock ones keep going and going.
I replaced my Michelin Primacy on my 22 hybrid Lariat with Continental True Contact Tour 54 which cost $175/tire 11/32" tread with treadwear 840 80k mile tire. Really like them, rotated once at 6k miles have about 9k on them. Do not have gage to measure.I would like to add, that some of the manufacturers may shrink the tread depth, but my Goodyear tires aren't one of them by the looks of the present tread remaining at:
5000 km/3000 miles
at 10/32 tread depth
I should have measured them when new, but life was very busy at that time end January.
Any other drivers that have new tires to measure their tread, or add their tire type/mileage and tread depth remaining?
Would be interesting but right now, from this thread, Continentals are on my bad list.
Andy
Well, there you go...I guess it depends on which batch you get. New retail or a more slender treaded one...gotta always check the ratings on the side and tread depth...and check once in awhile as per normal.
