Talking to our vehicle leasing company today, and they tell me another major vehicle leasing company in OZ has taken up the matter of tyre wear with Land Rover Aus.on the RRS. I understand they have clients with RRS who are showing significant tyre wear at 10,000 kms. Given they salary package with a vehicle operating budget they have asked LR Aus. for an explanation. LR Aus.have apparently pushed backed, suggesting it is the quality of the tyres the vehicles are shipped here with. I am at 4000ks and wondering whether there is any substance to this ??

The tyres do seem to wear very quickly especially the conti's - they are very soft. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Soft tyres = good grip = high wear rate = only great expense

Hard tyres = poor grip = bad accident = gigantic expense - at the very least

There is a bit of logic in there somewhere.


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Soft tyres = good grip = high wear rate = only great expense

Hard tyres = poor grip = bad accident = gigantic expense - at the very least

Valid point rrsjo...  

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Interesting comments. My previous 4wd was a Toyota Landcruiser. OK not comparing vehicle with RRS, however in my case, imported to OZ with fitted tyres, over 2t, used both on highway and off road and got 60000+ kms out of tyres. Talking locally and there is a view that the RRS fitted tyres will not give this type of mileage, soft for traction or otherwise. Recognise not much you can do, shame though the vehicle attributes are potentially compromised by this, however will need to be careful with the replacement choice .

2 complete sets in 26k I went through, yet here are folks still on the first set after 23k. There's no disputing the fact that it's a heavy old car, but there must be some combination of driving style and poor tyre choice (I had Contis from the factory and the second set were Pirelli) that made me go through them so quickly. 

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Interesting comments. My previous 4wd was a Toyota Landcruiser. OK not comparing vehicle with RRS, however in my case, imported to OZ with fitted tyres, over 2t, used both on highway and off road and got 60000+ kms out of tyres. Talking locally and there is a view that the RRS fitted tyres will not give this type of mileage, soft for traction or otherwise. Recognise not much you can do, shame though the vehicle attributes are potentially compromised by this, however will need to be careful with the replacement choice .

I averaged about 35k miles out of the original Grand Slicks on the Landcruiser but got better mileage and grip off of the Yokohamas I put on after. as a comparison with my MG ZT I got about 4800 miles out of the original Contis on it and now with Toyos on the back I have so far got about 10k miles and the grip is better too, I'm still on the original front Contis, the car has done about 23k miles with a weight about 1900kg  Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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Those of you who seem to be getting good mileage out of the tyres.

What tyre pressures are you using

Because I find the first place to wear is always the outer shoulders and that is certainly the case currently with 2K of use so far. TDV6 - gone
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The posts are interesting. Some talk about "contis " and so on.
My RRS has been delivered in OZ with GoodYear Wrangler F1 tyres. 255/55 R 18/ 109BV They are made in Germany. My previous Toyota Landcruiser had GoodYear tyres.
Recommended tyre pressure: Normal load and high speed-- 36 psi front and 38psi rear.
: Full Load and high speed ---- 38 psi front and 42psi rear.
I am at 4200kms and my dealer has offered to look at the tyre wear to date.
Will post subsequently.
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When comparing tyre wear between different 4x4's remember this, the RRS is a sports 4x4 like no other older 4x4 where the comparisons are being made,some of the RRS's have DR and DSC and the driving styles might just be bit different to other vehicles compared.

I cant comment on the tyre wear as i havent kept an RRS past 8k miles yet, but i know i drive them differently to my old Range rover, could a lot of it be down to driving style??

Not sure I completely agree Envoy. I accept load factors, driving style, off road v on road, and so on impact on wear and tear.
However there is considerable debate in my world around the quality of tyres fitted to 4X4 vehicles imported into OZ and in many cases the owner is left to fitting subsequently, more appropriate tyres for the vehicle, given its use and driving environment.
The question for us ( OZ owners ),are the import tyres on the RRS as good as the tyres supplied on comparable imported 4x4 vehicles (ie wt,size,etc) ?? Maintaining the breed.

There is an issue with uneven/premature tyre wear, especially on the outer and inner edges of the tyres.

This is due to "bush settle". What this means is, when the car leaves the factory it's all set up and spot on but after a few thousand miles, things settle down and the wheel alignment goes slightly outside of the tollerances and causes premature tyre wear.

LR will pay for tracking adjustment and new tyres but this is dependant on mileage. If you have 20,000+ miles then theres no chance but 5,000-8,000 miles on a relatively new car and they will pay.

If you have an issue, get to your stealer. There's a process to follow and LR will need photographs of the tyres (your dealer will do this for you, or should do anyway!) and vehicle mileage etc before they will authorise the repair. I no longer work for Stratstone land rover cardiff. Thank f**K!!!