Hi
Just bought a 2004 model with only 38000 K's on it and the tyres, original
Michelins, seem to be fairly worn.
Is this normal for this type of vehicle? I've only had passenger cars
before and would expect at leat 60000 K's......
Cheers
Peter
Perth West Australia

Bear wrote:
I don't know anything specific about the RX330 but as a general rule
performance tyres that offer a lot more grip last a lot less than harder
compound tyres, I would expect that the Lexus has performance tyres so
38,000klms is not too bad.


Daryl

Bear wrote:
It's been thrashed. 60 k would be a reasonable expect

When I bought my 05 ES here in the US, it had a sticker on it saying the
tires are 'summer' tires and could wear out in as little as 20kmiles,
which is about the distance your ES has gone. For what it's worth, my
tires are nowhere near worn out at 20k miles. The service folks say if
you aren't an aggresive driver, the tires will last longer.

So, if the equip the ES the same down there, you could, perhaps, presume
it had been driven more aggresively. Or perhaps the previous owner
didn't check the pressure, etc...

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<4513af77$0$13625$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
"Bear" <who@where.com> wrote:

Bear wrote:

As with any other make of car... it depends entirely on what type of
running it does.

My old 5L Dunny has consistently gone through a set of high
performance tyres (Michelin, Pirelli, etc) for every 20,000km
travelled. Fuel consumption averages 12L/100km and front brake pads
typically last well in excess of 100,000km.

Others I know get 60,000km from a set of cheap tyres, average
16L/100km and have their brake rotors machined every 20,000km.

There's no doubt that the type of running mine does (long distance
cruising at sustained speeds, on secondary roads) is hard on tyres.
For the rest of the car, it couldn't get much easier. It probably
averages about a quarter of the running time per km travelled as a
typical (city based) car.

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John H