Are the tires evenly worn? Do you check the pressure regularly and when the
tires are cold? You also have to remember that the vehicle may well be much
heavier than previous cars you've owned and handles extremely well for a
van. That would wear the tires.


"todd_j" <todd_j@no.thanks> wrote in message
news:Xns979753D78E76Btoddj@24.24.2.165...
> We have a 2000 Odyssey that we bought used. It got a new set of tires in
> the 20-25k mile range, and I attributed that to however the original owner
> might have treated the car. At 51k miles, it needed MORE new tires, and I
> paid a lot more money than I'd ever paid before, just to get tires that
> would have a longer tread life.
>
> Now I've got 81k miles on the van and two of THOSE tires (Toyos, selected
> for long tread life above any other consideration, and they cost me about
> $130 apiece) are down to 3/32" of tread, in need of near immediate
> replacement. The other two tires are fine.
>
> We have the dealer do regular service on the car and the tires are of
> course rotated. I'd like to know why I'm burning throgh tires in less
> than
> 30k miles per set (much faster degradation than with any other vehicle
> I've
> owned).
>
> More importantly, what are a decent set of tires, that ride okay and are
> safe, but will give me longer tread life on this vehicle than I've
> experienced thus far?