50000k from a set of tyres is pretty good value in my opinion.

"Slade" <Slade@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I have 4 tires on my car that have worn unevenly and I'd like them to last
> at least the next 6 months. Problem is 2 of them are pretty worn and I was
> told by one place that they wouldn't last me the summer and another place
> that they would if I put the more worn tires on the back. I had them take
> off my winter tires and they put these on but they put the more worn tires
> in the front saying that all the weight is in the front so it's better to
> have the tires with more thread in the back to avoid fish tailing. The guy
I
> spoke to before this one told me it was better to have the more worn tires
> in the back so they would last longer. Anyone know what the proper thing
to
> do is? I'd like to avoid a blow out so should I put the more worn tires in
> the back instead of where they are now. I'd say there's about 5 or 6mm of
> thread left.
>
> Can anyone tell me what could cause uneven wear? I do tire rotations at
> every 12-15,000 KM. I usually do it every 3rd oil change. Could it be
> because I never had an alignment done? The car is 7 years old and I've
never
> had any problems with pulling to one side or anything like that. The tires
> that have uneven wear were put on at 63,000 km and now I have 112,000 km.
> Take away 5,000 km from that because I put winter tires for the first time
> last year. So I haven't even put 50,000 km and they need to be replaced??
> These are decent GOODYEAR WEATHERHANDLER tires and not cheap 50 dollar
ones
> so I can't figure this out. One of the worn tires is more worn in the
middle
> then it is on the sides and the mechanic told me it's because I put too
much
> air. I always put 32psi which is what he said I had to put. I usually
check
> my air pressure once a month but during past winters it was hard to do
> especially with -30C weather. Anyone else have problems with Goodyear
tires?
> I have a 97 Civic by the way.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>