Tyre life span

[E250_MK]

The rear tyres also have some "feathering" where the tread ribs are worn lower/smoother on one side and higher/sharper on the other. But this is around the rotation of the tyre, not across the width. I would guess about 0.5mm to 1mm difference in height and definitely sharper on the leading edge of the tread ribs (the side of the rib that would touch the road first when driven).

I'm curious to see how many miles other E250 owners get from their rear tyres.

I think I'll try LostKiwi's suggestion and drop the pressure by 3psi to 32psi and see if the wear is more even.

The guy at Mercedes has suggested these two tyres:
Continental Sport Contact 3 at £209inc per tyre (harder wearing)
Perelli Pzero £183inc per tyre (softer wearing)

 

[E250_MK]

Sorry, it's not called "feathering". The wear I can feel on my rear tyres is "Heel/toe tire wear". From Bridgestone's website:

This happens when one side of the tread blocks is wearing faster than the other side circumferentially. When you run your hand over the tread blocks, they will feel like saw teeth. Heel/toe wear typically occurs in a shoulder rib and is often caused by excessive positive or negative toe.

Tire Tread Wear & Causes

www.bridgestonetire.com

 

[LostKiwi]

The rear tyres also have some "feathering" where the tread ribs are worn lower/smoother on one side and higher/sharper on the other. But this is around the rotation of the tyre, not across the width. I would guess about 0.5mm to 1mm difference in height and definitely sharper on the leading edge of the tread ribs (the side of the rib that would touch the road first when driven).

I'm curious to see how many miles other E250 owners get from their rear tyres.

I think I'll try LostKiwi's suggestion and drop the pressure by 3psi to 32psi and see if the wear is more even.

The guy at Mercedes has suggested these two tyres:
Continental Sport Contact 3 at £209inc per tyre (harder wearing)
Perelli Pzero £183inc per tyre (softer wearing)

Get a 4 wheel alignment done by someone who knows what they're doing (NOT Kwik Fit or the like - they couldn't find my r129 SL500 in their book so set it to R230 settings!)

Where are you based? Someone may have a recommendation.

 

[E250_MK]

Get a 4 wheel alignment done by someone who knows what they're doing (NOT Kwik Fit or the like - they couldn't find my r129 SL500 in their book so set it to R230 settings!)

Where are you based? Someone may have a recommendation.

Based in Milton Keynes. Is Kipling Motorist Centre in Bletchley any good?

I recall now that I got Coventry Tyres to do a 4-wheel alignment early January (was on holiday) and they made some adjustments. All the alignment measurements afterwards were in tolerance except the rear camber which they said could not be adjusted on my vehicle. My rear camber was -2.0° on both left and right, and the range of tolerance was (according to their system) -0.5° to -1.5°. So my camber is out by 0.5° on both rear wheels.

I've rung a couple of places and they cannot tell me if my vehilce can have its rear camber adjusted without physically seeing the vehilce. So if my particular vehicle cannot have its rear camber adjusted to be within tolerance then I wonder how can it be resolved, and what might be causing the camber to be out?

 

[DSK]

Just find somewhere with Hunter Hawkeye to do the alignment. Usually the people operating this should be better. It’s the machine we have and the only other place I have used in 10 years also has this.

Never had issues with odd or irregular tyre wear but in addition to the above is because I perform a weekly check on my tyres even though it’s not needed and also tweak the pressures as needed depending on use, suspension items always checked for good measure and replaced as needed to ensure everything is tight with no play, I don’t mount kerbs even slowly etc etc.

Even newish cars with low mileage can have play in various suspension components which will also contribute to tyre wear.


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[LostKiwi]

I wouldn't be concerned about camber unless it's wearing the inner shoulder of the tyre. The type of wear you describe will be toe in or out (which will affect camber).
Probably the best place in the country is Wheels in Motion near Aylesbury. Not cheap but know their way around. Often booked up for ages ahead as they do a lot of Motorsport work.

No idea about the place mentioned. If they have a Hunter type machine it's a good start (but then Kwik Fit have Hunter too).

I live not far north of you and am looking to get my R class done sometime soon and was looking at a few places but haven't decided on one yet.

 

[Srdl]

The rear tyres also have some "feathering" where the tread ribs are worn lower/smoother on one side and higher/sharper on the other. But this is around the rotation of the tyre, not across the width. I would guess about 0.5mm to 1mm difference in height and definitely sharper on the leading edge of the tread ribs (the side of the rib that would touch the road first when driven).

I'm curious to see how many miles other E250 owners get from their rear tyres.

I think I'll try LostKiwi's suggestion and drop the pressure by 3psi to 32psi and see if the wear is more even.

The guy at Mercedes has suggested these two tyres:
Continental Sport Contact 3 at £209inc per tyre (harder wearing)
Perelli Pzero £183inc per tyre (softer wearing)

I used to get around 21k miles out of my E Clas Coupe with the 350 diesel - so lighter car but much more torque from the engine. As has been said though, depends on driving style and type of journey. I certainly didn't hang around but did do a lot of longer distance motorway type journeys so not so much stop/start. The E Class has rear wheel drive so they will always wear quicker than the fronts.

Incidentally, what size wheels do you have (or have I missed that)? Years ago, I had a BMW E46 on 16 inch wheels and got 40k miles out of the rears. I replaced that with the same model/engine and 18 inch wheels and the average life dropped to 20k. Bigger wheels wear tyres quicker.

 

[E250_MK]

I have 18 inch wheels on the rear, so that also may explain lower-than-expected miles.

 

[JBell]

Hello all, this is a great forum, have just joined. I have an E250 2012 diesel.

I have a pair of tyres on the rear that have done 12k miles and they are now down to 2mm in the centre and 4.5mm on the outsides. At 2mm, they are ready to be replaced. 12k miles seems a very short distance to me.

Common problem with wide rear tyres, drop the pressures by 2psi and they should wear more evenly

I usually get 10k out of my rears

 

[E250_MK]

LostKiwi, I called Wheels in Motion in Milton Keynes but they said they only really deal with muscle cars. They suggested I try Wheels in Motion in St Neots. Is this the place you mean?

 

[LostKiwi]

I meant this one:

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[Rob7seven]

I have the factory fit Continentals on my C300, and I've been a little surprised how quickly they are wearing. The car has just reached 8000 mostly gently driven miles, as I usually have my own personal speed limiter who must be obeyed (mostly) sitting alongside me. Almost all on country roads and around town, Dorset is motorway free, the car has only rarely left the County, we don't even have many miles of dual carriageway, but it seems that this kind of use wears the tyres fastest, must be all the corners. All rather frustrating, as I bought the car with dreams of continental holiday travel in mind. The rears are down to 4.5mm evenly across the tread, so they probably aren't going to reach 10,000 as 3mm is my absolute minimum. My last car but one was an AMG line E250 on 19" wheels, the ride verged on uncomfortable, and the tyres were wearing even faster, though the car did less around town stuff.

 

[LostKiwi]

You'll probably find tyres wear less on the continent as there's less traffic and therefore less speeding up and slowing down. Also the motorways are superb.....

 

[Rob7seven]

You'll probably find tyres wear less on the continent as there's less traffic and therefore less speeding up and slowing down. Also the motorways are superb.....

Yes, I agree with all that, most years about two thirds of my annual mileage is on the other side of le Channel.

 

[Chris-net]

I buy cheap budget tyres now for all my cars as they are just as good as top quality tyres, or is it that I am a top quality driver

I’ve been thinking about doing this, cheap tyres with good grip and wet performance & change them more frequently

currently blackcircles is showing Michelin ps4s as £352, but the cheapest tyre is PACE @ £92, that’s a huge difference.

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im sure on the track the PS4’s will be epic but I’d love to see a comparison to the pace’s for non track use.

just how much better is a premium branded tyre over a China specia”

I am assuming that the cheap tyre is just as safe In construction as the premium.

for reference the Only non premium tyres I’ve ever bought where vredestein ultrac sesentas & a Yokohama.

 

[ajlsl600]

Yes, my Khumo's on the SL55 are just as grippy as the Goodyears we had on the 500 and they were half the price

Khumo is a good tyre in my view. Had them on all 3 g wagons I reckon 35k kms on them In those days the assumption was we had a brain and cud work out when 4x4 was req I used to put news on rear and move rears to front. Only needed 4x4 in parks. Mostly flew there 45 min to hr flying and 3. 5, 4 hr in g.

 

[ajlsl600]

Yes, I agree with all that, most years about two thirds of my annual mileage is on the other side of le Channel.

Certainly more EVEN tyre wear.!

 

[Trev1964]

I have the factory fit Continentals on my C300, and I've been a little surprised how quickly they are wearing. The car has just reached 8000 mostly gently driven miles, as I usually have my own personal speed limiter who must be obeyed (mostly) sitting alongside me. Almost all on country roads and around town, Dorset is motorway free, the car has only rarely left the County, we don't even have many miles of dual carriageway, but it seems that this kind of use wears the tyres fastest, must be all the corners. All rather frustrating, as I bought the car with dreams of continental holiday travel in mind. The rears are down to 4.5mm evenly across the tread, so they probably aren't going to reach 10,000 as 3mm is my absolute minimum. My last car but one was an AMG line E250 on 19" wheels, the ride verged on uncomfortable, and the tyres were wearing even faster, though the car did less around town stuff.

The continental rears on my C207 didn't last 10k miles. They were completely bald when removed, tyre fitter reckoned for a good while as well. Id missed the wear completely. Hadn't expected it so fast.

Gone budget all round for replacement and they're spot on. No issues in any weather and its a pokey car with serious grunt.

 

[ajlsl600]

Like all today. F all lasts no matter the price really

 

[LostKiwi]

I am assuming that the cheap tyre is just as safe In construction as the premium.

Depends how cheap.
I'll never use Chinese tyres again after I had one delaminate in France. It went from being perfectly aligned and passing an NOT comfortably to steel hanging out in 2 weeks.