Leased VW - FALKEN Tires Worn down to 5/32" in 11K Miles

[edyvw]

Don't worry...everyone except you understands what he was saying. It's OK.

I know, bcs. track tires come on vehicles we are discussing.
Other manufacturers make decent track tires, yet their passenger line up is mediocre at best.

 

[UG_Passat]

VW always had top tier tires until maybe 5 years ago when they started to trip offers to be more competitive with Toyota, Honda etc. It is one of the shifts VW made toward being more appliance on the US market.

Except about 20 years ago, VW also used Goodyear Eagle LS-II tires which were utter garbage. They were so horrible that VW acknowledged it and issued a TSB for its poor wear.

Glad my MK4 had Michelins and my Passat had Pirellis (even though I didn't like the P6 4-seasons)

But a competing Corolla can still get Michelins from the factory for the lower end trims.

 

[UG_Passat]

I think Atlas S comes with one of these POS tires like Falken.

it doesn't. It's either Continental CrossContact LX Sport or Kumho Crugen Premium

 

[edyvw]

Except about 20 years ago, VW also used Goodyear Eagle LS-II tires which were utter garbage. They were so horrible that VW acknowledged it and issued a TSB for its poor wear.

Glad my MK4 had Michelins and my Passat had Pirellis (even though I didn't like the P6 4-seasons)

But a competing Corolla can still get Michelins from the factory for the lower end trims.

Yes, GY was and still is hit or miss.

 

[edyvw]

it doesn't. It's either Continental CrossContact LX Sport or Kumho Crugen Premium

OK, I was going for Kumho, which IMO is in that category.

 

[dubber09]

IMHO, the only reason and time to lease is when you can write off the expense of having that vehicle as business expense, otherwise - buy and keep it for years.

 

[DuckRyder]

Every car you touch falls to pieces according to your posts. Bad luck or operator error?

No joke. It’s like those people that have been married 5 or 6 times, at some point you got to figure it might not be the spouses.

 

[Propflux01]

Purchase 4 used tires before turning it in.

This....

 

[Traction]

I can wear out a set of good tires in 500 miles if I wanted to, and have. What a wasted thread.

 

[2heeldrive]

My advice? Air those tires up to the max (as listed on the sidewall) and drive gently. You'll make it to the lease turn-in with plenty of tread left. Cooler weather is coming, tires wear less on cold pavement.

 

[Jarlaxle]

I can wear out a set of good tires in 500 miles if I wanted to, and have. What a wasted thread.

No value troll post.

 

[CKN]

This whole thread was of ZERO VALUE..............

 

[HangFire]

I might try to find 4 used tires with 5/32"+ of tread and put those on to return it. If so, I would do my best to find four DIFFERENT tires, unless the lease specifies then must match.

"Like tires" means not different tires.

 

[DuckRyder]

The stock (awful) Nexens are at 7/32 all the way around (and dead even across the tread) at almost 20,000 on my Jetta. I'm seriously not happy that junk is going to make it to 45 or 50,000 before I can replace them. They could at least have the common courtesy to wear out rapidly so I can put something better on...

 

[Jetronic]

pretend they are worn then...