After 9k miles my tyre tread depths are:

7mm even at front
6mm even at rear

Can someone remind me of the legal requirement please ?

 

LOL I think you'd even be OK in Germany with those tread depths!

In the UK it is 1.6mm of tread over more than 75% of the width of the tyre, the AA recommends 3mm.

In Germany I think it is 6mm (and we get all their part worn tyres shipped over )

 

6mm!!... Is that right ? Sheesh.

 

I feel like i need to drive a little harder now....

(thats a holiday driving through Germany out of the question then...)

 

Thats comprable with mine, Ive done just over 9000 miles (in 7 months ) plus 1 track day (2nd one on Tuesday ) and mine are 5.4 and 5.3. I thought that was quite good as they guy in the garage said they start off with 8.

 

Off topic ..but why is the screen background sometimes white and sometimes grey? Mine is grey at the moment.

 

Doesn't it alternate for each post in a thread? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

 

Yes Red at the moment it alternates between two shades of grey but most of the time my background is completely white. I just wondered if this was normal or if it's an issue with my P.C. I've noticed that sometimes when I've been playing a game using the 3D capability of my card, (All In Wonder Pro) the background goes grey afterwards. No biigy I just wondered if this was normal.

I just dug out my receipt for my service at 6089 miles last April and I see my tread depths were noted as 5.65 front and 5.66 rear. Ooooer.

 

Legal is something like 1.6mm. Personally, I've always changed by around 3mm - I've always noticed the grip starting to go in the wet.

Oh, I think we can also conclude you haven't been vtec'ing off the A444/A42/M42 roundabout enough - you've far too much rear tread left

-Brian.

 

Sorry my bad!

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