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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 06:46 AM
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I own a 2002 S2 and have had it for 2 years. The rear tyres wear out in 6000 miles and it does not seem to matter what tyres are fitted. The car is not driven hard and the geometry has been checked twice. They seem to wear fairly even with the rear left going slightly before the right - can anyone suggest an answer please? Thanks
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 06:48 AM
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Drive in reverse and evenup the wear ?
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 06:55 AM
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Get your geo checked .
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:03 AM
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Avoid so many roundabouts. Or swap the tyres over lef to right as they wear.
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:35 AM
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Is your s2000 your main vehicle, or do you just use it for fun?

If you do a mix of motorway, A roads etc then well over 6000mls is acheivable, if as you say, you don't drive it hard.

I think you may be driving it harder then you think!

As an example, the rear set i've just changed out (GS-D3's), did 10,000 miles including a couple of track days and the Euromeet, and a fair bit of tame drifting.

As you have had your geo checked, and the tyres are wearing evenly, then the culprit could be your right foot!
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:35 AM
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Be wary of swapping tyres side to side as if you have asymmetrics this could cause some interesting handling.
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:44 AM
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OP has said they wear evenly across the tyre
Left side wears slightly more quickly
Most people wear the inner shoulders first
From my experience you are doing OK
6k does seem low but some on here have had worse
Forget the geo, forget the swapping tyres over, get some better tyres
The GSD3's are well proven I get ~10K a set including track days and Hoons.
Mine is not a commute car so gets driven hard.
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He edited his post after i had answered .
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by LTB,Sep 19 2009, 04:35 PM
Be wary of swapping tyres side to side as if you have asymmetrics this could cause some interesting handling.
You turn the tyre round too!
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Sep 19 2009, 03:50 PM
You turn the tyre round too!
I thought there were still issues as they are directional ?
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