Rattiva_Mike wrote:
Chris or Mike - do either of you know where these tyres came from, how old they are, or have a receipt? They both look hardly used, but both are completely ruined. It might be worth me keeping the carcasses and bitching at Pirelli about them.
They came from the front end of my current car, which had 4 pirellis fitted in May 2006 at 72,000 miles and 2 more in December 2008 at about 89,000 miles. I presume you have this later pair, which travelled about 8,000 miles before I bought the car, but in the year before I bought it, it was probably only driven once to the dealer for its MOT, so they may well have developed flat spots. I didn't drive either car more than about 10 miles with those tyres and would not have noticed any vibration, as the new car had two ruptured rear spheres and the old car had a ruptured front sphere, so I was driving very carefully, then Jim collected your car before I drove it again.
I probably have 2 of the 2006 tyres on the rear still (don't ask about the age of my spare).
It appears that my current car went through 12 tyres (6 pairs) in 97,000 miles, but probably driven more gently than you or I would.
It may also mean that you haven't yet experienced the vibration that I was complaining about...