excessive tyre wear

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I bought a brand new Toyota Celica GT last year. I have covered 4,000 miles in it, taken it for its 1st year service and been told that it needs two new front tyres as they are worn out!!!!

The tyres fitted are Pirelli 205/45/17's. The car has not been driven hard or thrashed. The tracking is ok.

Has anyone else known of such quick tyre wear? :confused:
 
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tires at the correct pressure!!! overinflated bald in the middle underinflated bald at the edges

is there any play thats allowing the tracking to go out!!!
 
I gather the Celica range is to be dropped ??
If so tis a shame -- must be over 30 yrs since it arrived on the scene.

"The car has not been driven hard or thrashed. The tracking is ok"

Given that statement, I would have thought 4,000 m front tyre life was far too little (in every respect ;) ) over a year. Unless something is amiss.
Do the tyres exhibit wear, pretty uniformly across the tread or not, as already asked by bA?

Do you wind her up on take off regularly??
I read that she knocks out 105 bhp / litre (better than a 2 litre WRX).... But max torque is at 6,800 rpm (WRX 3,200).. Keeping the rpm up coupled with, I assume, front wheel drive... could be leaving rubber on the road...
Are the electronics working properly? Traction control, ABS, Electronic Stability (it has all that I am guessing - Switchable components - on?)

Do check the tyres yourself, I was once told, following a service, my recently purchased tyres were at the limit, it turned out a mechanic had muddled his reports on similar vehicles ...

Obviously I know nothing about the car ... so just throwing a few ideas around ...
Hope you find something ... Will be a future classic.

E.
 
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There is more to wheel alignment than just 'tracking'. People refer to tracking in relation to front wheel toe in/out.

Other things that can effect tyre wear are front wheel camber/caster and rear toe and camber.

Has the car had any modifications to the steering/suspension?
What is the tread depths across the tread; inner, middle and outer.

Have the car set up by a specialist alignment outfit. Many main dealers are not clued up enough to carry out a detailed inspection and diagnosis of tyre wear problems.

Please post your tyre tread depths to see if there is an abnormal tyre wear.
 
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