BHPian adithya.m.bhat recently shared this with other enthusiasts:Tires Tell the StoryJust under a thousand kilometers had passed since my last tread check, with 625 of them coming from a trip to Belum Caves. The drive was uneventful in the best way possible – light traffic that let us cruise steadily at 100 kmph, reliable chargers along the route, pleasant weather, and good restaurants to stop at. We left Bangalore at 8:30 am and were back home by 11:30 pm. Here are a couple of pictures to summarize it: The next day, I took the car out for a wash. Once the car was sparkling again, I decided to recheck the tread readings. And that’s when it struck me, I could actually use the remote to move the car into position for measurements! Why this idea didn’t hit me earlier is beyond me. With this little trick, the process became much easier. About 20 minutes and 64 readings later, my work was done. (Don’t mind the handwriting – it’s functional, not fashionable! ) I parked the car, uploaded everything to Google Sheets, and here’s how the data looked: I put this data along with the other readings, and this is how the updated wear trend looked: One glimpse was enough- the rear tires are wearing out faster. To me, this was proof that tire rotation had been skipped during the 10k service. And the timing was critical: at this rate, the rear tires would barely last another 10k. I wrote to my go-to Area Manager about my concern, who passed the info to India Garage. By Monday, I got a call from their representative asking me to bring in the car for inspection. So, today (11th Sept), I drove down to the service center. My representative was tied up with a test drive, so another Service Advisor, Nagaraju, assisted me. He put my car on the lift, and I used my tread gauge to demonstrate the wear difference between the front and rear tires. To cross-check, we looked at another BE6 in the yard. Unfortunately, none had odometer readings near 10k, but we did find one at ~2k km. Measuring its tread gave us two useful insights:Both front and rear tires had deeper tread in the mids compared to the shoulders, with a ~0.5 mm difference already visible.The rear tire had worn more than the front – the rear mid read about 6.2 mm, while the front mid was ~6.8 mm.From this, three things became clear:A new tire starts with around 7 mm of tread depth.On these RWD 380 Nm vehicles, the rear tires wear faster than the fronts.Since both front and rear shoulders were wearing quicker than the mids, underinflation is a likely contributor. (I ruled out alignment/balancing issues, since the other vehicle was only ~2k km old.)Armed with this info, it was evident that my rear tires were simply taking more of the beating. Nagaraju and I agreed to rotate the tires and then monitor wear over the next couple of thousand kilometers. Within minutes, the service technician had the job done. I took the opportunity to click some pictures of the vehicle components while it was lifted. Underbody from front and rear: Front Suspension, strut, disc and brake pads: Rear Suspension setup, strut, disc: Bolts that hold the wheels: I drove back home with a sense of relief, knowing the tires were now set up for a longer life. Cheers,Guarding tires, one rotation at a time. Check out BHPian comments for more insights and information.
