Interesting Tyre Wear

[donofkarma]

I noticed this morning that my passenger side front tyre is flat on the outside shoulder. It's been on the car for about 13 months/15,000 miles and the rest of the tyre has loads of tread left. The driver's side front is fine.

Is this just a case of my taking roundabouts too fast or could there be an underlying problem? Also, is it still legal to drive on it?

Cheers

-Jas.

 

[Timmay]

prob sliding round corners me thinks! lol

 

[FeelX]

You could get you geometry checked but it could indeed be the round abouts or you just like cornering to the right more then to the left

 

[donofkarma]

I got a laser alignment done in November but a check is free so it's worth it I suppose!

Does anyone one know at which point shoulder wear becomes illegal tread depth?

-Jas.

 

[ChrisBClio]

Mine had the exact same thing when i bought it mate, just had two new fronts put on it last saturday and had the laser allignment done when i was there and the guy said it was well out. as for the law, as long as you have tread on the central three quarters, the pattern need not be visible on the shoulders.

 

[cal46]

id the roundabouts mine are the same lol

 

[Djw John]

Yeah roundabouts!

 

[clio_luke]

roundabouts...
mine is the same. lol

 

[BSC 182]

Mine also went the same way , but i do tend to throw mine into corners a bit hence the tyre wear on the shoulders

 

[Batman]

my tyres look bald on the outer edges simply just cornering quickly all the time, but its my favourite thing to do not one for speeding everywhere just taking corners quickly

 

[donofkarma]

Had the car up yesterday to have a proper look and it's only about 2mm from one of the wear markers on the outer half of the tyre!

Cheers for the help guys, I think I'll take the roundabouts/corners a bit easier till I get a new one on!

-Jas.