mrgem
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Do these cars chew up tires?
I ask because -- After several weeks of shopping for a 2015-2018 convertible, we finally chose a 2017 ecoboost vert with 38k miles. The car had been a rental unit. The higher than normal mileage was typical of former rentals whose 1st owners typically sent them to auction after 2 years and 35k+ miles.
When we were negotiating the purchase, we insisted on a Ford Certified (CPO) unit, so that it would still have plenty of factory warranty left. The dealer agreed to those terms and added CPO certification after evaluating the car using a 172-point checklist.
After just one day of ownership, I took the car in to have its all season tires swapped with dedicated winter tires. We live at 8200 feet in the Rockies and I always have winter tires on all our vehicles from October through April. It's pretty much essential here, as it can snow as early as September.
Anyway, the tire shop asked me if I wanted to keep the A/S tires and I said yes, that I'd be back to have them re-mounted come next May. They told me they would not put these tires on ANY car and showed me that 3 of the 4 tires had severe wear - through the wear bars on the inside shoulder. They were Goodyear Eagles and may have been the original tires. The 4th tire was a mismatch (a Firestone) and it was in better shape, but also showing odd wear on the inside shoulder. The CPO checklist specified that all 4 tires must match and show no signs of "unusual wear." They also required a minimum of 5mm (6/32) of treadwear across every tire. He said that his company would not mount any tire with less than 3/32 tread throughout.
I called the dealer from whom I bought it and he asked me to send him photos, which I did. Not sure what he'll do next.
Thinking back, I now recall that a couple of other cars that I looked at had similar wear.
Any idea if these cars tend to wear out tires in unusual ways? Should I immediately get the car aligned
TIA for your help!
I ask because -- After several weeks of shopping for a 2015-2018 convertible, we finally chose a 2017 ecoboost vert with 38k miles. The car had been a rental unit. The higher than normal mileage was typical of former rentals whose 1st owners typically sent them to auction after 2 years and 35k+ miles.
When we were negotiating the purchase, we insisted on a Ford Certified (CPO) unit, so that it would still have plenty of factory warranty left. The dealer agreed to those terms and added CPO certification after evaluating the car using a 172-point checklist.
After just one day of ownership, I took the car in to have its all season tires swapped with dedicated winter tires. We live at 8200 feet in the Rockies and I always have winter tires on all our vehicles from October through April. It's pretty much essential here, as it can snow as early as September.
Anyway, the tire shop asked me if I wanted to keep the A/S tires and I said yes, that I'd be back to have them re-mounted come next May. They told me they would not put these tires on ANY car and showed me that 3 of the 4 tires had severe wear - through the wear bars on the inside shoulder. They were Goodyear Eagles and may have been the original tires. The 4th tire was a mismatch (a Firestone) and it was in better shape, but also showing odd wear on the inside shoulder. The CPO checklist specified that all 4 tires must match and show no signs of "unusual wear." They also required a minimum of 5mm (6/32) of treadwear across every tire. He said that his company would not mount any tire with less than 3/32 tread throughout.
I called the dealer from whom I bought it and he asked me to send him photos, which I did. Not sure what he'll do next.
Thinking back, I now recall that a couple of other cars that I looked at had similar wear.
Any idea if these cars tend to wear out tires in unusual ways? Should I immediately get the car aligned
TIA for your help!
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