BMW i3 tyre wear

[TXG399]

I've had my i3 for nearly 2 years now and I absolutely love it. It's the longest I've owned a car and I fully expect to keep it until the warranty of the batteries expires, if not longer.

I'm finding the ownership experience very pleasant but the only twist is that I'm getting through tyres at a far faster rate that I would have expected, I'm on my second set of tyres at the moment after the first set lasted about 16k miles and it seems like the second set will have a similar lifespan. Given the smooth and gentle driving style that the car encourages and the fact that it's hardly a car to hoon around in I'm very surprised that I'm not getting a lot more life from the tyres.

What sort of lifespan are other people getting?

[so called]

I recently bought a 2016 rex and have already noted that the tyres look like they aren't lasting well.
I have assumed that its due to their not being much width of rubber in contact with the road surface.

I better start budgeting.
What sort of price are these skinny tyres?

[TXG399]

I've got the larger wheel size and the best price I got a set of 4 for was £650. That was from Halfords.

Amazingly it's virtually as expensive on tyres than my old AMG! I could get a full set of P-Zeros for £380 and they would last 8k miles. I had naively believed I'd be saving money on consumables.

[DaveTheRave87]

One big advantage of electric motors is that they produce 100% torque at any RPM. One downside of this is that you're putting 100% torque through your tyres all the time.

[anonymous-user]

Back in September I posted this

Had two new rear tyres fitted to my i3

22153 miles in and down to 2.5mm

£226.08 all in by tyres on the drive

This was the first tyre change since new and the fronts that were on it when it rolled off the transporter are still OK

155/70 19

[caseys]

TXG399 said:

I've got the larger wheel size and the best price I got a set of 4 for was £650. That was from Halfords.

Amazingly it's virtually as expensive on tyres than my old AMG! I could get a full set of P-Zeros for £380 and they would last 8k miles. I had naively believed I'd be saving money on consumables.

When you say larger size, is that diameter or width size? i3s or i3 19s/20s?

[TXG399]

caseys said:

When you say larger size, is that diameter or width size? i3s or i3 19s/20s?

It's the i3 with the 20 inch wheels.

[Job38]

Similar experience here, 16k in 24 months, down to 3mm.

My suspicion is that they're pretty crap tyres and there is no competition...

[caseys]

Job38 said:

Similar experience here, 16k in 24 months, down to 3mm.

My suspicion is that they're pretty crap tyres and there is no competition...

There's some brands - there's even winter tyres available for them. Can find bridgestone, michelin, Continentals even nankangs.. so there's plenty to choose from for summer and winter tyres.

I think as others say, it's the torque and due to the smaller cross section on the road it probably slides a lot more.