Took the three year old Megane Intens Sedan in for it's third service today at the local Renault Dealer. The car was fitted from new with a brand of rubber I've never used before and will be happy to avoid in the future, Continental ContiSportContact 5 @ 225/40 R18. I was rung and informed that the tyres needed replacing, the workshop had measured the tread depth at 0.0 mm in the front tyres and 4.0 mm on the rears. This was a truly amazing discovery, as the car has only acquired 23,000 km in three years driving backwards and forwards to the city in traffic with an average speed of approx 25 km/h and the tyres had been rotated twice.
I'm normally a Michelin fan, and I'm also impressed with the Hankook Dynapros on my diesel Koleos (65-68,000 km, the last two sets) whilst the Michelins fitted to my wife's previous car, a Megane Soft Top, were changed at 98,000 km with legal tread left but a separating crown. If 22,000 km is all one can get out of a set of Continentals in suburban use then I'd suggest that they must be the biggest load of crap on the market! Never before in over 50 years have I ever had a set of tyres "wear out" in so short a distance! (Even cross plies!) The tyres have never been under/over inflated courtesy of the Megane's tyre pressure monitoring system. Continental claim they are fitted to 1 in 3 European manufactured cars, all I can say is they must be the absolute cheapest and shittiest tyre available there.
Does anyone else have horror stories of this product to tell?
I'm normally a Michelin fan, and I'm also impressed with the Hankook Dynapros on my diesel Koleos (65-68,000 km, the last two sets) whilst the Michelins fitted to my wife's previous car, a Megane Soft Top, were changed at 98,000 km with legal tread left but a separating crown. If 22,000 km is all one can get out of a set of Continentals in suburban use then I'd suggest that they must be the biggest load of crap on the market! Never before in over 50 years have I ever had a set of tyres "wear out" in so short a distance! (Even cross plies!) The tyres have never been under/over inflated courtesy of the Megane's tyre pressure monitoring system. Continental claim they are fitted to 1 in 3 European manufactured cars, all I can say is they must be the absolute cheapest and shittiest tyre available there.
Does anyone else have horror stories of this product to tell?