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gamichea
25-08-2011, 03:42 PM
Just had first LongLife service at 18.6k/19 months at a cost of £166 all in. Opted to have aircon service as well at at a cost of £79 including gas.

Have spent just over £2.2k on 400 gallons of diesel. When last brimmed at 16.8k overall consumption was 47.5mpg.

By the time the winter wheels & tyres go on again at the beginning of November the original summer Contis will about be finished having by then covered 21-22k after being swapped front to rear to front at 10.5k. At that point the rears still had 6mm of the original 7mm across the tread while fronts had 4mm at the edges and 3mm in the centre. The winter tyres (205/50 x 17 Nokians) wore at a much slower rate and should be good for five winters. I reckon on about £150 a corner for the type of tyres I go for although I was lucky to get my winter tyres during June 2010 for £95 a corner, a far cry from their current price.

Scooby-Doo
30-08-2011, 02:23 PM
Got the 3 year service package the first of which will be due at around 10k. My only concern is that my front tyres ,continentals,are down to about 3mm and I've only covered 5000 miles.I don't drive it hard and can't believe they're wearing so quick.

gamichea
30-08-2011, 07:53 PM
My only concern is that my front tyres ,continentals,are down to about 3mm and I've only covered 5000 miles.I don't drive it hard and can't believe they're wearing so quick.

I'd be concerned about that wear rate. Anticipation is my main focus and that translates to minimal use of brakes (I usually get about 50k from the fronts) and brisk cornering and acceleration. Thinking back to my B6 saloon the wear I'm getting from the Contis is almost on a par with the Pirelli PZero Rossos and Goodyear F1 Assymetrics and worse than the Michelin Primacy HPs I had on that car. They were 235/45 x17 whereas the CC has 235/40 x 18s.

FastEddieVW
04-09-2011, 05:45 PM
The MFD on mine is showing 56.7mpg Average with 4600K on the clock