As most of my driving is less than 7 miles a day - just over 3 miles to and from work, I now have less than 11,000 miles on the car. However, the tread on all of the tires is really worn down. Is this a common problem with the Fit? I know there are a couple spots on the road that are slightly rou…

A lot has to do with your driving habits.

It does seem like your tires are wearing out too fast. Are they inflated to the recommended pressure? If you have the performance tire and wheel option, you will see faster wear as the tires are designed to be “stickier” on the road, but as a result will wear out sooner. Are you driving on paveme…

Most tire wear occurs when cornering - and you’re doing a lot of corenering compared to the distance you drive straight ahead. That’s what is making the tires appear to wear faster. If your commute was 30 miles instead of 3 miles, you’d have about the same amount of wear, but you would have 10 tim…

Agreed with CapriRacer and a contributing factor (although it may be a touchy one to mention) is how aggressively those 3 miles are driven.

If you have the performance tire and wheel option, you will see faster wear as the tires are designed to be “stickier” on the road, but as a result will wear out sooner. I was about to say the same thing. The OP should expect to pay a lot for replacement tires. These days, you really need to in…

Thanks guys. Not to say that I am completely non-aggressive, but as I said, I have tried, ever since owning the car, to be gentle with it. I think CapriRacer’s answer has a lot to be said for it. I never really thought about it, but the amount of non-straight driving that is entailed in just ente…

Obviously, the concern over the potential cost of replacement tires is part of why I brought up the issue of tire tread wear to begin with. Please provide a clarification for my ignorant self as to what “OP” stands for?

Have you taken a look at the tire grading information on the sidewall of those original equipment tires? The rating for wear might range anywhere from…lets say something in the “200 range”…all the way up to the “700 range”, and the higher the number the more wear you are likely to get from the tire…

I would think that for a manufacturer to “cheap-out” on the OEM tires is practically a given. I took a look, and the treadwear rating on the tires is 320. And they are Dunlop tires. I guess a remaining issue is in terms of replacement tires - to go cheap assuming that they also probably won’t las…

2007 Honda Fit Sport - excessive tire wear

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gkuritzky July 25, 2010, 4:09pm 3

I realize that and also know that I’ve tended to always, especially in the last few years with higher gas prices, been careful about not being rough with the car, braking, accelerating, etc. Also especially since this is the first car that I’ve owned.

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2007 Honda Fit Sport - excessive tire wear

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