Hello
I will preface this by stating I am not intending to set off a which tyre is best discussion.
I have recently found my way into a 7.5 Golf R delivered new in Aug 2018.
I am wondering if anyone here could tell me what was the factory fitted tyre on Rs from 2018.
My reason for asking is that my new R has about 50000km on the clock, which I suspect might be mostly motorway kms.
The car has Conti Contact Sport 5Ps all round. The rear tyres are down to about 4mm tread at best and have build stamps showing 17/18 ie 17th week of 2018. The fronts look like they were replaced fairly recently ie have plenty of tread and build stamps from early 2021.
I am wondering if the rears might be the original tyres and have never been replaced (or rotated). Is it conceivable that a mostly highway driven R could get 50K mileage from rear tyres?? Or was the Continental CCS 5P a retro fit by the previous owner, implying that the car is neither mostly highway/motorway driven nor that this tyre has exceptional wear?
Cheers