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Excessive tyre wear

Audi RS3: front tyre wear is 9400 miles and they're GONE and I haven't thrashed it. Is this the norm?

Asked on 8 January 2013 by TSD

Answered by Honest John
RS3? S3, can imagine it, yes, because that's a lot of power fed (mostly) through the front tyres.
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