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Do you rotate your tires? I've read it allows you tires to wear evenly, but if you car is properly aligned, I don't see how. Personally I've Never rotated my tires, Ever. I have 32k on my front tires and 112k on the rear tires I can't see how rotating them would make them last any longer than they have.
You definitely should rotate your tires because you always want better traction in the rear. It is much more dangerous and more likely for your rear tires to break away when they have less traction than your fronts.
112K miles on your rear tires, really? If that's true that is just plain insane!
I've always rotated my tires. My cars have the same size tire all around, and I've always replaced them in sets of four. Poor alignment causes uneven wear left to right. Back to front tires also wear differently.
Currently running Bridgestone RE970AS tires which should last 40,000 miles. Shop rotates and balances them free for the life of the tire.
What tires are you using and on what car? Seems like a ton of mileage on them.
I was once told that the front tires will wear quicker because there is more weight on the front of the car. Unless of course you have a rear wheel drive car, and like to spin the tires.
Tires wear in different patterns for a variety of reasons. Many cars have enough natural camber that the inner edge wears more than the outer edge. FWD cars wear the fronts faster than the rear. RWD cars can certainly wear the rears faster. Any number of suspension or steering issues can cause uneven wear. The life of a set of tires can be improved by rotation.
I just had the fronts swapped off of their respective rims because I had a bit more wear on the inside, due to the age of the struts. I prefer to have all the tires with the same tread depth as much as possible, and replace them as a set. Some people wear out a pair at a time.
You definitely should rotate your tires because you always want better traction in the rear. It is much more dangerous and more likely for your rear tires to break away when they have less traction than your fronts.
Why do you say this when most cars today are front wheel drive? Most cars today understeer so strongly that it is difficult to force the rear to slide at all in corners.
Most tires have no different traction on dry pavement with more or less tread. Tires with less tread may even handle better because of less "squirm" in the tread blocks.
On FWD vehicles the drive tires are at the front. Therefore these wear sooner than the rear tires.
Some AWD and 4WD are true AWD and 4WD. Some are mostly FWD, and send power to the other wheels as needed; therefore the front tires wear sooner than the rear tires.
Some AWD vehicles send approximately 60% of the power to the front wheels, and 40% to the rear. It means that the front tire still wear sooner than the rear.
Uneven tire wear puts a lot of strain on most of the traction/stability control systems, and can increase the chance of lateral skids and the loss of braking distance.
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