Bridgestone Ecopia Plus tire life

[JoulesThief]

Anyone out there with a high mileage, lot of California highway or Freeway mileage e-Golf out there that can tell us how the tread is holding up on their factory Bridgestone Ecopia Plus tires, the stuff that was on late model production delivery 2015 e-Golfs?

I am not interested in how your Continentals drive, or are wearing. Just Bridgestone Ecopia Plus models, please, on e-Golfs. Trying to get a feel how many miles I might get out of my set, I know of some 2015 e-Golfs with 20k miles on them already.

 

[user 703]

Based on previous experiences with Bridgestone Ecopia Plus tires, most likely poorly. We barely hit 20,000 miles before the thread was worn down on a previous car. Thread wear is one issue. Traction is another issue. I frequently spin one front wheel when accelerating into a busy street from a 90 degree angle (not trying for sure). Wet weather traction is not great to say the least. Our other cars have Contis and Dunlop Sport tires which cost the same, have better traction, and better thread life.

 

[RonDawg]

Based on previous experiences with Bridgestone Ecopia Plus tires, most likely poorly. We barely hit 20,000 miles before the thread was worn down on a previous car. Thread wear is one issue. Traction is another issue. I frequently spin one front wheel when accelerating into a busy street from a 90 degree angle (not trying for sure). Wet weather traction is not great to say the least. Our other cars have Contis and Dunlop Sport tires which cost the same, have better traction, and better thread life.

Are these OEM or retail Ecopias? Keep in mind that OEM tires and retail tires are often NOT the same spec, even if the label on the outside is the same. The Nissan Leaf especially is known for OEM Bridgestone Ecopias (not the plus) which were spec'd to be the crappiest tires that will support the car's weight. I've also had short tire OEM tire life with a Nissan Maxima (Dunlop) and an Audi (Continental).

 

[user 703]

Previous Ecopias were bought at Costco for an Odyssey. Way too soft for the weight upfront coupled with California heat.

OEM versus retail: Even at retail, many different "quality levels" exist. It is amazing when pricing the same tire on Tirerack to see how differently tires can be priced.

Seems like the OEMs on the e-Golf were chosen to carry the weight with low rolling resistance. They are fairly quiet but I would not be surprised if the front tires will see significant wear.