How often should one expect to replace tires?

I expect tires to last anywhere from 25000 to 100000 miles depending on too many factors for me to list. On average, though, I expect 40k miles for most people. So what you are seeing is what I expect for average 15000 mile a year driving.

 

Tires have wear bar indicator. Google it ! Tires also have a shelf life ! Each tire has manufacturing date on them . Performace degrades with age and become hazard .

 

This car seems to chew through the fronts... My Civic on the other hand.. the front/rear wear almost evenly.

Depends on how many of your miles are city and how many are highway.

If you rotate religiously, I imagine you can get about 60-70K out of the OEM, give or take.

If you don't rotate, I bet you can get twice the miles out of the rears.

I'm lazy, so I expect to change the fronts, while changing the rears every 2nd front set.

 

and keep up with alignments.

 

Not to revive a dead thread, but I rotate every 5k miles and I made it 65k on the OEM tires.