Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
front tires always wear faster than rear tires.
they have the un-enviable task of steering the car in the right direction.
True. Two of my previous cars (6th and 8th Gen Civics) were FWD. They still had their original tires at point of sale. There were maybe around 30-40% tread left in the front and about 50% in the rear.

That said, even with the usable tread, the tires were approaching their "rot" zone.