How long for tyres to warm up?

[Warrior]

My 3.0i is all over the place when I set off and only really settles down after about 10 miles, which strikes me as an excessive distance or is that quite normal?

 

[r37]

depends on how you drive and ambient temperature. Stop and start through town on a cold morning and they wont warm, spirited driving on a summers day and they might warm in half a mile. I find my tyres generally settle roughly the same time as the engine takes to get up to temperature which is 4-5 miles of b roads at about 3-4C. I'd guess my morning commute is about average so im basing off that.

 

[Boysie]

Warrior

Zig zag about on the road like they do on
the track that willl warm them up s s

 

[NeRo]

Which brand of tyres do you have on the car?

Different compounds will have differing warm-up times - I had some Kumhos which in the summer had fantastic grip. However, they seemed to take ages to reach temperature in winter.