Ok, I have my suspicions, but want to get others thoughts on this:
On a FWD daily driver with the factory alignment, which tires wear quicker, front or rear?
I'm going to take off my snows and put on the all seasons. They probably have one summer left before they need replacement. I marked them when I took them off, so I know where they were in November, but to maximize the useful life I want to put the ones with the most tread on the end that wears the fastest.
Given the situation you outlined, the fronts will wear faster.
Fronts will usually wear faster on a FWD
The fronts are carrying more weight, turning the car, providing most of the braking and providing acceleration. The rears are keeping the back bumper from dragging on the ground 
Thanks for the replies.
I was thinking fronts, but it seemed too simple. I wanted to be sure the slip that takes place in the rears while cornering didn't have an unexpected impact on wear.
On my 996, the fronts last forever. The rears, 15k or so.
Fronts wear faster on everything. They do most of the stopping and most of the turning.
markwemple wrote: On my 996, the fronts last forever. The rears, 15k or so.
Correction. The front wear faster on everything that doesn't have screwy rear suspension geometry to keep a vehicle with the dynamics of hammer flying backwards from trying to swing itself around a corner. 
Knurled wrote: Fronts wear faster on everything. They do most of the stopping and most of the turning.
Depends on FWD / RWD, driving style, handling balance, weight balance, etc. I've seen cars where fronts wear faster and some where rears wear faster. And some (my Jeep included) where they wear pretty evenly most of the time.
Most Miatas wear theirs fairly evenly. The V8 ND is an exception.
Despite its heavy forward weight bias, my RS seems to be wearing its tires pretty evenly so far. And that's without even using drift mode.
Knurled wrote:markwemple wrote: On my 996, the fronts last forever. The rears, 15k or so.Correction. The front wear faster on everything that doesn't have screwy rear suspension geometry to keep a vehicle with the dynamics of hammer flying backwards from trying to swing itself around a corner.
My FR-S wear the rears ~twice as fast as the fronts. Must rotate every 5k miles (at most, 3K-4k would be more preferable) to keep wear even...
In my Integra RS it was the fronts that wore ~twice as fast.
Usually the drive wheels.
One exception is an 8th gen civic. Aggressive factory rear camber, for handling, eats rear tires like candy. In 10k miles, my cooper RS3A's had gotten severely cupped and near bald.
Knurled wrote: Fronts wear faster on everything. They do most of the stopping and most of the turning.
My cars had the same fronts 4 years and around ten sets of rears. Rears seem to wear alot faster for me.
Just took my Blizzaks off. The fonts wore 1/32" more than the rear, which showed almost no wear.
I'll switch them next winter.
In reply to iceracer:
Ugh. The first year I had my Altimax Arctics on the Volvo, the fronts melted to 6/32 and the rears 8/32. I switched them front to back for the next season and they were at 5 and 4/32. This was my third winter with them and the ones I put on the back are now past the wear bars and the fronts aren't much better. Fortunately we had an extremely mild winter.
My car is just a tire eater though. I think my Sport Comps (195/55-15) wore to 5/32 in the front before 10k.
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