I have decided not to comment on my tyre choice    :think:

Hee hee!

Don't tell us - you've removed a matching set of new Michelins and repalced them with a miscellaneous set of four various different, bald, Ying-Tong tyres, all of different sizes, with assorted bulges and cuts, and you run half of them at 5psi and the others (diagonally opposite) at 50psi?

Should certainly provide some entertaining driving, until you end up in jail - or dead!

[For those with a sense-of-humour bypass, relax - this is a joke.]

Edited 18 January, 201412 yr by Stuarted

Just put a couple of the new Uniroyal Rainsport 3 tyres on my Dads car and they seem pretty good. I have used the Rainsport 2's for a while and they are very good. The Uniroyal's are competitively priced too.

I have decided not to comment on my tyre choice    :think:

 

 

Just put a couple of the new Uniroyal Rainsport 3 tyres on my Dads car

 

I'm still not telling

It's been a while since I posted on this forum (mainly because I have had 3 years of totally trouble-free motoring from my Oct 2010 Scout). Finally, with 30,000kms on the clock, I'm going to need new tyres to replace the factory 225/50 17 Dunlop SP Sports.

Any recommendations for tyres specifically well suited to the Scout? I've no intention of selling the car any time soon and am looking for a quality tyre that will give me ~30,000 miles of wear.

I have recently fitted Avon ZZ5 to my VRS and am very pleased. Quieter than the Dunlop Sportmax that were original fitment, no signs of sawtoothing. Only cost £92 each from Mr Tyre. Was thinking of fitting Contis as I had these on my MK1 VRS and they are really good, but cost around £125 each.

Avons are possibly slightly softer than Dunlop or Contis but expect to get 20 K from a set of 4

I was just quoted on the following options for my Scout, to replace my Dunlop SP Sports:

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We’re happy to provide you with the following quote for your Vehicle Skoda Octavia

 

We have the following tyres available in your requested size – 225/50R17 :

 

Michelin Primacy 3 ST: Very Quiet, Shorter braking distance, improved handling and safety.                   Total Price: $355.50 per tyre OR TRADE IN TOTAL PRICE $1256.00

 

Dunlop Sport Maxx: Improved braking, cornering and handling, Great dry and wet handling.                   Total Price: $332.93 per tyre

 

Goodyear F1 Directional 5: Precise handling & responsive grip technology.                                               Total Price: $328.50 per Tyre

 

Continental Max Contact MC5: Improved braking and handling, Quiet tyres, Good fuel economy.           Total Price: $293.54 per tyre

 

ALL QUOTES VALID FOR 14 DAYS FROM DATE ISSUED.

 

All prices include fitting, wheel balancing, GST, valve and tyre disposal.

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Prices are NZ$, so if you are interested in the Sterling equivalent, divide prices by 2.

 

Any thoughts on what I'm being offered (apart from the obvious observation that they are all f****ing expensive!  Welcome to New Zealand!

Evening. New alloys arrive in morning and have 4x kumho 225 40 18's going on. 320 all in.

I've gone for these as they get ok reviews, and I cannot find a buyer for my crateris x4, so buying these cheaper tyres I can afford to keep the crateris in the shed for winter.

It's been a while since I posted on this forum (mainly because I have had 3 years of totally trouble-free motoring from my Oct 2010 Scout). Finally, with 30,000kms on the clock, I'm going to need new tyres to replace the factory 225/50 17 Dunlop SP Sports.

Any recommendations for tyres specifically well suited to the Scout? I've no intention of selling the car any time soon and am looking for a quality tyre that will give me ~30,000 miles of wear.

I've been delighted with the Goodyear Vector 4 seasons on the Scout and my long gone SLK230. 

Much better in the wet than the oe Dunlops.

 

Mark

Based on recs from here I got 4 Falken 914's they were about £260 fitted. Been good tyres so far.

 

I was just quoted on the following options for my Scout, to replace my Dunlop SP Sports:

____________________________________________________________________

 

We’re happy to provide you with the following quote for your Vehicle Skoda Octavia

 

We have the following tyres available in your requested size – 225/50R17 :

 

Michelin Primacy 3 ST: Very Quiet, Shorter braking distance, improved handling and safety.                   Total Price: $355.50 per tyre OR TRADE IN TOTAL PRICE $1256.00

 

Dunlop Sport Maxx: Improved braking, cornering and handling, Great dry and wet handling.                   Total Price: $332.93 per tyre

 

Goodyear F1 Directional 5: Precise handling & responsive grip technology.                                               Total Price: $328.50 per Tyre

 

Continental Max Contact MC5: Improved braking and handling, Quiet tyres, Good fuel economy.           Total Price: $293.54 per tyre

 

ALL QUOTES VALID FOR 14 DAYS FROM DATE ISSUED.

 

All prices include fitting, wheel balancing, GST, valve and tyre disposal.

______________________________________________________________________________________

 

Prices are NZ$, so if you are interested in the Sterling equivalent, divide prices by 2.

 

Any thoughts on what I'm being offered (apart from the obvious observation that they are all f****ing expensive!  Welcome to New Zealand!

 

 

Personally I'm a Michelin man.  Expensive, but fronts should last 25-35,000 miles rears nearer 50.  From experience (not the models listed though) Dunlops and Continental will struggle to reach half this.