I gave up on that years ago - the rears normally last more than twice as long as the fronts so just replace the fronts as and when you need. JM2PW.

Originally posted by ncarring in this post

225/45ZR17 is what I need but

Thanks for the advice Nick, have normally done that in the past, just people on here seem to swap and change the tyres arround.

Originally posted by SilveRS in this post

Thanks for the advice Nick, have normally done that in the past, just people on here seem to swap and change the tyres arround.

Blackcircles have Kumho 712s (a tyre I have heard good reports of) for

Having compared some prices for 16" and 17" tyres on Black Circles, I can see that there are some financial advantages to having 'standard' size wheels. The price differences for Avon ZZ3s were surprisingly marked!

Well chaps, tonight I went to Costco as I had heard they have an offer on. It turns out they will discount

One of the reasons I changed my tyres size to 225/45/17 is that these are actually a little cheaper than the standard 205/50/17.

205/50/17 is actually a strange size and is probably unique to the RS whereas the 225/45/17 is quite a common fitment.

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I'm tempted by the ZZ3s. Paul Ffelan is running these on 17" rims (I think) and reckons they're OK. Mrs Fen's Mondeo is running ZV1s and they're pretty good both in the dry and the wet. The only thing I'm not sure about is life, but I guess I'll just have to find out!

Won't go the Goodyear route due to only getting 8k out of the last pair (but they stuck like **** to a carpet!!)

Cheers,

Thanks for the info and advice guy's.

Result! I had confirmation this morning on a price of

Did quite a bit of phoning around today for tyres, (including a visit to Costco) but KwikFit came up trumps with

AutoExpress have just published an article - investigating the merits of about 10 tyres of the 16 inch variety .....might be worth reading if you are in the market , but personal experience varies with actual results of the test ..... 3 Continental tyres were legal for only 8K ! and the company claimed there was nothing wrong with them !

205/50/17 is actually a strange size and is probably unique to the RS

It is not unique. For a start it is a standard size for a 911, on the front, which is why you will see some tyres in that size quoted as N1, N2, N3 which are the Porsche ones. I get the feeling that the tyre manufacturers may be cashing in on the fact that as theyare Porsche tyres, people will pay Porsche prices.

Whilst hunting around for a cr for my dear lady wife, I noticed that the 307 has these tyres on so hopefully as they become more common they will become cheaper.

Whilst hunting around for a cr for my dear lady wife,

That's strange , I'm also hunting for a cr ..............for mine

So I have trouble with typing. It should have read car, but then you knew that and thought you'd poke fun at a newbie.

Sauce for the goose, Real Skoda

Yes please!

Are you stalking me? How did you know I was about to have goose for my supper?