Looking For New Tyres

[Rob]

hi all,

Am looking to get some new summer tyres ( 225/45/17) at the mo i have sp9000's and they have lasted very very well but they are quite noisey so looking for something a bit quiter and lasts. i dont hammer it around corners etc so that is not a priority.

anyone had the continentals??

[Gord]

hi all,

Am looking to get some new summer tyres ( 225/45/17) at the mo i have sp9000's and they have lasted very very well  but they are quite noisey so looking for something a bit quiter and lasts.  i dont hammer it around corners etc so that is not a priority.

anyone had the continentals??

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Hi rob, try www.mytyres.co.uk

[Dave W]

anyone had the continentals??

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Not personally, but currently have a set of Avon ZZ3's on. So far so good and no complaints. Tread wear seems much better aswell compared to the Goodyear GSD3's that they replaced....

[Rob]

hi all,

Am looking to get some new summer tyres ( 225/45/17) at the mo i have sp9000's and they have lasted very very well  but they are quite noisey so looking for something a bit quiter and lasts.  i dont hammer it around corners etc so that is not a priority.

anyone had the continentals??

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Hi rob, try www.mytyres.co.uk

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hi Gordon,

I have looked at the german site and there is quite a price difference - cheaper in UK ( surprising) gives me some options tho!

ta

rob.

[Matthew_McNally]

have a look here too Rob ;)

[Rob]

thanks for that mat - very good i must say but im not in the UK so

[legendswraith]

i had conti contact sports on my beemer a while back and i liked them cost me quite a bit at the time though

[Rob]

just phoned around and got some prices but thing i will try a little bit further away from the border as it might be cheaper.

dunlops €160

toyo €140

[RX-Men-8]

I'm a real fan of the Continental Sport Contact 2 tyres. Not loud, IMHO the best sports tyre in the wet. Treadwear is about average though, prices are on the expensive side (not as bad as Michelin).

Cheers,

RX-Men-8

[kam05]

anyone had the continentals??

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Not personally, but currently have a set of Avon ZZ3's on. So far so good and no complaints. Tread wear seems much better aswell compared to the Goodyear GSD3's that they replaced....

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i'm running a set of Avon Z223's as well. Yep, they are a good tyre on the whole and they wear well, but I find them a bit noisy when driving at high speeds...these Avon Tyres are certainly better than the :tsktsk: Nankang tyres that I used to have!

[Rob]

I'm a real fan of the COntinental Sport Contact 2 tyres.  Not loud, IMHO the best sports tyre in the wet.  Treadwear is about average though, prices are on the expensive side (not as bad as Michelin). 

Cheers,

RX-Men-8

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haha michelins were €190 !!! i have found a place that is about 20 k away from the border and have been told that they are cheap, we shall see!

[Matthew_McNally]

thanks for that mat - very good i must say but im not in the UK so 

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I know mate - but they deliver from Europe, so getting to you shouldn't be a problem.

[Rob]

ah! an email is in order then i think!

[mudzs]

have a look here too Rob ;)

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Matt i come very close yesterday to ordering four tyres from here ,but giving out my credit card details over a mobile phone went against the grain a little ,has anyone else orderd from here yet or is there any other way to pay.must add this is a great deal and i would save over £200 on four tyres

[Rob]

been offered 4 bf goodrich G profiler tyres 225/45/17 inc fitting etc for €560 ( £400)

never heard of that model so will investigate further.

[Matthew_McNally]

have a look here too Rob ;)

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Matt i come very close yesterday to ordering four tyres from here ,but giving out my credit card details over a mobile phone went against the grain a little ,has anyone else orderd from here yet or is there any other way to pay.must add this is a great deal and i would save over £200 on four tyres

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Tony,

the owner of that company is a LOC member mate ;). The company has also been around a while.

I ordered my tyres there the other day - delivery was within a few days ;)

£200 is a hell of a saving mate - thats 8 years gold subscription saved in one go.

[mudzs]

have a look here too Rob ;)

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Matt i come very close yesterday to ordering four tyres from here ,but giving out my credit card details over a mobile phone went against the grain a little ,has anyone else orderd from here yet or is there any other way to pay.must add this is a great deal and i would save over £200 on four tyres

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Tony,

the owner of that company is a LOC member mate ;). The company has also been around a while.

I ordered my tyres there the other day - delivery was within a few days ;)

£200 is a hell of a saving mate - thats 8 years gold subscription saved in one go.

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sounds good i will order mine on monday . :)

[Matthew_McNally]

been offered 4 bf goodrich  G profiler tyres 225/45/17  inc fitting etc  for €560 ( £400)

never heard of that model so will investigate further.

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BF Goodrich are a decent brand mate - I know someone who swore by them.

If I recall correctly, it was BFG that offered a warranty on the tyres - if you had a puncture, then they refunded a percentage of the cost.

These aren't the right numbers mate - just an example.

Tyres are guaranteed for 100,000 miles.

You loose the tyre @ 20,000 miles, they refund you 80% of the cost of the tyre.

Of course, there are T&C's attached to that warranty

[mudzs]

had this on my volvo ,got three punctures in as many months and it never cost a thing to replace them as they were hardly worn .i tried to buy them again when i first got the lexus but was told they had stopped doing this deal

[Matthew_McNally]

had this on my volvo ,got three punctures in as many months and it never cost a thing to replace them as they were hardly worn .i tried to buy them again when i first got the lexus but was told they had stopped doing this deal

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have they?

my mate had claimed on this warranty before (a few years ago) and kept on buying the tyres because of it - never realised they had stopped.

[chunkymonkey]

Hi fluff34567,

I am also looking for some new tyres which are low noise, good comfort and safe. My current Fulda Carot Extremos are awful - very noisy due to uneven wear. The replacement shortlist is (bad points noted):

Continental ContiSportContact 2 (?)

Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (noisy as they start to wear down)

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 (dont last long and noisy)

Michelin Pilot Primacy (very poor customer reviews on tirerack.com)

Yokohama AVS dB S2 (noisy after >5000 miles!)

After much research I finding it increasingly difficult to make a choice. The reviews on various websites (eg www.tirerack.com, www.tyretest.com) seem to contridict each other not to mention the customer reviews on www.tirerack.com. Kwik Fit are currently offering 4 for the price of 3 on Continental tyres which is tempting.

Let me know what you decide.

[Rob]

Hi fluff34567,

I am also looking for some new tyres which are low noise, good comfort and safe. My current Fulda Carot Extremos are awful - very noisy due to uneven wear. The replacement shortlist is (bad points noted):

Continental ContiSportContact 2 (?)

Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (noisy as they start to wear down)

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 (dont last long and noisy)

Michelin Pilot Primacy (very poor customer reviews on tirerack.com)

Yokohama AVS dB S2 (noisy after >5000 miles!)

After much research I finding it increasingly difficult to make a choice. The reviews on various websites (eg www.tirerack.com, www.tyretest.com) seem to contridict each other not to mention the customer reviews on www.tirerack.com. Kwik Fit are currently offering 4 for the price of 3 on Continental tyres which is tempting.

Let me know what you decide.

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hi names rob BTW,

thanks for that, i had the dunlops before and am tempted to go for them again as they last ages, but as u say get very loud when they wear down, but they have a new verion out called sport maxx, that is meant to be better. I had a look at the contis also, but they seem to be very soft so not sure how long they will last. i had a look at the BF site and am tempted by them TBH, i will try find out the tread wear rating then go from there.

ta rob.