Bad Luck?

wonder_lander · 21 Jun 2006 at 22:23

My Passat is in the Garage tomorrow for service and brakes so I was going to take the wifes MX5 on the 100 mile round trip to work. Went to fill it with petrol this evening and the wife pointed out that the steering felt funny.

On further inspection it appears that 3 tyres each have a nail in them which must be causing a slow puncture!

Although the P6000's have some good tred on them I'm going to get a full new set of boots. Having used a mobile service last week for 2 tyres for my car I've e-mailed them hoping for a slightly discounted quote for 4 new tyres on this car!

Firestar_3x · 21 Jun 2006 at 22:40

Get GSD3's all round

wonder_lander · 21 Jun 2006 at 22:44

Firestar_3x said:
Get GSD3's all round

That's what I'm waiting on a quote for.

ajgoodfellow · 22 Jun 2006 at 01:22

I'd also consider Toyo Proxes T1-R tyres

wonder_lander · 22 Jun 2006 at 07:19

ajgoodfellow said:
I'd also consider Toyo Proxes T1-R tyres

That's the other ones I'm getting a quote on!

Matt82 · 22 Jun 2006 at 07:32

p6000s gash anyway, your wife probably got sick of hinting at how awful they made the car feel so she hammered nails into them to kill them as soon as possible. the tyres are made of a compound of steel and granite. they will last thousands of millions of miles and offer no worthwhile grip at all

wonder_lander · 22 Jun 2006 at 23:15

GY F1's fitted same day via event tyres. £205 for the 4

Like the look of the tread pattern!

ajgoodfellow · 22 Jun 2006 at 23:20

That's awfully cheap!

What car do you own?

wonder_lander · 23 Jun 2006 at 14:24

ajgoodfellow said:
That's awfully cheap!

What car do you own?

Me a Passat but the thread is about tyres for my wifes MK2 MX5

ajgoodfellow · 23 Jun 2006 at 18:23

That's very cheap, particuarly for tyres on a mid engined sports car

Good tyres for my MG ZR cost upwards of £100 each! (Toyo Proxes is about £90-£100, Michelin Pilot Sports £120, GSD3's, £120)

roboffer · 23 Jun 2006 at 18:34

Bad luck, or maybe shes seeing a guy from a DIY shop?

wonder_lander · 23 Jun 2006 at 20:19

ajgoodfellow said:
That's very cheap, particuarly for tyres on a mid engined sports car

Good tyres for my MG ZR cost upwards of £100 each! (Toyo Proxes is about £90-£100, Michelin Pilot Sports £120, GSD3's, £120)

Try here and see what they come out as.....stick ST15 in as your postcode if they don't serve your area

www.event-tyres.co.uk/quotation.php

[TW]Fox · 23 Jun 2006 at 20:23

ajgoodfellow said:
That's very cheap, particuarly for tyres on a mid engined sports car

Good tyres for my MG ZR cost upwards of £100 each! (Toyo Proxes is about £90-£100, Michelin Pilot Sports £120, GSD3's, £120)

£120 for F1's? Blimey, thats how much an Eagle F1 is for the front tyres on a 530i with 225/40/18 tyres!

Serj · 23 Jun 2006 at 20:25

[TW]Fox said:
£120 for F1's? Blimey, thats how much an Eagle F1 is for the front tyres on a 530i with 225/40/18 tyres!

Just for reference, my GS-D3s were £86 per corner fitted in 215/40R16 flavour. No idea whats on the ZR though....

Dandle · 23 Jun 2006 at 20:26

I paid £90 each last year for a pair of 205/50/16 F1s and the cheapest I could get them around here this time was £105 each.

roboffer · 23 Jun 2006 at 20:42

I paid £400 for 4 Toyo Proxies, with Alloy Wheels

ajgoodfellow · 23 Jun 2006 at 21:01

That place is £97 for the F1s - pretty cheap

The tyres are 205/50 R16 87W. They seem to be rather expensive!

wonder_lander · 23 Jun 2006 at 21:07

ajgoodfellow said:
That's very cheap, particuarly for tyres on a mid engined sports car

Good tyres for my MG ZR cost upwards of £100 each! (Toyo Proxes is about £90-£100, Michelin Pilot Sports £120, GSD3's, £120)

MX5 is front engined btw!

ajgoodfellow · 23 Jun 2006 at 21:09

Ah - sorry!

I assumed it was mid engined like the MGF/MGTF/MR2/etc