**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

[Hawkesbury]

After some new tyres for a Ford C max. It is currently fitted with 225 40 18 Nexen tyres on the front and sport contact 3 on the rear.

I have found the following which all seem okay. Happy to look at other tyres but dont want to spend more that £90 a corner.

Goodyear Eagle f1 Asy 3 XL - 87.73
Pirelli P6 Cinturato XL - 87.56
Avon ZZ5 XL - 74.56
Avon ZV7 XL - 74.56

The Goodyears although the correct size don't come as recommended for the car when I search my reg number - any reason and general thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[Simon]

Goodyears without a doubt

 

[Gaygle]

Goodyears without a doubt

 

[Havana_UK]

Goodyears without a doubt

 

[Frozennova]

Goodyears without a doubt

 

[GinG]

Needing to change the tyres on the Qashqai.

National tyre are selling 2 Avon ZX7 XL fully fitted for £187.98 how do these compare to the standard issue Conti Premium Contact 2 @ £271.17 fully fitted?

Thanks

 

[Hawkesbury]

Goodyears without a doubt

So went to get them and they had none in stock despite saying they had. Anyway to cut a long story short I got some Dunlop sport maxx RT2 for the same price. Not quite the same but very similar and a huge improvement.

 

[Simon]

Oh

 

[Gaygle]

Oh

 

[MORE SPEED]

Not sure what the "Oh"'s are for, the Dunlop is a much better tyre than the others on the list, and on a CMax I highly doubt the difference between it and the Goodyear will be noticeable.

 

[Simon]

Bit of a pointless post, ask for advice then get something different. That's all

Didnt know the C-max didnt use tyres to stop in the rain, as this is where Goodyears will shine

 

[Gaygle]

TBF the RT2 is a very good tyre. It does get overshadowed by the other big companies though. The RT was meant to be good too, but had high wear rates.

 

[Hawkesbury]

Bit of a pointless post, ask for advice then get something different. That's all

Didnt know the C-max didnt use tyres to stop in the rain, as this is where Goodyears will shine

Asked for advice - could not get the tyres I thought so went for those with similar performance. From all accounts the difference is going to be rather minimal.

 

[Hawkesbury]

TBF the RT2 is a very good tyre. It does get overshadowed by the other big companies though. The RT was meant to be good too, but had high wear rates.

According to the blurb the Goodyear and Dunlop are the same company.

 

[Simon]

Asked for advice - could not get the tyres I thought so went for those with similar performance. From all accounts the difference is going to be rather minimal.

The difference is as 'minimal' as all the options.

 

[Simon]

According to the blurb the Goodyear and Dunlop are the same company.

And that means all their tyres are identical ?

Fiat and Ferrari are the same company

 

[[TW]Fox]

According to the blurb the Goodyear and Dunlop are the same company.

They are.

Just like Rolls Royce are BMW.

BRB, washing my Phantom.

 

[Housey]

They are.

Just like Rolls Royce are BMW.

BRB, washing my Phantom.

No one washes their own Phantom. It get's driven away by 'people' and it comes back shiny.

 

[Six6siX]

Came to use the car this morning and have a completely flat front - must have been a slow puncture from last weekend and the air is just coming straight out when I tried to pump it up

Both fronts have about 4mm left on them and are currently PZeros.

Seems to be that Goodyear AS3 or Michelin PS4 are the ones to go for - is replacing the pair advised at this tread level? Which would be the better choice between the two? They are 255/35R19

Cheers

 

[Simon]

PS4S are the ones to get, not PS4.

Change both, a P zero mixed with a Michelin sounds a nightmare under hard braking