What tyres are you running?

18" unfortunately... we don't get a set of free tyres each year anymore so I drive like an even bigger pu55y :dozey:

No Winter tyres yet... I usually change around mid October.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

18" unfortunately... we don't get a set of free tyres each year anymore so I drive like an even bigger pu55y :dozey:

No Winter tyres yet... I usually change around mid October.

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No free tyres? That sucks.

I didn't mean have you put them on yet :p I meant have you got some, you should try some Snowtrac 3's they're good :p

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I honestly don't think that diesel is the way forward as perhaps it once was especially now that it's a fair bit more expensive than petrol. If you you a smallish turbo petrol I reckon it could equal those figures if driven carefully. Silly wide tyres are also partly to blame. I'd estimate that my car is about 10% more efficient on its winter tyres which are 175's than on its 195 summer tyres. Dismal's also tend to kill their tyres more quickly due to the torque and extra weight and if you've got a DPF you'll be changing your oil more frequently.

There's a guy on fuelly Red Diesel 500 Annual Reports | Fuelly whose diesel 500 is about 2-3p cheaper than my car to fuel per mile (11-12p vs 9p), but seeing as he has to change oil more often, he's already had to change a set of tyres and is probably on his way to another set soon, I think the costs probably even out and he'll never make up for the £1200 extra for the diesel model/

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Interesting! But, will the petrol engine outlast the disiesel engine?

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you should try some Snowtrac 3's they're good :p

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not a chance... I don't know what's in them ! :p

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Interesting! But, will the petrol engine outlast the disiesel engine?

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No reason why not if it's properly maintained.

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not a chance... I don't know what's in them ! :p

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Surely working for a tyre company you'd know there's air in them? :mark:

On my Ford Focus ive got Toyo Proxes t1r's. They grip like **** to a blanket in wet or dry, but even with perfect wheel alignment they still seem to wear the outer edges alot so might look for something different when the car needs a new set of boots!

not much air in the tyres themselves... most of it is trapped between the tyres and the rims :p

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not much air in the tyres themselves... most of it is trapped between the tyres and the rims :p

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That's why you travel the world testing tyres and I'm sitting at a desk doing IT support :up:

Summer tires are Dunlop SP Sports on mine, 40000 km on them and they will most probably keep it up till end of November when the Espace arrives with new tires.
These are excellent tires with great grip and they give you great feel when driving them on the limit and over it.