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Tyres… also roadside assistance.

SteveG said:
Michelin Pilot Sports have been my preferred tyre for sporty cars for quite a while, however what that test doesn't tell you is that they don't last very long at all. I've worn out a set of 4 in 6000 miles on one car.

My C-class estate has Hankook's on (I think they were the OEM fitment) and in practice they've been pretty good - although it's going to get a set of Michelin CrossClimate's before winter.
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The old M3 ran on Pilot Sports - usually got a two/three years out of them (which for me would be 12k to 18k).

The B6 is currently running on Pilot Sports and should be good for a similar 12 to 18k. When I replace those I will switch back to the Super Sports which, for the Alpina, are a better match.
 
gintonic said:
you weren't trying to outrun the cops in some high speed getaway?

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I don’t think it’d have deflated so violently if it’d hit one of those. Looks like it’s driven over a rake!
 
Just checked the tyres on my car and one of the rears is needing replaced anyway so I'm getting the CrossClimates fitted later this week - will be interesting to see how they perform.
 
SteveG said:
Just checked the tyres on my car and one of the rears is needing replaced anyway so I'm getting the CrossClimates fitted later this week - will be interesting to see how they perform.
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I’m going to look into them, I don’t track my car anymore, or even drive it hard on the road, but I do drive lots of motorway miles in all weather conditions.
 
linnfomaniac83 said:
I’m going to look into them, I don’t track my car anymore, or even drive it hard on the road, but I do drive lots of motorway miles in all weather conditions.
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For me it's something I'm going to try for one winter to see if I can get away without getting a 4x4. Our weekend place is in the highest village in the Highlands, at over 1100ft in the Cairngorms, and it is notorious for how bad the road conditions can be even in autumn and spring (with two of the roads into the village being closed due to snow in May this year).

We'll leave my wife's 2-seater on summer tyres as I can't see it coming anywhere near here other than in the summer.
 
Cross Climates have not been available in all the skinnier versions - so you may be disappointed. My wife's rather ordinary Qashqai is a case in point....225/45/19 not available.
 
JensenHealey said:
Cross Climates have not been available in all the skinnier versions - so you may be disappointed. My wife's rather ordinary Qashqai is a case in point....225/45/19 not available.
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I can get the Cross Climate+ in 225/45/r17, which is what my car uses.
 
My car has 225/45 18's on the front and 245/40 18's on the back and they are supposed to be available to be fitted on Thursday morning as that's when it's booked in to get done. So lets hope that's true.
 
Tremendous! - they are a great tyre. Had them on my Jag and now have them on my Volvo XC60. 'Only £125 ea for the Volvo too - not bad - at 65 section on a 17" wheel there is a lot of rubber for my money there! Seem to last very well- despite 190Hp running through the front wheels - mine is two wheel drive version.
 
JensenHealey said:
Tremendous! - they are a great tyre. Had them on my Jag and now have them on my Volvo XC60. 'Only £125 ea for the Volvo too - not bad - at 65 section on a 17" wheel there is a lot of rubber for my money there! Seem to last very well- despite 190Hp running through the front wheels - mine is two wheel drive version.
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£522 for all 4 tyres including fitting/balancing etc. - which doesn't seem too bad.
 
SteveG said:
£522 for all 4 tyres including fitting/balancing etc. - which doesn't see too bad.
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Looks like KwikFit can supply four for about £360 for my car, no idea if that includes fitting and balancing but it seems a great price to me!
 
SteveG said:
Michelin Pilot Sports have been my preferred tyre for sporty cars for quite a while, however what that test doesn't tell you is that they don't last very long at all. I've worn out a set of 4 in 6000 miles on one car.
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Crikey - how? radical geometry, or insufficient load capacity?
I get about 22-27k miles /set over two e39 5-series BMWs with them (on my second/ fourth set of) - which the Pilot sports suit very well.
 
Premium tyres (Goodyear, Michelin, Pirelli - all depending on the model/size/load rating) can be obtained online from the likes of Camskill, Oponeo, Blackcircles and also at CostCo - it is just not worth buying budget tyres - plus private buyers (trade are less bothered) will be / should be fussy about tyres on a performance or specialist vehicle.
 
i get about 8000 maybe a tad more out of mine Pirelli P Zero rears tend to go first
 
martin clark said:
Crikey - how? radical geometry, or insufficient load capacity?
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Making progress in a reasonably powerful front wheel drive car, with the front and rears rotated half way through their (very short!) life. It was a company car and our fleet folks weren't entirely amused as I'd got quite a bit more mileage from the original tyres (can't recall what they were) but had wangled the Pilot Sports when those were replaced. You could warm the fronts up very quickly (which involved a lot of wheel spinning) and when they were warm and the rears weren't it was good fun round roundabouts etc.

I no longer drive like that BTW - plus that car didn't have traction control!

I get about 22-27k miles /set over two e39 5-series BMWs with them (on my second/ fourth set of) - which the Pilot sports suit very well.
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I'm not particularly hard on tyres these days, and I think the Hancooks currently fitted have done somewhere like 25K.

My wife's SLK is quite hard on rear tyres, partly I think because the traction control doesn't always keep up with the high level of torque it has - so it spins the rears a fair bit.
 
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