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Post by RustyZ4 » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:37 pm

Thank all for the advice,, not sure now what tyres to go for :(
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Post by Busterboo » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:06 am

Buy the most expensive you can afford (from the cheapest seller, of course).

Then at least you can eliminate the 'If only I'd paid a bit more' factor.
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Post by Zed Baron » Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:14 am

Ive recently changed from Pirelli's to Goodyear Eagle F1s (better rating in the wet) on my 19s, on the rears this time I went for 255/35/19 instead of 255/30/19. The Goodyears cost just under £600 for the four.
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Post by buzyg » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:44 am

Can't beat the old MPSS IMHO. Coming to the end of my second set, having had Conties, VReds and MPS previously. So for sure I will be buying for a new set of Michelins. If I can find another set they will be MPSS. If not then the experiments start once more?

Note: I am on my oiginal 18's though. :)
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Post by Nick9one1 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:09 pm

I'll be buying new rubber soon as well.
Here's a comparison from tyrereviews.co.uk
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I think I'm going to go with the vorti's.

255 35 19
MPSS are £175 72 decibels
Vorti's are £125 70 decibels
Eagle F1 £125 69 decibels
SportMaxx £125 69 decibels
SportContact 6 £145 73 decibels
Rainsport £110 73 decibels
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Post by Phoenixboy » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:14 pm

The Vredstein seem to be well liked.
I’m leaning towards them when I ditch the run flats
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Post by Frankie169 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:28 pm

Yep, after reading lots of reviews here and elsewhere I went with Eagles, great grip in both wet and dry and will be using them all year round, couldn’t be arsed with summer/winter wheels tyres cost/combinations. Don’t intend using the car in the snow so sure they will be more than ok with a bit of common sense thrown in. Throughtly recommend.
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Post by Nick9one1 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:36 pm

I agree, and I don't run winter tyres either.

Although it's worth noting that winter tyres outperform summers in any condition under 7 degrees c.

It's 7 degrees here at the moment, so even on a bone dry road the winters are going to be outperforming the summers.
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Post by Phoenixboy » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:39 pm

Nick9one1 wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:09 pm I'll be buying new rubber soon as well.
Here's a comparison from tyrereviews.co.uk

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I think I'm going to go with the vorti's.

255 35 19
MPSS are £175 72 decibels
Vorti's are £125 70 decibels
Eagle F1 £125 69 decibels
SportMaxx £125 69 decibels
SportContact 6 £145 73 decibels
Rainsport £110 73 decibels
Where did you get the Vortis price?
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Post by djstan » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:40 pm

Nick9one1 wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:36 pm It's 7 degrees here at the moment, so even on a bone dry road the winters are going to be outperforming the summers.
I thought that the 7C was road temperature, not air temperature?
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Post by Nick9one1 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:55 pm

Phoenixboy wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:39 pm
Nick9one1 wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:09 pm I'll be buying new rubber soon as well.
Here's a comparison from tyrereviews.co.uk

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I think I'm going to go with the vorti's.

255 35 19
MPSS are £175 72 decibels
Vorti's are £125 70 decibels
Eagle F1 £125 69 decibels
SportMaxx £125 69 decibels
SportContact 6 £145 73 decibels
Rainsport £110 73 decibels
Where did you get the Vortis price?
Actually just found them for £215 here.

https://www.camskill.co.uk/m55b0s337p11 ... se%3A_70dB
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Post by Nick9one1 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:57 pm

djstan wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:40 pm
Nick9one1 wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:36 pm It's 7 degrees here at the moment, so even on a bone dry road the winters are going to be outperforming the summers.
I thought that the 7C was road temperature, not air temperature?
You could be right! But at night the road temp is often lower than air.
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Post by Frankie169 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:18 pm

It's 7 degrees here at the moment, so even on a bone dry road the winters are going to be outperforming the summers.
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Out perform, in what respect, caneing it around bends etc, I’m sure if you drive to the conditions all tyres are ok to a certain extent, winter tyres are better I would think, but most of the time under road legal speeds summer tyres are fine, anyway I hope so as I intend to use the car all year round on my Eagles (apart from black ice, snow conditions etc)
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Post by Jembo » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:39 pm

Consider the reason why the Michelin’s are normally the most expensive & people still buy them.

With 4 small bits of rubber between me & my maker, when I now buy new since 2010 I’ve bought nothing else & never regretted it.

HOWEVER, 7 degrees & below found their summer tyres become more dangerous the colder it got
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Post by eff1guy » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:49 pm

+1 for the Vorti's here and have yet to find anyone beat Camskill in the years I've been buying tyres online

Oh and YES I stepped up the rear profile to 35 too as per recommendations on here
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