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In Topic: Mileage achieved on who's tyres ?
27 January 2012 - 23:42
Sheriff, on 20 January 2012 - 23:27, said:Got 45k out of Michelin Primacy sports on the front. Just changed them for some Primewell budgets, grip seems really good in wet or dry but they are noisy buggers :S :S
Got 33k out of my front Pilot Exalto 2's over 3 1/2 years, but they still had around 3mm on them so could've gone a bit longer. the rears still have 5-6mm on them. Not cheap but I've just replaced the fronts with Pilot Sport 3's (£115 ea)many say they are excellent for grip, but we'll see if they last as long. -
In Topic: Uniroyal, Michelin & online traders
27 January 2012 - 20:58
Greybeard, on 03 September 2008 - 18:43, said:Needed some new rubber for my 4 std alloys and after checking all the good info on here and other forums, decided on 3 options then did the ring rounds and online searches. Thought I'd share the current research with y'all.
Not seeking out and out grip, but a quiet running, good wearing premiium quality manufacturer with decent all round performance in what passes for summer & the other 9 even colder and 'wetter' months. I decided on Pilot Exalto PE2's, Uniroyal Rainsport 2's or Eagle F1 GS-D3's (probably not so good in the cold but was tempted) 205/45/16's.
Looked at 10 internet based prices, and 11 local suppliers:-
UNIROYALS - 8/10 locals couldn't get them or didn't list, one said they were on back order until April 2009 of the other 2 one was �500, the other a more reasonable �390 but needed to order. Tyre-shopper were best price at �356 and had 10 in stock. Only 2 online prices for W rated, one other was V rated only, the rest didn't list Uniroyals.
EAGLE F1's - All 18 had in stock or to order within 24 hrs, cheapest (local specialist) was �330, most expensive ATS at �480. Online prices all dearer than the local fitted �330 if you included fitting cost.
EXALTO PE2's - All claimed to have available but none of the locals had stock. Most expensive was National tyres at �500, cheapest locally was HiQ believe it or not at �436 but after asking them to order claimed they were on back order with no delivery date available. Cheapest online was C-Tyres at �431.60, most expensive MyTyres at �487.60.
In the end Protyre in Poole (owned by Micheldever I believe) got 4 PE2's next day and fitted them at �437. Look like quality tyres, time will tell if they were worth the money!
Not sure why the Uniroyals are apparently shunned by all, plenty of support for them on this forum but a lot of the posts aren't recent. The F1's probably weren't what I wanted, because rare as it is down here, they have plenty of snow and ice in those distant lands to the far north of Watford which is where I spend some of my time these days.
So, Uniroyals are apparently not widely available, online trader prices aren't always cheapest and if you like Michelins (made in Germany by the way) you have to pay dearly for them!
Resurrecting this post just for feedback as time has now indeed passed. Just replaced the front two PE2's after almost 3 1/2 years and a little over 33000 miles, around a third of which was long distance high speed motorway cruising. They'd just reached the TWI's so a bit of life in them but not worth pushing right to the end having done so well.
Overall the PE2's performed brilliantly, even got through last years untypically cold winter for the south with the extremely rare snow/ice normally unseen by those of us who dwell close to the gulf stream. Did have to go very light footed and stick to the gritted main routes but thankfully got away with it unscathed.
Given that experience I've replaced them with 2 Pilot Sport 3's as the PE2's don't seem to be available any longer in 205/45/16. Considered cold weather tyres, but it's rarely been below 7c down here this year so with 'spring' due in a month and not planning to venture too far in that time have decided to chance it, so fingers crossed February isn't totally arctic.
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04 Jan 2010 - 21:51