Sics Consolidated Faded Moderns Thread - 2006 Golf Mk5 GTI & 2004 BMW Z4 2.2

[AutoshiteBoy]

What was noticeable was the tyre life Avons were shockingly bad and were worn out in half the miles the mid range budget brands were doing. If you aren't going to do a lot of miles Avons seem good value for a decent tyre but if you expect to keep the car long term and do more than 10k on the tyres then they are best avoided.

I agree, there's a certain Avon tyre (not sure if it's still manufactured) that did have a very short wear life. I fitted them to the in-laws 1.8 Rover 75, and given they were retired, I expect more that 10k miles. However, for the last 15 years of so, I've been fitting them to my Land Rover and the wear has been equal to Toyo and better than Pirellis.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Budget tyres are landfill. I’ve got a set of Excellons on my 118d and they are shit.

I buy part worn proper tyres. 5 or 6mm and a pair at a time. I bought a pair of 225/50x16 Goodyears with 6mm for £60 plus a tenner to fit and balance.

I haven't found anywhere decent near me that sells part worns. Scrapyard want £25+ a tyre fitted and gave an attitude of cba.

The local part worn place had a shite selection of 8+ year old tyres and no matching 4 brands. Also packed with a long wait surrounded by noisy families running around while waiting for their beaten up Grandland X having their threadbare tyres replaced.

I buy well in advance, hoovering up bargains when I don't really need them.

[SiC]

New boot time! I went for the Kumho's. Had them before and so better the devil you know. Rears have a lot of tread still so feels a bit wasteful changing them but they've gone hard and quite easily to light them up in the lower gears in sports mode. 

I'm now off to have lunch while I wait for them to be done. 

[christine]

Pod would stand over them , watching closely and advising ...

[SiC]

New Tyres have been round and black. So little feeling through the wheel that it's hard to know if they're grabbing well. Mrs SiC was taking corners a bit faster than I'd be prepared to (she's used to chuckable cars) and we didn't end up in the scenery so must be alright. They are definitely a bit noisier than the old Michelins. 

Looking at the mileage when the photos of [mention=19970]rantingYoof[/mention] when selling the car, it had 146437. It's now done 147465 right now. So 1k miles in nearly two month. 

Fuel consumption is a bit on the thirsty side. 


This was an motorway run today along the M4 with plenty of slowdowns/stops. 


Tbh it's not terrible considering it's an old fashioned auto tuned for comfort rather than performance or economy with an older design port injection V6. I think I didn't get too far off this with my Laguna II V6? Maybe a bit lower but then the Laguna was a good half tonne lighter. 

In some ways I don't really care. It's comfortable, quick enough (when moving), smooth and incredibly vast inside making it very practical. Just had 5 adults in it quite comfortably a minute ago - despite three of which are very much on the larger/enormous side.

[AutoshiteBoy]

New Tyres have been round and black. So little feeling through the wheel that it's hard to know if they're grabbing well. Mrs SiC was taking corners a bit faster than I'd be prepared to (she's used to chuckable cars) and we didn't end up in the scenery so must be alright. They are definitely a bit noisier than the old Michelins. 

You cannot really judge a tyre for noise until at least 500 miles by which time they should have settled in.

[SiC]

Useful to know. Probably about 400 miles in from having them changed by the time I get home tonight.

[SiC]

I was hoping they would be quieter than the old ones
Mostly on the basis the old were 7 years old and going hard.

[Eddie Honda]

They are definitely a bit noisier than the old Michelins. 

PARDON?

[christine]

Pod would take them back ..