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[aaronjb]

I tend to get approx a year from a set of 4 tyres, which is around 15k.  But then I demand some level of grip.


Ones I would really avoid personally are any Michelin (no grip after about 3 months), any Avon (no grip and poor durability (managed 4k out of a set of rears)), and whatever junk chrisgixer had on his last year (I refused to drive his car again until he changed the tyres)

.....and the winner of the worst tyre award is, q fanfare....... falkn 912, like driving on a water bed

You should try the no-name rubbish the previous owner fitted to mine.. going round roundabouts makes you feel like you're in an American movie - no matter how slow you go*, they squeal like stuck pigs!

* OK, that's not strictly true.. you just don't have to be pushing very hard at all.

[TheBoy]

I tend to get approx a year from a set of 4 tyres, which is around 15k.  But then I demand some level of grip.


Ones I would really avoid personally are any Michelin (no grip after about 3 months), any Avon (no grip and poor durability (managed 4k out of a set of rears)), and whatever junk chrisgixer had on his last year (I refused to drive his car again until he changed the tyres)

.....and the winner of the worst tyre award is, q fanfare....... falkn 912, like driving on a water bed

You should try the no-name rubbish the previous owner fitted to mine.. going round roundabouts makes you feel like you're in an American movie - no matter how slow you go*, they squeal like stuck pigs!

* OK, that's not strictly true.. you just don't have to be pushing very hard at all.

I get to drive a fair few Omegas - I am very fortunate in that way.  OK, I know that day when I drove chrisgixers at Asheridge, its a fairly bumpy country road, but it was dry, warm, sunny day.  I would say that car was dangerous. Very dangerous. No telling which way it was going to veer. Slapped my (very worn) Dunlop SP9000 (a tyre known to tramline badly when at the end of its life), and it was noticibly more stable.

That tyre is lethal on Omegas.

[feeutfo]

I tend to get approx a year from a set of 4 tyres, which is around 15k.  But then I demand some level of grip.


Ones I would really avoid personally are any Michelin (no grip after about 3 months), any Avon (no grip and poor durability (managed 4k out of a set of rears)), and whatever junk chrisgixer had on his last year (I refused to drive his car again until he changed the tyres)

.....and the winner of the worst tyre award is, q fanfare....... falkn 912, like driving on a water bed

You should try the no-name rubbish the previous owner fitted to mine.. going round roundabouts makes you feel like you're in an American movie - no matter how slow you go*, they squeal like stuck pigs!

* OK, that's not strictly true.. you just don't have to be pushing very hard at all.

I get to drive a fair few Omegas - I am very fortunate in that way.  OK, I know that day when I drove chrisgixers at Asheridge, its a fairly bumpy country road, but it was dry, warm, sunny day.  I would say that car was dangerous. Very dangerous. No telling which way it was going to veer. Slapped my (very worn) Dunlop SP9000 (a tyre known to tramline badly when at the end of its life), and it was noticibly more stable.

That tyre is lethal on Omegas.

And when you drove it later at newent with sc3's fitted? Slightly more confident from where I was sitting

[Lee Marshall]

Best tyre I have used on an MV6 is the Toyo Proxes T-1R, no doubt.

Worst tyre.....Kumho. Scary.

Yokohama C-Drives are pretty good too and were my tyre of choice until I tried the Toyo. C-Drives have saved my life once.

[Simon72]

Best tyre I have used on an MV6 is the Toyo Proxes T-1R, no doubt.

Worst tyre.....Kumho. Scary.

Yokohama C-Drives are pretty good too and were my tyre of choice until I tried the Toyo. C-Drives have saved my life once.

Well got to disagree :-(

I have just had a set of
Kumho Ecsta KU37 XT  225/55/16  99WR Directionals

Went for the higher tyre load rating unlike the original 96 that were on the estate, and these cost £80 per corner fitted unlike the KU31 that were £10 cheaper.

Just done the same run that I do on a daily basis and have noticed no extra road noise AND there is NO tramlining anymore unlike the old Pirelli P7 that I had on.

So I will keep you posted on performance in the WET and DRY also tyre wear.