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[aaronjb]

Neuton's... Yep, but only on the rear. Needed 2 rear tyres ASAP and the normal cheap ones I use weren't available

Wasn't prepared to pay top dollar at the time for a couple of reasons, one of which is the planned upgrade of all suspension components in the near future

Hmm.. I was this > < close to buying a set of those, too - I was hoping you'd have nothing but good things to say about them, as my current summer tyres desperately need replacing (and the geo doing) before the front drivers side wears down to the canvas on the outside edge :-/

[Lazydocker]

Neuton's... Yep, but only on the rear. Needed 2 rear tyres ASAP and the normal cheap ones I use weren't available

Wasn't prepared to pay top dollar at the time for a couple of reasons, one of which is the planned upgrade of all suspension components in the near future

Hmm.. I was this > < close to buying a set of those, too - I was hoping you'd have nothing but good things to say about them, as my current summer tyres desperately need replacing (and the geo doing) before the front drivers side wears down to the canvas on the outside edge :-/

Depends how hard you want to push them They're pretty good AFAICT but need to move them to the front to do braking tests

[aaronjb]

Depends how hard you want to push them They're pretty good AFAICT but need to move them to the front to do braking tests

I don't drive all that hard usually, but when I do I like the tyres to stick .. then again, I have some shoddy make on at the moment and struggle to break traction unless I'm doing something daft (like a hard left and full throttle)  so they'd probably be fine.

[Lazydocker]

Depends how hard you want to push them They're pretty good AFAICT but need to move them to the front to do braking tests

I don't drive all that hard usually, but when I do I like the tyres to stick .. then again, I have some shoddy make on at the moment and struggle to break traction unless I'm doing something daft (like a hard left and full throttle)  so they'd probably be fine.

I'm probably not the right person to review them for you then

Must admit, they are only starting to let go when pushed very hard, but we've not really had any rain yet Although the TC was working hard on Wednesday night when I was being encouraged to floor it around a roundabout Stayed pointing the right way though with an outside temp of 3

[aaronjb]

I just can't bring myself to drive the Omega like I drove the MR2 - it all gets a bit wayward and bouncy if I try that.. then again it weighs ~800Kg more and has boat-like suspension being an Elite.. not to mention a slushbox. So I tend to cruise..

Apart from when the red mist descends 

[Lazydocker]

When you get used to the wallow you can push it a bit harder

[aaronjb]

I haven't managed to get past the feeling of "I'm going to die the first time I get to a corner" yet.. 

Probably didn't help that I checked the tyre pressures and found three of them at 24psi after my last attempt  (another reason the tyres need doing, three of them don't hold pressure)

[Lazydocker]

I haven't managed to get past the feeling of "I'm going to die the first time I get to a corner" yet.. 

Probably didn't help that I checked the tyre pressures and found three of them at 24psi after my last attempt  (another reason the tyres need doing, three of them don't hold pressure)

Rather disappointingly the wheels/tyres on this one seem to lose a bit of pressure whereas my '99 saloon never needed lost any between checking

[TheBoy]

Still can't decide if it's the inside wheel unloading that causes it so spin up or that the tyres are just not as good as they appeared

You running those dodgy TDFs from the Saab garage, LD?

Neuton's... Yep, but only on the rear. Needed 2 rear tyres ASAP and the normal cheap ones I use weren't available

Wasn't prepared to pay top dollar at the time for a couple of reasons, one of which is the planned upgrade of all suspension components in the near future

Swap front to back then, see if fault moves

I can confirm that Sunew, Tornado, Autogrip and Diamondback are all shite tyres, and an awful combination to have on a car.  Autogrip being noticibly worse than the others

[TheBoy]

I haven't managed to get past the feeling of "I'm going to die the first time I get to a corner" yet.. 

Probably didn't help that I checked the tyre pressures and found three of them at 24psi after my last attempt  (another reason the tyres need doing, three of them don't hold pressure)

Rather disappointingly the wheels/tyres on this one seem to lose a bit of pressure whereas my '99 saloon never needed lost any between checking

Tell the garage to fit them properly then

[TheBoy]

Tunnie, mrs chrisgixer here - meant to say thanks so much for the curry and the lift. Was conscious you were getting a bit of stick up your end of the table. Never mind next time you can join us in the pink section that The Boy is setting up for me!!!

Eh? What? I hadn't had that much to drink

[Lazydocker]

Planning to rotate, but I know that the cheapo ones on the front will light up I need to get these Neutons onto the front anyway to check the braking performance

As for the fitting... I know they were fitted properly because I was stood over them. But they didn't use the rubber bead sealer because the rims seemed in decent nick I'll have to see what happens in the future, I may take them off and clean & seal them