Had the van in for the annual mandatory check up, last part of the exhaust some holes, replaced.
Tyres YES!! they had them, Dunlop SP Qualifier TG 20 series M+S 215/80/R16 load index 107 ( 975 kilo per tyre).
Bloody € 139 each, so 4 new tyres... oil change, new oil filter, etc. bank account now minus € 1100, wife's car, 2 new front tyres, € 110 - for 2!!!...
Maybe i should ditch the van....:chin:
Ah, hell no...
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Well tires don't grow on trees..
Oh wait....
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Got 67k on a set of Michelins on the Pacifica and they still are not down to the bars, though they will be replaced by end of summer.Originally Posted by NA4BH
I rarely get more than 30,000 miles out of set of tires. The West coast's obsession with chip-seal on roads, while traction is excellent, the road surface shreds the rubber off tires.
Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.
Guess I got really, really lucky buying tires last fall. The Michelins I normally get were discontinued in my size (205/55VR15), and I wound up with a set of Dunlop Direzza's for about $120 a tire -- significantly less than the Michelins I'd been driving on. As it turns out I like the Dunlops a LOT better than the Michelins.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
New Dunlop tyres do handle better as the Good Year cargo i had on the alu rims, but then they were the 215/65 R16 summer tyres.
These new 215/80 R16 absorb shocks better, and the noise is lower, i expected more noise, but the all terrain tires M+S keep up very well.
Lowering the rpm's was a good thing too, the circumference of the new tires is 12% larger, so the rpm's went down the same of the 2.5 Turbo Diesel.
More and more countries in the EU go for mandatory snowtyres in the winter or at least M+S, so i'm set for that too now.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Hey, Cor—you forgot to mention how much better tires are in the Netherlands than they are in the U.S.! ;)
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
One of the things I noticed in FLA, is that they use broken sea shells in the asphalt mix. Can't be good on tires. Can it?
And now your speedometer reads low? (Maybe by 12%?)
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
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