Tyre advice please

4.2 V8 40v biturbo - 450 bhp
4.2 V8 40v biturbo - 480 bhp (plus)
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Post by Murdozzz » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:33 pm

I would love a set of tyres that i can get more than 7k out of, Any suggestions last set were pierelli p zero rosso's and the wife easy drove 5k of those miles !!

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Post by Shoppinit » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:52 pm

Michelin PS2 (R01) They well grippy and last well.
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Post by Cornishmoocher » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:29 am

Inchcape did my tyre warranty- brilliant 5 tyre policy, 4mm+ total payout, 2-4mm 75% and under 2mm 50%. i got LOADS of punctures at 4 mm......
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Post by Shoppinit » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:30 am

Reminds me of a story about a guy who insured a rare cigar, smoked it then claimed on the insurance for fire damage...
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
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Post by Cornishmoocher » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:36 am

:lol:

Pzero's last well but are shocking tyres.

as above or GY EF1 assy's- even I was getting 10k plus out of em.

saying that I am going to get about a squillion out of these feckin vreds.
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Post by Shoppinit » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:51 am

Cornishmoocher wrote:saying that I am going to get about a squillion out of these feckin vreds.
2 words: tyre softener :twisted:
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

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Post by Rupert » Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:35 am

Shoppinit wrote:Reminds me of a story about a guy who insured a rare cigar, smoked it then claimed on the insurance for fire damage...
It was a box of cigars, he claimed they were destroyed "in a series of small fires" :D

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