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From: Steve Firth on 5 Sep 2007 19:21 Carl Gibbs <cagmeister(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Anyone know a place that sells reasonably priced metric tyres? > > A mate from work has recently bought a Citroen CX with the metric sized > alloys. Current quotes are around the �180 per tyre mark!!! A quick google > suggests he needs 190/65 HR 390 TRX Are you sure about that size? If it's a GTi, which IIRC was the one with metric tyres, they were 210/55 VR390 (H). > Any help appreciated (apart from selling the car of course!!) �180 a tyre is a discount, Blackcircles shows: Michelin TRX Millimetric 210/55 R390 V �199.29 Very few places supply them, even fewer stock them. Now you, or your friend, know why people avoid metric tyres.
From: Steve Firth on 5 Sep 2007 19:29 SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > Carl Gibbs <cagmeister(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Anyone know a place that sells reasonably priced metric tyres? > > > > A mate from work has recently bought a Citroen CX with the metric sized > > alloys. Current quotes are around the �180 per tyre mark!!! A quick google > > suggests he needs 190/65 HR 390 TRX > > > > Any help appreciated (apart from selling the car of course!!) > > You'll probably find that a full set of wheels and tyres in a proper > size are cheaper than 4 metric tyres. It's a Citroen, wheels will cost a fortune as well as the tyres. > That was certainly the case why my brother bought an E34 on TRX wheels. The BMW TRX's are about �300 a pop nowadays. For a time an advertiser in one of the Jag comics was doing Dunlop 390s for a very reasonable price (�69), but IIRC they were 255/60 so a bit big for the Citroen.
From: Elder on 5 Sep 2007 19:41 In article <1i3zsqn.18fnbkmuc2jbnN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve% @malloc.co.uk says... > Pikey Pete <pete.murray(a)blueNOPRESSEDMEATyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > IIRC Colway do them, they're a pretty good copy of the old Avon Turbospeeds > > so just about perfect for the CX. > > <shudder> remoulds. > Nowt wrong with Colways The last owner slapped a pair on the front of the Celsior for the last MOT. Feel nice, grip well, appear to wear reasonably, and cheap. -- Carl Robson Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
From: Douglas Payne on 5 Sep 2007 19:46 Elder wrote: > In article <1i3zsqn.18fnbkmuc2jbnN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve% > @malloc.co.uk says... >> Pikey Pete <pete.murray(a)blueNOPRESSEDMEATyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> IIRC Colway do them, they're a pretty good copy of the old Avon Turbospeeds >>> so just about perfect for the CX. >> <shudder> remoulds. >> > Nowt wrong with Colways The last owner slapped a pair on the front of > the Celsior for the last MOT. Feel nice, grip well, appear to wear > reasonably, and cheap. I once effectively wrote off a car by hitting a remould carcass which some incosiderate fellow had left rather inconveniently in the middle of the road. -- Douglas
From: Steve Firth on 5 Sep 2007 20:58
Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote: > In article <1i3zsqn.18fnbkmuc2jbnN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve% > @malloc.co.uk says... > > Pikey Pete <pete.murray(a)blueNOPRESSEDMEATyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > IIRC Colway do them, they're a pretty good copy of the old Avon > > > Turbospeeds so just about perfect for the CX. > > > > <shudder> remoulds. > > > Nowt wrong with Colways I beg to differ, it's my life and I'll not trust it to remoulds. |