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From: Adrian on 21 Apr 2010 08:14 "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minankosi(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Just changed the Michelin Pilots on my MGF back to the Toyo T1 - R thet > I had previously used, price wise I could fit 4 Toyos for the price of 2 > Michelins So if we assume £200 for four Toyos or two Michs... > Michelins lasted nearly 15000miles with the Toyos invariably > lasting around 9000 Toyo - 2.2p/mile Mich - 2.6p/mile > performance wise Michelins slightly better grip in wet and dry > If I could afford it would probably put on Michelins all > the time but the Toyos are good value for money Is that extra grip - and the hassle factor of the extra tyre change - really worth 0.4p/mile? What's the total running cost of the car - fuel, maintenance, insurance, tax, depreciation, etc?
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on 21 Apr 2010 08:18 On 21 Apr, 13:14, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minank...(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > > > Just changed the Michelin Pilots on my MGF back to the Toyo T1 - R thet > > I had previously used, price wise I could fit 4 Toyos for the price of 2 > > Michelins > > So if we assume £200 for four Toyos or two Michs... > > > Michelins lasted nearly 15000miles with the Toyos invariably > > lasting around 9000 > > Toyo - 2.2p/mile > Mich - 2.6p/mile > > > performance wise Michelins slightly better grip in wet and dry > > If I could afford it would probably put on Michelins all > > the time but the Toyos are good value for money > > Is that extra grip - and the hassle factor of the extra tyre change - > really worth 0.4p/mile? What's the total running cost of the car - fuel, > maintenance, insurance, tax, depreciation, etc? I would have to go home and check teh home computer every purchase for the car recorded including the extorionate fuel prices since i have owned it I think on avereage around 90 p per mile including insurance, break down warranty etc. Nkosi
From: Adrian on 21 Apr 2010 08:31 "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minankosi(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > If I could afford it would probably put on Michelins all the time >> Is that extra grip - and the hassle factor of the extra tyre change - >> really worth 0.4p/mile? What's the total running cost of the car - >> fuel, maintenance, insurance, tax, depreciation, etc? > I would have to go home and check teh home computer every purchase for > the car recorded including the extorionate fuel prices since i have > owned it I think on avereage around 90 p per mile including insurance, > break down warranty etc. There y'go, then. The difference in cost between those tyres is less than _half_ of one percent of the total running cost of the car... Or, to look at it another way, 7 metres per mile...
From: Steve Firth on 21 Apr 2010 13:16 Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Believe it or not, many people choose to drive well withing the safe > handling limits of the worst tyres. Why should they pay more? Thanks for the confirmation, yet again, that if you wrote everything you know about driving on the back of a stamp in 14pt type it would still leave room for your CV and a lifesize drawing of your penis.
From: Steve Firth on 21 Apr 2010 13:16
ARWadsworth <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1jh9ros.1wy8pb91jbdjk2N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > > Do prats insist on fitting cars with "economy" tyres? > > > > I've taken delivery of my new commuter hack. The previous owner has > > fitted it with "Nexen" tyres. There are no words in the English language > > for how shite these tyres are. > > Worse than Lassa? Close, it hasn't been wet enough to test their wet performance but in the dry they suck. I can feel them reaching the limits of grip on curved slip roads. |