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BILL
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 04 May 2003
Posts: 154
Location: TRIPOLIS GREECE
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 Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:34 pm Post subject: NEW TYRES |
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Im going to change my tyres next month.
I have a '92 33 14ie with 185/60/14 tyres, i now have YOKOHAMA A 539.Very good grip both wet & dry for the first 20000Km but now very noisy(35000Km).
Whats your opinion for BRIDGE R720,MICHELIN PILOT EXALTO and YOKOHAMA A520?Or should i stay with the A539 i have (new of course). |
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Gary UK
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
Posts: 218
Location: Darlington UK
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Tyres are always a compromise between comfort, noise and wet/dry handling I always go for good wet/aquaplaning performance as this tends to keep you in one piece though i have had more than my fair share of rear end shunts (2 in 33's and 1 in a sud with their supposedly dodgey brakes??).
look at the reviews here http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/tyretest/tests.asp |
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ChrisC
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Posts: 152
Location: Frome
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 2:40 am Post subject: Pilot Exaltos |
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NOT Michelin Pilot Exaltos, im sure dave (uk) would love to explain why. ill just leave it as
Wear out to illegal levels within 7k miles
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James Granger
Alfa 33
Joined: 10 Apr 2003
Posts: 302
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject: Michelin |
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Exalto's are fine as long as the pressures are regularly checked (2.2-2.3 bars for 15 inch). It is true that if the pressures are wrong they really do go bald before you know it. Our Exalto's were dirt cheap anyway, so we couldn't give a  .
Check your geometry too, could help. |
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