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Post by Humph on Mar 14, 2017 14:02:50 GMT
My old, more powerful, Merc E class had Continental Sport Contacts on it. Always kept to the same brand in the almost 200,000 miles I had it. Tyre wear was pretty even front and back at around 50,000 miles a set.
The new one is just coming up to 32,000 and the back tyres ( same size but Pirelli P Zeros ) need replacing. Or at least they're down to 2mm. Fronts are still ok at 5mm. Not aware of driving very much differently, must just be softer compound or something. Running the same pressures etc.
Quite a difference eh?
Subjectively though, I had thought that it does "feel" grippier.
Got to some new rears ordered to go on on Friday.
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Post by bromptonaut on Mar 14, 2017 21:21:49 GMT
new ones Pirelli, Conti or some other brand?
Currently experimenting with BF Goodrich on the Berlingo which scoffs Michelin Premacys on rear at around 25k, 30 on front
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 21:55:10 GMT
My car had 22,000 miles when I bought it. It now has about 32,000. I keep looking at the treads but I can barely see any wear. Certainly nowhere near the wear bars yet. Pretty good given the weight and performance. Can't remember the make and its too dark and wet to go out and inspect...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 5:17:20 GMT
Not all Continental Sport Contact tyres are the same obviously, otherwise they'd all have the same name. My car came with Sport Contact 3 tyres which lasted about 20k miles on the front. These were replaced with Sport Contact 5 which only managed 8k miles.
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Post by Humph on Mar 15, 2017 9:44:26 GMT
new ones Pirelli, Conti or some other brand? Currently experimenting with BF Goodrich on the Berlingo which scoffs Michelin Premacys on rear at around 25k, 30 on front Sticking with the Pirellis Bromp. The fronts are still ok and I confess to a bit of OCD about keeping tyres "matching". Biggish things 265/35/18s
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Post by Humph on Mar 15, 2017 9:55:18 GMT
Not all Continental Sport Contact tyres are the same obviously, otherwise they'd all have the same name. My car came with Sport Contact 3 tyres which lasted about 20k miles on the front. These were replaced with Sport Contact 5 which only managed 8k miles. The old car always had Sport Contact 3s on it. Like you say, very hard wearing things. Seemed resistant to punctures too. Think I only had one in all those miles.
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Post by WDB on Mar 15, 2017 11:22:15 GMT
Bromp's Berlingo hardly sounds like a tyre scoffer, especially for a car that's (ab)used to pull a cara... carav... oh, y'know.
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Post by WDB on Mar 15, 2017 11:28:35 GMT
Biggish things 265/35/18s Same size all round on the new one, Humph?
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Post by Humph on Mar 15, 2017 11:42:24 GMT
No the fronts are 245/40/18s ( It being a faux AMG 😉 ) Looks nice anyway, even if the go elements are a bit pedestrian...
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