jameshobiecat
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I have finally bought a GP Sporting T-Jet. Paid £5750 (or £2750 plus my 89k mile Pug 407) for a 25k mile 07 plate in red with sunroofs. I collect it on Friday so haven’t actually got it yet.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find a good one with cruise and climate control within budget so after many years I’ll have to adjust back to not having them.
I was particularly impressed with the ride quality of the T-jet on the test drive, I have previously looked at an m-jet and found it very stiff but somehow the T-jet feels different. Maybe the tyres were all flat! J or maybe it was just that I expected the worst. The engine is also a peach; not all that quick but torquey and refined, overall performance felt similar to my 2.0 HDi 407 but more refined at low speeds and idle.
On the tyre front, truth be told the car needs 4 new tyres. It has a knackered Bridgestone, a nearly new Sunew (yeah I haven’t heard of them either) and two Nokians with 3-4mm left. I’m going to replace the Sunew and Bridgestone immediately but what with? I was eying up Continental Sport Contact 3s but have just noticed that the Punto needs 88 load index not 84. I’m surprised by this as it’s a small light car on large wheels, BMW use this size with a 84 load index and those are much heavier.
It has to be a premium tyre; I’m not going to trust anything less so the Pirelli P Zero Neros look the best option at £103 from kwikfit, any good? I have not been impressed with Pirelli P6s in the past but they are old hat now and things have moved on. Shame the Continentals don’t come in 88 load index as I’d pay the extra £13 each. What do others fit?
Regards, James
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find a good one with cruise and climate control within budget so after many years I’ll have to adjust back to not having them.
I was particularly impressed with the ride quality of the T-jet on the test drive, I have previously looked at an m-jet and found it very stiff but somehow the T-jet feels different. Maybe the tyres were all flat! J or maybe it was just that I expected the worst. The engine is also a peach; not all that quick but torquey and refined, overall performance felt similar to my 2.0 HDi 407 but more refined at low speeds and idle.
On the tyre front, truth be told the car needs 4 new tyres. It has a knackered Bridgestone, a nearly new Sunew (yeah I haven’t heard of them either) and two Nokians with 3-4mm left. I’m going to replace the Sunew and Bridgestone immediately but what with? I was eying up Continental Sport Contact 3s but have just noticed that the Punto needs 88 load index not 84. I’m surprised by this as it’s a small light car on large wheels, BMW use this size with a 84 load index and those are much heavier.
It has to be a premium tyre; I’m not going to trust anything less so the Pirelli P Zero Neros look the best option at £103 from kwikfit, any good? I have not been impressed with Pirelli P6s in the past but they are old hat now and things have moved on. Shame the Continentals don’t come in 88 load index as I’d pay the extra £13 each. What do others fit?
Regards, James