General Just Bought T-Jet - Tyres Needed

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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
 
Hello!

Have you thought about kumho sport ku31's?
Got these on my Mjet - Lasting alot longer than the pzeros i used to have mjet.

Worth a thought, keep the car stuck to the road and still good in wet conditions!
 
I fit the cheapest I can get (always avoiding KwikFit). I have been driving for over 30 years and yet to have a bash. Are you a tyre snob with too much money in your pocket?
 
Have you read a tyre test? The performance of the budget tyres is shocking! Some of them require several car lengths more to stop, particularly in the wet. Thats the difference between a crash and a heart in mouth moment. Having had two people smash into the back of me i'd like to avoid doing it to someone else.

I'll try and find a review of the Kumhos.
 
Just fitted 2 Toyo T1Rs to the front and very impressed so far much quieter than the standard bridgestones and have made the turning feel alot sharper.
Can be had pretty cheap off camskill also
 
I fit the cheapest I can get (always avoiding KwikFit). I have been driving for over 30 years and yet to have a bash. Are you a tyre snob with too much money in your pocket?

that is a pretty dumb thing to say tbh, why not buy the cheapest brake pads you can aswell :eek:
 
Just fitted 2 Toyo T1Rs to the front and very impressed so far much quieter than the standard bridgestones and have made the turning feel alot sharper.
Can be had pretty cheap off camskill also

I have had both the TR-1 and the Continentals (Currently on there) on my Abarth and had the standard Dunlops on my Sporting before. TR-1 are great in the wet to begin with, but due to the tyre pattern as the become about 1/2 worn the wet grip is less than other tyres that I have had.

I can honestly say that I find the control a lot better on the continentals, but this is with a 91 load rating as stated in the back of the handbook for the Abarth tyre pressures.

The toyos have a rather weak sidewall which increases the roll slightly. I didnt rate the Dunlop SP much and didnt like them in the wet.

The Kumho are meant to be very good, I think an Asymetric tyre is meant to be brilliant in the wet and very good in the dry or the other type excellent in the wet and very good in the wet.

Depends on your driving style to how much grip you need to stop as well, on budgets if you leave a massive gap then you are fine, if your 3 ft from someones bumper then you will crash on the budgets when you might have stopped on the better brand.

Sorry for the massive amounts of text, but hopefully a fair review :)
 
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So the P Zeros are not that great?

I notice Pirelli like to confuse everyone by having about 4 types of P Zero, do people mean the P Zero Neros when they talk of P Zeros on a GP?
 
So the P Zeros are not that great?

I notice Pirelli like to confuse everyone by having about 4 types of P Zero, do people mean the P Zero Neros when they talk of P Zeros on a GP?

I didnt like them at all, think just P Zero but will check in garage tomorrow night as I kept the back two with 4mm left for spares.
 
I HAVE A FULL SET OF SUNEWS :D

they are amazing on dry roads but as soon as there is the tiniest bit of rain they struggle tbh


Don't they come standard issue on them kids Kettler gokarts and pedal tractors :ROFLMAO:
Hard as hell, last forever but for god sake don't corner. :D







JK
 
But seriously i was a Falken whore untill my friend told me to try Toyo's and i've never looked back.

Fit Toyo R888's i dare you!
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that is a pretty dumb thing to say tbh, why not buy the cheapest brake pads you can aswell :eek:

I do!!!!!!!!!!!! My original Fiat front pads snapped into two pieces on one side after some 10k miles. Fitted the cheapest pads I could get (Veco) and car stops just fine. Never had an accident yet. Why do people believe that spending more money is always going to get you a better product. In my opinion driving style and respecting the road conditions, and other road users are all much more important than how much you have spent on your car parts.
£100+ tyres and £50+ brake pads are never going to compensate for bad driving.
 
205/40/17. Much cheaper than 45 profile.

Hankook v12 evos, very good tyre especially for the money!
 
Have you read a tyre test? The performance of the budget tyres is shocking! Some of them require several car lengths more to stop, particularly in the wet. Thats the difference between a crash and a heart in mouth moment. Having had two people smash into the back of me i'd like to avoid doing it to someone else.

I'll try and find a review of the Kumhos.

No wish to disrespect your driving style. Maybe we should all be more aware of other road users, particularly those behind us. My daughter recently witnessed a multi vehicle accident. All caused by driver in front braking suddenly due to his satnav giving him a late instruction to turn. Cars behind, technically, were all too close to respective cars in front of them. This led to four vehicles all piling into each other. The driver at front who braked suddenly was all apologetic and insurance company took the view that he was partially to blame for the accident.
As said at start, no wish to suggest you were in any way to blame for your incidents.
 
Wellfan....

Clearly the fault was the drivers being too close. Had they all been at a suitable distance the accident would have been avoided. It is never a negative being able to stop a vehicle quicker.

If i am following a Ferrari it can probably stop from 100-0 quicker than I can 40-0 this does not mean it is a risk on the road.

It is highly unlikely the insurance company put any blame on the sat nav user unless he openly admitted driving without due care and attention due to the use of a distracting driving aid.
 
Since it has been brought up (though very politely) the first incident (that wrote off my beloved 406 coupe and another car) was caused by a deer jumping out in front of the 1st car in a line of 3 whilst we were doing 50 on a dark and wet night; 1st car stopped, I stopped, the girl in the old Corsa behind didn’t – by a long way. I don’t think I can take the rap for that one. Second incident; I was stopped in a traffic jam, no sudden braking, but the guy behind wasn’t paying attention. Not my fault either. I do agree that in the interests of not causing an accident we should avoid unnecessary heavy braking but far more important is to keep a safe distance from the car in front and pay attention.

Anyway, returning to the topic; 84 load index tyres would probably be fine in the real world but would this invalidate my insurance or risk an MoT fail? I know fitting a lower speed rating does.

On the performance front, I accept that ultimatly the t-jet is faster from 0-60 (by 0.8s) and 0-100 (by 2.0s) than the 407. But, in the real world, 340Nm (with overboost) of torque means the 407 feels quicker in gear; from 50-70 for example. The 407 also reaches a higher top speed of 129mph. It all comes down to how you define 'faster'.
 
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