Morning all
At 79000 miles, it's finally time to buy the second set of replacement tyres for the Panda. Currently running Michelin E3B, which replaced the original Conti ecocontact3's. The Michelin's were a bit quieter, and just possibly better for fuel economy, but much longer lasting. The first change was at 35000, so the Michelins have lasted 44,000 miles - a 25% improvement.
Question is, what now? The Michelins are still available, but the most expensive of the options and there are alternatives with (at least according to the label) better economy and noise performance. Priorities are noise performance, fuel economy and lifespan, in that order; handling and wet weather performance interest me not at all. Conti's are out of the running as experience has shown the Michelin's are slightly better and last a lot longer for not much more money.
Shortlist would appear to be the following (most expensive first) prices are from blackcircles and don't include fitting (tyres are the standard 155/80R13's):
Michelin E3B - £38.93
Falken Ecorun - £34.94
Dunlop streetresponse 2 - £30.95
Toyo nanoenergy3 - £27.44
Thoughts please folks? Comments particularly welcome from anyone who's used any of the last 3 on the Panda.
Also any recommendations for a decent independent tyre fitting company in the Bournemouth area please?
At 79000 miles, it's finally time to buy the second set of replacement tyres for the Panda. Currently running Michelin E3B, which replaced the original Conti ecocontact3's. The Michelin's were a bit quieter, and just possibly better for fuel economy, but much longer lasting. The first change was at 35000, so the Michelins have lasted 44,000 miles - a 25% improvement.
Question is, what now? The Michelins are still available, but the most expensive of the options and there are alternatives with (at least according to the label) better economy and noise performance. Priorities are noise performance, fuel economy and lifespan, in that order; handling and wet weather performance interest me not at all. Conti's are out of the running as experience has shown the Michelin's are slightly better and last a lot longer for not much more money.
Shortlist would appear to be the following (most expensive first) prices are from blackcircles and don't include fitting (tyres are the standard 155/80R13's):
Michelin E3B - £38.93
Falken Ecorun - £34.94
Dunlop streetresponse 2 - £30.95
Toyo nanoenergy3 - £27.44
Thoughts please folks? Comments particularly welcome from anyone who's used any of the last 3 on the Panda.
Also any recommendations for a decent independent tyre fitting company in the Bournemouth area please?
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