Replacement tyres

[Cabansail]

New Tyres fitted today. The Original Bridgestone Turanzas lasted for 34500 km. Could probably have got another couple of thousand but there is a bit of wet around.

Fitted a set of Yokohama Advan Sport. The V108's were not available, so settled with the V107's. There were no specials , so they cost a bit over AU$1400 fitted.

 

[Jamesrr]

Well I was thinking of keeping my original Turanzas on for one more trip over to the beach house and back (approx 3.5-4 thousand kms) but I've decided to put new ones on.

I've gotten 42500 kms out of them and our local Bob Jane has decent deal on the Pirelli Cinturato P7.
20% off on a set of 4 @ $342 fitted, so total of $1,095 all up.

Seems a decent deal (tyres are more expensive here in Oz than the UK from what I can see) and the reviews indicate they have good low rolling resistance.

Also to note that here in Oz we typically don't need "Winter" tyres ... It's always summer here don't you know

I always track my energy efficiency on these trips so I'll report back later how they perform.

 

[Cabansail]

Also to note that here in Oz we typically don't need "Winter" tyres ... It's always summer here don't you know

I will have you know it gets down to under 10 degrees here a few days each year!

 

[siteguru]

I'll have you know, it gets over 10 degrees here a few days each year!

 

[DerekH]

New Tyres fitted today. The Original Bridgestone Turanzas lasted for 34500 km. Could probably have got another couple of thousand but there is a bit of wet around.

Fitted a set of Yokohama Advan Sport. The V108's were not available, so settled with the V107's. There were no specials , so they cost a bit over AU$1400 fitted.

Got around 51,000kms on my original Bridgestones here in West Oz where it also rarely rains and runs high temps. Bridgestone dealer said thats a great run out of that set of originals. Did one rotation on them from new. As Bridgstones were not available at the time I went with the advice of the Bridgestone dealer and went with a Maxis EV rated set. Done around 5,000kms on these new ones and they provide a lot more grip and are much quieter as well. BUT... there has been a noticeable reduction in range and a higher average kw/100k.. Yet to see how they wear. But I am very disappointed in the range hit on these tyres. Perhaps thats how MG got their WLTP figures? So for exact same trips, driving style etc Where I used to get pretty much 60km (2 x 30km round trip work and back) using 10% of battery I now use 13%. Higher speeds seem to make it a lot worse on these tyres....

 

[Jamesrr]

As Bridgstones were not available at the time I went with the advice of the Bridgestone dealer and went with a Maxis EV rated set. Done around 5,000kms on these new ones and they provide a lot more grip and are much quieter as well. BUT... there has been a noticeable reduction in range and a higher average kw/100k.. Yet to see how they wear. But I am very disappointed in the range hit on these tyres.

Which Maxxis model exactly? I'm trying to find which one they might be and google seems to think there's a Maxxis VS-EV but I can't find a review of that tyre on "tyrereviews.com" which is my goto site.

Perhaps thats how MG got their WLTP figures? So for exact same trips, driving style etc Where I used to get pretty much 60km (2 x 30km round trip work and back) using 10% of battery I now use 13%. Higher speeds seem to make it a lot worse on these tyres....

Well I just had my Pirelli Cinturato P7's fitted this afternoon* and I'll be testing them on my long distance trip from Wednesday. Will be doing Sydney to Mildura (about 1,000kms) on the first leg.

I have excellent historical records for this and will be able to provide an update on their relative efficiency compared to the Turanza's shortly thereafter.

Tyrereviews has them as having excellent rolling resistance so I'm hopeful.

My local Bob Jane also had them at 20% off for a set so the 4 fitted cost $1,094.40 (672 Euro / 580 GBP).

Review to come!


*They inflated them to 2.9 bar which is good. I was going to ask them to inflate to 2.8 but forget to mention it. They went even higher so good on them!

 

[DerekH]

Which Maxxis model exactly? I'm trying to find which one they might be and google seems to think there's a Maxxis VS-EV but I can't find a review of that tyre on "tyrereviews.com" which is my goto site.

Well I just had my Pirelli Cinturato P7's fitted this afternoon* and I'll be testing them on my long distance trip from Wednesday. Will be doing Sydney to Mildura (about 100kms) on the first leg.
I have excellent historical records for this and will be able to provide an update on their relative efficiency compared to the Turanza's shortly thereafter.

Tyrereviews has them as having excellent rolling resistance so I'm hopeful.

My local Bob Jane also had them at 20% off for a set so the 4 fitted cost $1,094.40 (672 Euro / 580 GBP).

Review to come!


*They inflated them to 2.9 bar which is good. I was going to ask them to inflate to 2.8 but forget to mention it. They went even higher so good on them!

They are the the Maxxis Victra Sport 6 - an EV rated tyre and 235 / 45 R18 XL and were $1276 inc GST for 4 balanced and fitted.

 

[DerekH]

some info on it. replaces the VS5

Google Search

 

[johncolescarr]

Yea after driving today in the original I thought I might have a chance in the next Disney on Ice musical.


Guess I need to look at some Continental All Season Contact 2 Tyres. I believe the trophy is on 18 inch alloys for Tyres 235/45 R18. Right?

I put these on my trophy (also r18s) and they feel ok, if I’m honest they feel a bit less precise than the OEM ones that it came with but I feel more confident as I live rural