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Offline Teutonic_Tamer

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Re: New tyres
« Reply #10 on: 30 August 2007, 22:12 »

Will that be online, or will you have to <cough> scan and copy it <cough> ??

fork out the £3 quid odd  :tongue:

But if I do that, it will be 2.777 (recurring) litres of Tesco 99, which would be better served to the immense thirst of my RS4.  :embarassed:  :grin:

will be interesting to see the cars they use to perform the tests

Yeah, if they use a Caterham, or Aerial Atom, it won't really be relevant to my heavyweight RS4  :rolleyes:
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Re: New tyres
« Reply #11 on: 31 August 2007, 00:27 »
To be honest, I lke the RE050s.

Plus I like to keep my car standard, they are the cheapest and I will have a matching set.

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Re: New tyres
« Reply #12 on: 31 August 2007, 10:00 »

But if I do that, it will be 2.777 (recurring) litres of Tesco 99, which would be better served to the immense thirst of my RS4.  :embarassed:  :grin:


How much does it consume, TT? Very interested. How much are the monthly costs of this killer auto?

I have Pilot Exalto on mine. I read some reviews, people seem to like these tires a lot.

http://www.tirerack.com/survey/SurveyComments.jsp?additionalComments=Y&commentStatus=P&tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Exalto+PE2

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Re: New tyres
« Reply #13 on: 31 August 2007, 11:58 »

But if I do that, it will be 2.777 (recurring) litres of Tesco 99, which would be better served to the immense thirst of my RS4.  :embarassed:  :grin:


How much does it consume, TT? Very interested.

See my sig \/ \/  :smug:

How much are the monthly costs of this killer auto?

Too bloody much!!!  :cry:

I have Pilot Exalto on mine. I read some reviews, people seem to like these tires a lot.

http://www.tirerack.com/survey/SurveyComments.jsp?additionalComments=Y&commentStatus=P&tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Exalto+PE2

The Pilot Exalto PE2 are a very good tyre.  Not quite as "hardcore" super grippy as the Pilot Sport PS2, although they are on a par with the older orginal Pilot Sport (directionals).  I used to run PE2 on an Astra Sport, and they never let me down, in the dry or wet - even when taking on Scoobys.  :smug:

Link to Michelin: http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=20060301144538
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Re: New tyres
« Reply #14 on: 31 August 2007, 14:55 »
I've just put 4 continental sport contact 3's on & i must say i am very happy with them.

Not so happy about £145 each, but i believe you get what you pay for.

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Re: New tyres
« Reply #15 on: 31 August 2007, 15:05 »
I've just put 4 continental sport contact 3's on & i must say i am very happy with them.

Not so happy about £145 each, but i believe you get what you pay for.

Ohhh . . .

I've yet to try the CSC3s - the CSC2s were OK, but not as good as the Mich PS2s.  The new Contis seem to have a softer rubber compound, which should dispel some of the "issues" I had with the older ones.
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