Ecosse
Member Since: 07 Jan 2005
Location: Grampian, Scotland
Posts: 889
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Any views on merits of different tyres? My HSE has Pirelli Scorpion Zeros & the astonishing thing is they only have 9mm tread depth at new! I am a bit sceptical at their lifespan as my presious car had Michelin Synchrone & I am sure they start with about 12mm. Any experience from anyone? And any feedback as to use of winter/mud & snow tyres & their effect on on-road handling?
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 19th Jan 2005 9:45 pm |
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Keith Walshe
Member Since: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 53
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[quote="Ecosse"]Any views on merits of different tyres? My HSE has Pirelli Scorpion Zeros
The choice seems almost zero. How are your tyres doing. I am even contemplating having a set of steel rim 16ins wheels with off-road tyres.
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| 24th Mar 2005 4:24 am |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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My HSE has Goodyear Wranglers. I have never liked their tyres, they were a pain on my freelander, but so far they cope well with mud, can't comment on snow cos we didn't get any down here  DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 24th Mar 2005 7:14 am |
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JohnMajor
Member Since: 10 Feb 2005
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 5
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Try Goodyear 255/55R19 WRANGLER MT/R they have an aggressive tread pattern that is very capable for snow, mud & sand. Speed limited to 100mph.
The OEM Wranglers are too tame for the New England snow!
I have a spare set of 5 for sale if anyone is interested.
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| 24th Mar 2005 5:51 pm |
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Ecosse
Member Since: 07 Jan 2005
Location: Grampian, Scotland
Posts: 889
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[quote="Keith Walshe"]Ecosse wrote:
The choice seems almost zero. How are your tyres doing. I am even contemplating having a set of steel rim 16ins wheels with off-road tyres.
Actually very impressed with them - great traction for normal on road use & not noisy. Biggest surprise is how well they perform off-road - teriffic both on slippery grass and in deep snow, mind you a lot of the credit may be due to the electronic traction control diffs etc and I have nothing to compare them with on the same vehicle.
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| 25th Mar 2005 8:04 pm |
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Herman
Member Since: 11 Jul 2006
Location: Walvis Bay, Namibia
Posts: 29
 
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| General Grabber AT2 255/60X18 |
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Is anybody aware of the availability of these tyres, as mentioned on the Continental website? They seem to be the perfect solution to our problems, with a diameter of 775 mm only slightly bigger than our standard Goodyear Wranglers at 763 mm.
http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/...pdf_en.pdf
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| 9th Aug 2006 10:09 am |
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Chris200100
Member Since: 22 Mar 2006
Location: Nr Cardiff
Posts: 532
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Herman I'm waiting for the grabber AT2's too,
I went to a local 4x4 shop yesterday and they phone General tyres and the 255/60/18 are due out end of the year begining of next 
They had the 255/55/18 there and the tread pattern is very impressive pitty the load rating isn't right for the D3 as I would get them insted.
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| 9th Aug 2006 10:22 am |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
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The new AT2 255/60x18 have a load index of 112 and should be perfect ....but having talked to GeneralTire this week, they say that they won't be in production until the very end of the year
I also looked at AT2's 255/55x18 but thay have a load index of 109 whereas the LR spec states a required load index 112 for an 18" wheel. I contemplated having them and whilst I had approval from my insurance company, there was still a major dark cloud over LR warranty issues. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 9th Aug 2006 10:29 am |
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Jamo
Member Since: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Esperance, Western Australia
Posts: 1170
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Keith Walshe wrote:
The choice seems almost zero. How are your tyres doing. I am even contemplating having a set of steel rim 16ins wheels with off-road tyres.
Forget it Keith, you can't get 16" rims onto a D3.
17" is the smallest and will only fit onto Diesels/V6 petrol.
For V8's the smallest is 18".
Brakes are too big.
If you fit into the 17" category, go for a set of Performance Wheels 17x8 BB6 and put cooper stt's or similar on them, like a few of us have. Have a nice day!
2010 Cayenne Diesel with PASM & Off Road Pkg
2005 HSE D3 (Sold)
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| 9th Aug 2006 10:39 am |
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Chris200100
Member Since: 22 Mar 2006
Location: Nr Cardiff
Posts: 532
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Yeah its a shame that the AT2's arn't available untill early next year, I have done some working out with the 255/55/18 load index and they are within the max gross vehicle weight with the 20% safty margin.
Max gross weight of the D3 3230kg Divied it by 4 = 807.5KG add 20% = 969kg
The load index 109 is 1030KG
I'm going to look into this in more detail i'll post once I find out some more info.
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| 9th Aug 2006 10:50 am |
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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
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JohnMajor wrote:Try Goodyear 255/55R19 WRANGLER MT/R they have an aggressive tread pattern that is very capable for snow, mud & sand. Speed limited to 100mph.
The OEM Wranglers are too tame for the New England snow!
I have a spare set of 5 for sale if anyone is interested.
So you know MTR's now have an S speed rating so they can exceed 100mph (not that we would)
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| 9th Aug 2006 10:58 am |
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jacob
Member Since: 12 Jan 2006
Location: athens
Posts: 145
 
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hello there, have u checked the COOPPER ATR (265/55/18) ??
they are 80 on road / 20 offroad, and only a bit bIgger in diameter.
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| 9th Aug 2006 2:56 pm |
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jacob
Member Since: 12 Jan 2006
Location: athens
Posts: 145
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sorry guys.. my misstake with the ''faces''
so the diam are :265/55/18
thks
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| 9th Aug 2006 3:28 pm |
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jacob
Member Since: 12 Jan 2006
Location: athens
Posts: 145
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sorry again (must hv drank smthing ??or what)
THE CORRECT DIMENTIONS : 265/60/18
fr sure this time.. u can check their web side if u dont belive me..
bye
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| 9th Aug 2006 3:30 pm |
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Jamo
Member Since: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Esperance, Western Australia
Posts: 1170
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bit too much ouzo eh Jacob?    Have a nice day!
2010 Cayenne Diesel with PASM & Off Road Pkg
2005 HSE D3 (Sold)
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| 9th Aug 2006 3:38 pm |
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