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[chrisgixer]

Hi,
Kumho fine, but before you by cheaper read some ADAC tests!
You will find good tyers and see the rubbish too.
Do not forget you have to stop too!

Without going off on one, tyre tests are largely irrelevant... Unless they're carried out using a similar chassis, so BMW 5 series/Merc E class. Any test using a fwd grotbox means nothing

Indeed, the newer conti sc5 is a disaster on the omega, as I'm sure a certain member here will report. Might work well on smaller front wheel drive cars in the tests, but a small front wheel drive car, the omega is not. The dynamics of a front wheel drive car are very different.

Obviously there is not a single tyre test available on a current tyre model for the omega. So its best to ignore tests, in favour of first hand experience.

[Kevin Wood]

Hi,
Kumho fine, but before you by cheaper read some ADAC tests!
You will find good tyers and see the rubbish too.
Do not forget you have to stop too!

If we're talking about KU31s, then yes, not too bad, although offer no feedback as TheBoy eludes. You need to know what you can get away with or be ready with the opposite lock.

I have KU39s at the moment and really wouldn't advise fitting them to an Omega until I've figured out why my car is driving like it's on a skid pan. 

[tunnie]

Hi,
Kumho fine, but before you by cheaper read some ADAC tests!
You will find good tyers and see the rubbish too.
Do not forget you have to stop too!

If we're talking about KU31s, then yes, not too bad, although offer no feedback as TheBoy eludes. You need to know what you can get away with or be ready with the opposite lock.

I have KU39s at the moment and really wouldn't advise fitting them to an Omega until I've figured out why my car is driving like it's on a skid pan. 

Got KU39's on the 3.0 Estate, we find them excellent for the estate, low road noise and good grip for us. But maybe different for MV6 and saloon when a hurry on is needed 

[Pooc77]

Ok,
But he wants cheap ones!
This is big car.
I prefer conti and dunlop, but that is my choice.
Before i buy something check more info, like test, recom.

[tunnie]

Ok,
But he wants cheap ones!
This is big car.
I prefer conti and dunlop, but that is my choice.
Before i buy something check more info, like test, recom.

If you read the thread, it's largely agreed that tyre tests are irrelevant, unless on a very similar chassis. Tyres which got 'excellent' reviews, have proved shocking for the Omega.

It's a big heavy RWD car, given our often wet conditions, cheap tyres are not a good idea. I've had my 2.2 which can just about pull the skin of a bowl of soup, very sideways in little rain with budget tyres 

[chrisgixer]

Ok,
But he wants cheap ones!
This is big car.
I prefer conti and dunlop, but that is my choice.
Before i buy something check more info, like test, recom.

As said, and the info given, tests can and do lead astray. Fit the best tyres for a given budget. Fitting cheap tyres purely because they are cheap is just daft. Further though, cheap tyres are very deceiving in that they give quite acceptable grip levels in the dry. To the point you'd think it not possible to have such appalling grip levels in the wet from the exact same tyres.

However, please advise how you get on though. We try our best to help members avoid the booby traps like FALKEN 912 452 and 451. Sc5. And possibly Kevs ku39 by the sound of it. But there also comes a point where somebody has to try something new. For better or worse, we'd like to know what works and what doesn't  same as your good self.

[tidla]

Round ones.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nexen/N6000.htm
for £65 I fitted these.

Tread pattern nice and square still after 5k.

Kept me on the road during the blizzards we had last year all the way to the south of France.

[tunnie]

Got those on the 3.2, not a bad tyre. Even with my driving style, I would not want any less grip than these 

[Pooc77]

I use hankook ventus v12 evo tyres now, and i am happy with these.
I can recommend these.

[dbug]

To lighten this thread -

Q: WHAT DO YOU DO WITH 365 USED CONDOMS?
A: Melt them down, make a tyre, and call it a Goodyear

 

[TheBoy]

Q: WHAT DO YOU DO WITH 365 USED CONDOMS?

Have a nostalgic reminder of being young again....

[cem_devecioglu]

Ok,
But he wants cheap ones!
This is big car.
I prefer conti and dunlop, but that is my choice.
Before i buy something check more info, like test, recom.

If you read the thread, it's largely agreed that tyre tests are irrelevant, unless on a very similar chassis. Tyres which got 'excellent' reviews, have proved shocking for the Omega.

It's a big heavy RWD car, given our often wet conditions, cheap tyres are not a good idea. I've had my 2.2 which can just about pull the skin of a bowl of soup, very sideways in little rain with budget tyres 

which I still dont agree

[hotrod222278]

I know these are not cheap tyres but I've never fitted anything other than Michelin pilot premecy HP's on my 3.0... she's been lowered 30mm on eibach pro lines with bilstien B4's and sits comfortably on 235/45/17's.

They give very good longevity at roughly 30,000 miles a set and I ain't the lightest footed either..... but on the downside their expensive.

[TheBoy]

I know these are not cheap tyres but I've never fitted anything other than Michelin pilot premecy HP's on my 3.0... she's been lowered 30mm on eibach pro lines with bilstien B4's and sits comfortably on 235/45/17's.

They give very good longevity at roughly 30,000 miles a set and I ain't the lightest footed either..... but on the downside their expensive.

If they had sufficient grip, I'd happily pay £300 each corner for a tyre that did 30k.

[BazaJT]

For the record,tyres on mine are of the pick'n'mix type.The two rears are Autoguard SA802's,offside front is a Rapid P609 whilst the near side front is a Nordexx Stratus.Car is running on standard 17" Elite alloys and has the standard[as far as I'm aware]suspension.I don't know how much any of these cost as they were on it when I bought it,I've done approx. 5,000mls in it so far,there's plenty of tread left and no uneven wear issues.The car doesn't tramline and as long as I'm driving to the prevailing conditions [i.e. all the time]there are no other handling issues either.