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[Varche]

The tyre you have kept will be no good if you buy a space saver.

Quite. Might be hard to get a full size alloy especially one that matches.

loads of used wheels/tyres on ebay
got a pic of what's fitted ?
710 used

Dijon 17 inch. Plenty in UK, not so many here. Cant look till after 2 nd Oct

[Doctor Gollum]

Indeed, loads available 

[TheBoy]

The Indians saw fit to put different sizes on my Brummie barge, so space saver it is.  Not idea if its standard or optional though.

[aaronjb]

Ah, tyres.. the Range Rover went in for its MOT last week and they kindly informed me that the reason both offside tyres have slow leaks is that they both have nails in them (somewhere, buggered if I could see them, though!) - only one is repairable.

Being full-time 4x4, of course .. I can't just go changing one

Might have to wait until my bank account recovers from the alternator and door lock that needed doing for the MOT, though

Of course, I have no spare .. because (looking at the MOT history) someone (probably) stole it by cutting through the winch cable back in 2015...

[Andy B]

....

Being full-time 4x4, of course .. I can't just go changing one

 .....

 ... and if you go to Costco they'll only consider replacing all four due to being full-time 4x4

[aaronjb]

Sensible on their part, though 

I'm thinking of a set of General Grabber AT3s - they come recommended on the RRS forum, and are reasonably priced. Of course, being 275/40R20 (or 275/45R20 for a slightly softer ride) that's still a healthy £163 a corner.

[STEMO]

Sensible on their part, though 

I'm thinking of a set of General Grabber AT3s - they come recommended on the RRS forum, and are reasonably priced. Of course, being 275/40R20 (or 275/45R20 for a slightly softer ride) that's still a healthy £163 a corner.

That's not a bad price (for other people, not me ) for a tyre of that size.

[aaronjb]

Sensible on their part, though 

I'm thinking of a set of General Grabber AT3s - they come recommended on the RRS forum, and are reasonably priced. Of course, being 275/40R20 (or 275/45R20 for a slightly softer ride) that's still a healthy £163 a corner.

That's not a bad price (for other people, not me ) for a tyre of that size.

You're right - it is a lot cheaper than some of the "mainstream" alternatives less than I paid for a set of tyres for the BMW, too.

[STEMO]

Sensible on their part, though 

I'm thinking of a set of General Grabber AT3s - they come recommended on the RRS forum, and are reasonably priced. Of course, being 275/40R20 (or 275/45R20 for a slightly softer ride) that's still a healthy £163 a corner.

That's not a bad price (for other people, not me ) for a tyre of that size.

You're right - it is a lot cheaper than some of the "mainstream" alternatives less than I paid for a set of tyres for the BMW, too.

But Jaime will tell you that they're shite and, if you try to take a sharp bend at 70mph in the snow, they'll let go. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Sensible on their part, though 

I'm thinking of a set of General Grabber AT3s - they come recommended on the RRS forum, and are reasonably priced. Of course, being 275/40R20 (or 275/45R20 for a slightly softer ride) that's still a healthy £163 a corner.

That's not a bad price (for other people, not me ) for a tyre of that size.

You're right - it is a lot cheaper than some of the "mainstream" alternatives less than I paid for a set of tyres for the BMW, too.

But Jaime will tell you that they're shite and, if you try to take a sharp bend at 70mph in the snow, they'll let go. 

Nah, it'll fall over first

[aaronjb]

Nah, it'll slide straight on first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlm4dh83RQ

(OK, that's a Freelander I think..)

[Doctor Gollum]

Nah, it'll slide straight on first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlm4dh83RQ

(OK, that's a Freelander I think..)

neither car sounded particularly happy getting up that hill though...

[STEMO]

Driver of the baby Land Rover was a Twonk though. No idea how to control the vehicle.

[Andy B]

I'd be curious to know how capable my car would trying t do that .... I know tyres are a big part of it

[Doctor Gollum]

With the Off Road pack, the ML should be pretty capable