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[Kevin Wood]

If you drive the 3.0 hard and you have lots of standing water in the bends, not sure the cheap Nexens are for you

Of course, after the muppets spent most of the summer digging up the A31 to improve drainage I never see standing water. Oh, no. Could have done with a periscope yesterday.

I got some Dunlop SP Sport Max today for 90 quid a corner fitted from Micheldever. They seem to be OK. Have been running them on the front for a year or so and now have them on the back too. Seem to work well in the wet and dry. Not the quietest tyres in the world and wear seems to be reasonable on the fronts.

Kevin

[iainb]

Me too Vredestein, abs / tc redundant
Bit more noise than some others

[VXL V6]

I got some Dunlop SP Sport Max today for 90 quid a corner fitted from Micheldever. They seem to be OK. Have been running them on the front for a year or so and now have them on the back too. Seem to work well in the wet and dry. Not the quietest tyres in the world and wear seems to be reasonable on the fronts.

Kevin

I'm running Dunlop Sport 9090's all round on mine now and agree with TB regarding the levels of grip but would also agree with you that there is an increase in tyre noise over other brands.

[willyboy]

I think these pages are really worth checking ,test results are dependant on high number of customers

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=MP

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHP

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=EP

Main page
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/index.jsp

This being a US survey with all the BF Goodrich, Bridgestone Yokohama  TIRES  we probably cant even buy 50% of those tyres

[cem_devecioglu]

I think these pages are really worth checking ,test results are dependant on high number of customers

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=MP

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHP

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=EP

Main page
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/index.jsp

This being a US survey with all the BF Goodrich, Bridgestone Yokohama  TIRES  we probably cant even buy 50% of those tyres

yep..some of them not for sale here also..but the tests include high number of customers ..and the models present is also adequate..

[amigov6]

I'll bear all suggestions in mind come renewal time. 8-)

If you drive the 3.0 hard and you have lots of standing water in the bends, not sure the cheap Nexens are for you

I will try them on the MV6 one day, for a giggle

Still, even they are miles better than those plastic goodyears that tunnie uses - not suitable for a wheelbarrow.

I don't "play" in the wet except for a favourite r'about that i like to go round & round with TC off 'til I'm steering on the throttle on surprisingly low revs.
       My dilemma is do i behave in the dry to save expensive tyres which give me incredible grip should i want to teach some little toerag a lesson in a big (proper) car, or should i use a harder compound less grippy but longer wearing job?
      I reckon the pricey soft compound grippies are worth a bit extra.

    Big car+ big driver = big grip!!!!!!! 8-) Basic equasion.

[Kevin Wood]

I got some Dunlop SP Sport Max today for 90 quid a corner fitted from Micheldever. They seem to be OK. Have been running them on the front for a year or so and now have them on the back too. Seem to work well in the wet and dry. Not the quietest tyres in the world and wear seems to be reasonable on the fronts.

Kevin

I'm running Dunlop Sport 9090's all round on mine now and agree with TB regarding the levels of grip but would also agree with you that there is an increase in tyre noise over other brands.

Thing is, most of the noise is down to a sh1te road surface. I only notice the tyres when I'm on one of the rare decent bits of road round here.

And, actually, after putting them on the back, it's quieter than the SP2000Es I had on there before. It was very quiet on the Pilot Primacys that were on before, but they're a bit steep, and used to tramline, although the suspension setup wasn't great then.

Kevin

[Jimbob]

I loved the now obsolete Conti SC2's on the MV6

Replaced em with the Sport contact 3's, and I'm sorry to say am a bit disapointed, great in the dry, but a lot easier to get the back out in the wet, think they've spoit a great tyre  

Pity cos I've got 8 of em!

[Dave-C]

There is often a question on here for a recomendation for a budget priced tyre...  I quite like the EP Tyres Accelera Alpha Series.. very good grip in the wet and better than average braking distance, very comparable to Pirelli's P6000's....  and, £53 each'ish...

http://www.eptyres.com/newep2/accelera.php

DC

WOW thats not bad - my last P6000's were over a £100 each - what sort of tyre ware did you get?  How many miles?
Cheers

Graham

Apart from my camber being out somewhat, the wear on the flat centre of the tread is very little indeed, I'd say 25k > on them, driving hard sometimes too

[tintin]

Can't comment on the Tyre yet as they are not on the car yet but I just ordered some Toyo Proxes T1-R 235/45 R17 Y at £77.75 a corner from blackcircles.com Supposed to be quite good!!  

Toyo TR1's are good but have been known to wear quickly