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Post by SWMG Admin on Dec 15, 2011 13:01:43 GMT
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Post by Mike H on Dec 15, 2011 15:55:30 GMT
Sorry if my earlier post frightened you As others have said, if you're happy with the way the car drives, the way the car handles and the way the car behaves generally on the road for the type of roads and you use and your particular driving style, then I'd save your money and drive on the currently fitted tyres until they are down to the legal limit or you need to replace them because of their age. If on the other hand you are in a situation where your driving perhaps invloves higher speeds on motorways and/or wet weather work and you need to be confident that the tyres will do what is asked of them in any emergency situation, then it might be worth considering the options. As I mentioned previously, I always used to run Bridgestone RE720's on my F. Not a 'recommended' tyre, but one that worked for me at that time. As Jerry said, a lot of the stories around on the web are probably attributable to lack of experience, or perhaps just asking too much of the car under a particular set of circumstances. Also, how many are due to a lack of familiarity with rear wheel drive these days? That said, I know that these cars are far more capable than I am! MG obviously put the notice out for a reason, and the choice of tyre for a mid engined rear wheel drive car does need some consideration. Why not see if you can blag a drive in a car that is shod differently to see if you notice any perceivable difference?
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Post by shakermaker on Dec 15, 2011 17:01:27 GMT
I’m sure you are right Mike, if I drove a car that was properly shod I’d notice the difference, and when these tyres get anywhere close to the limit I’ll replace them . It always amazes me how you adapt to the short comings of a car without really noticing it. I once had a Ford Sierra from new which did well over 200,000 miles not only on the same engine, but with the original clutch. I wallowed like a boat by the end, but driving it every day, I had got used to it.
Anyway for now you Three Wise Men have brought tidings of great joy.
Cols
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Post by g4wam on Dec 16, 2011 12:15:33 GMT
Hi Shakermaker.
remember that your MG is rear wheel driven ,therefore by the time you have got tactile feed back from your frontwheels about slippy conditions your rear wheels have pushed you into it. You cant get out of the same slippy conditions like you can with your average day to day front wheel driven car. Be EXTRA careful if you are driving on ice and snow If you are lucky enough to have ABS on your TF so much the better regards Mike
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Post by shakermaker on Dec 18, 2011 17:31:02 GMT
Thanks for the thought, but my sense of self preservation wouldn't let me take a light weight car like a TF 160 sitting on 7J wheels and 159 bhp on tap out in the snow and ice no matter how good the tyres were. Those that do are better men that I Cols
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Post by Jerry & Di on Dec 18, 2011 17:50:32 GMT
Thanks for the thought, but my sense of self preservation wouldn't let me take a light weight car like a TF 160 sitting on 7J wheels and 159 bhp on tap out in the snow and ice no matter how good the tyres were. Those that do are better men that I Cols It really is not as bad as people say it's just driving on snow/ice with rwd - everyone used to do this before fwd cars, and we have the engine over the driven wheels. Last winter I went out on deserted roads to the BA aircraft repair site entrance near Rhoose and practised driving round the large roundabout on deserted roads. Learned a lot driving on the throttle on opposite lock - round and round. Had a bit of braking practice, and a few standing starts with weaving about - sort of like a boy racer
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Post by chris18 on Jan 4, 2012 21:11:44 GMT
Just purchased a set of Toyo Proxes T1R's for the rear. Just under £150 for the pair, wanted a good quality set as the Pirelli tyres are on their last legs
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Post by Andrew & Cherie on Jan 7, 2012 17:07:31 GMT
Chris , £150 pound for the rear pair , is that including fitting? If so , where did you get them for that price? I've been quoted £300 for the 4 tyres fitted. Not sure now if this is a good price.
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Post by SWMG Admin on Jan 7, 2012 17:26:58 GMT
I paid this below for 4 for my TF they are on the TSW blaes rady to go onto TF soon, i guess by the time one pays about £10 a tyre to fit it's close on £300 but i didn't pay anything as refurb place in Cwmbran put them on for me when had TSW's refurbed, i bought them from Tyredrive the cheapest i could find anwhere last September and this when so many people said they could not find any rear size ones. www.tyredrive.co.uk/search.php?section=195&profile=45&rim=16&speed=0&tyre_brand=Toyo&submit=SEARCHmy bill Car Tyres 16 Inch Rim / Toyo / 215/40r16 toyo pxt1-r 86w / 215 / 40 / 16 / w £67.02 2 £134.04 Car Tyres 16 Inch Rim / Toyo / 195/45r16 toyo pxt1-r 80v / 195 / 45 / 16 / v £55.92 2 £111.84 Delivery £11.50 £11.50 Total £257.38
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Post by Andrew & Cherie on Jan 8, 2012 8:33:16 GMT
Well , I'd better tell my local tyre place to order me a set to be fitted next weekend. They can be scrubbed in for our Gower run on 22nd.
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Post by chris18 on Jan 8, 2012 18:21:27 GMT
Andrew,purchased them from my Works let me know if you want some
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