Just stumbled across a tyre forum which could help many of us out.

TYRE FORUM

We've just got some (recommended) Avon ZV1's

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bloody hell good choice hellfire! hmm well maybe not, having read post on the forum!! its all opinions remember. i'm not going anywhere near rain with my yoko a039s!

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I bought P6000s for my primera, and my mx5 came with P6000s on

*does a little dance*

Cerainly sir, which would you prefer?
Black ones please.
Would sir like them round as well?
Oh yes please, and could you put some air in them?I must say the pattern on those is very nice, is it the latest?
Oh yes sir, squiggly lines are all the rage this year. I expect you'll be writing to all your friends about your new tyres.
Yes they'll all be coming in for some when they hear about these, bye now.
I'm going to the pub now to kill off a few brain cells. I don't think I can take all the excitement.

More reviews, great!!

Read some german reviews about a tyre that I know to be very good and they slagged it for poor life!

You can tell a lot about a tyre without needing a review....stick your thumbnail in it and see if it makes a mark that stays for a bit, if it does it will grip well but wear out fast. If it has lots of fine grooves it will work well in the wet but crap in the dry, if it has big tread blocks and fewer grooves the reverse applies.

There, now where are those round black things that fit on my wheels.

(PS I still have etched in my brain the quote from a rally driver that I used to service for (won quite a lot of road rallies incidentally) who brilliantly said when asked what tyres he was using cos he was doing so well.....
"dunno, round black ones that I found down the garden")

A lot of those "horror stories" could easily be down to tittish driving and mixing tyres.
If you put a good wet tyre on the front and a wide-blocked mainly dry tyre on the rear and drive it in the rain you're going to spin, it's common sense.
As for tyres for our locost I think we'll stick with the 2 matching pairs that came on the sierra and see how it handles.
I can envisage 195/60 14s possibly being a bit weedy for 190bhp/220lbft though.
Is it possible to fit sierra rear disks under 13in alloys of any type?
Also, does anyone know what PCD and offset those nice 15in caterham multispoke wheels are?

Couldn't be bothered to read all the reviews, but have tried several different types on my cars. Always seem to come back to the Yokos, particularly for the wet grip.

Just got some new ones (C-drive?) to replace the useless Avon ZV1s on my Focus, Worm A539s are better than new ZV1s in the wet!!!

For a locost use Yoko 21Rs, or 32Rs on 13" wheels

I've got Toyo Proxes T1-S on my Puma.
I seriously considered A539s too but the Toyos were quite a lot cheaper and had come highly recommended (not least by the damn fine totty at Goodwood ).
I'm not disappointed.
I think Jasper had some on his car at Donington last year and they certainly stuck well, but the soft rubber on the hot, fast track left them looking a bit worse for wear. But that's to be expected.

13s will not fit over standard xr4x4 rear disc brakes (doh..).

The ten spoke 15" wheels on the C******m are old ford fitment (108pcd, ET19) so should fit a locost perfectly.

Adam

ive got 15 spokes on my avon .piccys in archive they are by bk racing 604(6.5x15)fitted with195/50/15 yokahama a539's .these are on a standard sierra fitment.i think it was 108 pcd.

I've got Toyo Proxes and find them very good and very sticky when hot.

My car does skip round corners and lets go easily too, but I'm sure thats down to my driving rather than the tyres!!!!

Paul

If you want an extreme example of mixing tires, my Dad put Michelin radials on the front of the and bias ply tires on the back of the Renault he had when I was a kid. One time on his way to work the Police stopped and checked him for drunk driving he was weaving so much.

I wonder who could have posted the one about changing the car...

http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/discus/messages/3/292.html?TuesdayJune820041035pm

I'm sure whoever it is doesn't like Fiestas and Fiesta drivers...

The Zetec-S is way under-rated though. It's basically a Puma in a Fiesta body. Cracking little car.

I think it's just the fact he used Fiesta and performance driving in the same sentence.

Puma underneath or not, it's still a Fiesta bodyshell and a Fiesta driver at the wheel.

Not a good combination.