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New Rubber

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New Rubber

Post by teamemmenracing » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:40 pm

Just got a set of Michellin Pilot 2's - 225 x 45 x 18 fronts, 255 x 40 x 18 rears ......
Kwik Fit for 1375 poonds - reduced to 1053 poonds cos I told them I could get them cheaper elsewhere.

getting fitted tomorrow........ :thumbsup:

I had contis on before but they are all used up lol
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Re: New Rubber

Post by JDM » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:47 pm

Kwik Fit :o
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Re: New Rubber

Post by rich_stockton » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:22 pm

£1053 ! thats a nice 300 pounds knocked off ! did you have the runflats on before?

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Re: New Rubber

Post by mmm-five » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:29 pm

That's more than I paid for new Pilot Super Sports all round from Costco - £500 for rears and £450 for fronts - and if I'd bought them at the same time there would have been 20% off (didn't because the rears were fine until I got a slice in the sidewall from a pothole).

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Re: New Rubber

Post by teamemmenracing » Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:07 pm

Hahaha there us always someone who can get them cheaper .......
Still im happy, its close by, fitted ....... and i know all the guys ......
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Re: New Rubber

Post by toplad » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:33 pm

Top tyre in the dry, best normal tyre I've tried.
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Re: New Rubber

Post by Taz » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:39 pm

teamemmenracing wrote:Just got a set of Michellin Pilot 2's - 225 x 45 x 18 fronts, 255 x 40 x 18 rears ......
Kwik Fit for 1375 poonds - reduced to 1053 poonds cos I told them I could get them cheaper elsewhere.

getting fitted tomorrow........ :thumbsup:

I had contis on before but they are all used up lol

i've know idea wether thats cheap or not but ouch its a lot of money, tyres used to be £30 each

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Re: New Rubber

Post by toplad » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:45 pm

Taz x wrote:
teamemmenracing wrote:Just got a set of Michellin Pilot 2's - 225 x 45 x 18 fronts, 255 x 40 x 18 rears ......
Kwik Fit for 1375 poonds - reduced to 1053 poonds cos I told them I could get them cheaper elsewhere.

getting fitted tomorrow........ :thumbsup:

I had contis on before but they are all used up lol

i've know idea wether thats cheap or not but ouch its a lot of money, tyres used to be £30 each
yeah in the 60's
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Re: New Rubber

Post by BMWZ4MC » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:27 pm

Even in the 90s when I learned to drive :P
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Re: New Rubber

Post by teamemmenracing » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:59 pm

they still are on the dad's Panda ...... :D

Problem I have is kinda personal ........ racing the bikes and stuff - tyres are kinda the be all and end all of staying alive.
There's not much chance of me pushing the M to the limit on the road - but 3 to 4 mm on wide tyres sends shivers up ma wee spine in the wet.

Speaking of which drove back to Scotland from down south last monday (went to a funeral) ....... it was proper horsing it down coming through the lake district ........ turned off the M74 at Lanarkshire and decided to give myself a break and cut across country ....... it was dark ...... came down a dip doing about 50 mph straight into a flooded road :D I mean like 3 inches deep and 50 yards across :driving:
I swear, the zed floated right across the top like a speed boat ......... woke me up anyway. :thumbsup:
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Re: New Rubber

Post by tomscott » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:06 pm

Got these on my M too. Really good tyre! especially since I was running some falcons these feel a lot better.

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Re: New Rubber

Post by dan yeates » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:48 am

I just got 4 new Continents for a lot less than that! About £700 for all four fitted. The new Contact Sport 5 P's.
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Re: New Rubber

Post by Taz » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:16 am

i bought a box of 12 several months ago, i've still got 12 left urghhhhhhhhhhhh

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Re: New Rubber

Post by a11y » Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:40 am

Taz x wrote:i bought a box of 12 several months ago, i've still got 12 left urghhhhhhhhhhhh
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New rubber time on my (non-M) Z4 soon, can't believe the increase in prices since I last bought tyres for it 3 years ago...
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Re: New Rubber

Post by teamemmenracing » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:41 am

job done..... they is on the car ...... might get out later but there's a whisper that a member offa here is on his way up to pick up my 108's ..... would be kinda rude not to be in when he gets here ...... :D
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