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Quote: Originally posted by wineciccio on 17/10/2011

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Tentz i take it that you have never travelled abroad ie. i mean the southern continent and by that i mean the far east or even India, you really want to see the shape of the tyres those people drive with, there is no elf and safety and the roads well you should see them to beleive it, and yet their accident rate/s is not much higher than ours and yet we have to spend hundreds of pounds to keep our vehicles in general on the road. How do you work that one out, re. large profits making companies ?, now i'm Not saying bugger safety but i think this country has gone well too far regarding all aspects of motoring, now i'm waiting for somebody to come on here and tell me all sorts of sh*te regarding the rules/laws and bylaws. 

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I believe that if you have a tyre changed in some parts of Europe, the tyre company will change the tyre on the opposite side as well. You end having to buy two tyres. I'm just waiting for this to start here in the UK

My tyres on the motorhome where approx 6 years old from new and had covered 18000 miles the tread depth was well above the legal limit. I took them for a check at a well known tyre supplier and they could find nothing wrong with them, they did detect a very slight craze on one of the side walls but assured me they would be good for at least another year.

However knowing the general rule for motorhome tyres as 5-6 years or less I decided to have the 4 tyres replaced with Avon v9. My spare which as never been used was not replaced. On driving away from the supplier the effect was unbeleavable, much better handling, steering seemed lighter, it seemed like a differant van. I think it was money well spent, and piece of mind assured.

It is a fair outlay in these difficult times but by shopping around some very good deals can be found particuly when purchasing 4 tyres.

We bought the Laika from Simpsons at Great Yarmouth about 2 years ago. It was in good order with plenty of nice "service" stamps, all the MOTs and plenty of receipts for bits of work done. But no receipts for tyres.

I don't know how you can tell how old a tyre is? I don't think that there's a year  of manufacture on a tyre, is there and it's not as if you can cut it in half and count the rings like you do with a tree?

Seeing that I wouldn't expect to get much change out of £450*, which I can well do without spending, what's the best solution? Answers on a postcard to the usual address.

*just got a price of £91 each for Michelins 215/76-16"

Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 23/10/2011

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Id guess the tyres get harder with age, hence alter the handling?
Im going to be a cheeky bugger here, and ask how much you paid for these four tyres? Not to prompt 'i can get em a shilling cheaper at ###' responses, but because ive not yet bought one camper tyre, let alone a set. So i want to know while im still sitting down!

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Hi Mick S- Price obviously depends on size and mine being 195/70R 15c worked out at £ 285 including balance/valve/disposle.

One aspect of deciding on which tyres to purchase depends on how much you load your van.The tyres I selected had a load index of 104 and speed rating of R which suited my set up.

One thing to remember is to shop around, I used Tyre Shopper and was able to select the fitting station and day/time to have the work done. If you call in to a tyre station for a quote you can pay quite a bit more for exactly the same product.