BN
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A friend of mine who is in the tyre trader has located 18" reasonably aggresive tyres, but with sensible road holding. They are like hens teeth at the moment, but he is working on it. Looks as if they will be around £110 each or less. I think they were General Grabbers and looked quite reasonable.
He has tried them on the Nurenburg Ring circuit and was pleased with the result.
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simon
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BN,
But they don't fit the DISCO3's 18" wheels from what I remember from the conversation do they ??
Correct me of I'm wrong as I don't want to lead anyone astray.
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| 17th Jul 2005 8:38 am |
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BN
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Yes they would fit the standard wheel. However Gary could not get a wheel that he could fit them on as an aftermarket job lot. The other problem was that the tyres at the moment are not easy to obtain, he had the only set on the stand yesterday, well 2 of them.
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| 17th Jul 2005 8:40 am |
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simon
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Ahh... must have had my wires crossed. Sorry.
Have his card so will be calling him for sure when I need tyres.
How would this type of tyre wear compared to the stock Goodyears ? If they offered similar tarmac and wet weather performance I'd probably go for them on my 'S' when the Goodyears wear out.
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| 17th Jul 2005 8:46 am |
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BN
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To be frank, I am not sure. I think they are softer than Goodyear, so may not do as many miles. I need to try a set to see how they throw stones also as the tread is a little wide. For normal use it could be dodgy if towing.
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| 17th Jul 2005 8:57 am |
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DrLex
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simon wrote:the stock Goodyears
Curious - my 'S' came wearing Pirelli Scorpions. Wonder when the change was? Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
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| 17th Jul 2005 8:57 pm |
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BN
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DrLex wrote:simon wrote:the stock Goodyears
Curious - my 'S' came wearing Pirelli Scorpions. Wonder when the change was?
I think it is sometimes a backorder error, then they fit what is available.
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| 18th Jul 2005 6:30 am |
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Winger
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I don't know what the logic is, but mine also has Scorpions and both the D3s at the Honiton LRE are running Scorpions too.
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| 18th Jul 2005 6:37 am |
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simon.foster
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I had a look at the General Grabbers AT2 on Gary's stand but the size is wrong. They are 255/55 rather than 255/60 that the Goodyears are. Why do LR do stupid tyre sizes!
As for aftermarket wheels, they just seem to be impossible to get hold of. Disco 3 TDV6HSE Cairns blue auto
Defender 90 300TDi 1997
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| 18th Jul 2005 3:03 pm |
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DrLex
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Winger wrote:I don't know what the logic is, but mine also has Scorpions and both the D3s at the Honiton LRE are running Scorpions too.
He He - maybe it's just a Regional build for us westerners...Who's going to make the first sheep joke? Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
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| 18th Jul 2005 4:11 pm |
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BN
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Simon, where were the ones standing that you looked at on Gary's stand?
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| 18th Jul 2005 4:15 pm |
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simon.foster
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They were just piled up in front of the artic trailer. I was there on thursday so they may have moved Disco 3 TDV6HSE Cairns blue auto
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| 18th Jul 2005 4:19 pm |
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simon
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Oh noooo another Simon... that makes 3 of us !
But then Slimer hides his real name of course... scaredy little  that he is !
There got the in first.
So Mr Foster... I have my Slimer has his  what are you gonna request ?
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| 18th Jul 2005 5:22 pm |
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BN
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Simons  the tyres I saw, were only 2 and standing at the front. They were not the one you saw I dont think.
What are 3 Simons called, a gaggle, flock or herd?
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| 18th Jul 2005 5:27 pm |
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simon
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A Kingdom mate... we will take over eventually 
Now... the tyres I saw and thought were the wrong size (one of the dimension at least) were the two stacked up in front of Gary while we were talking about his running them around the Nurburgering.
And these required different wheels even though they were 18"
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| 18th Jul 2005 5:33 pm |
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