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GJH0702



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United Kingdom 2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Sumatra Black

Went to my local family run Tyre store today to get prices for Michelin Latitudes or Conti's after discussion he actauly recommended cheaper tyres !!! Hankook's on basis he has used them on his RR
He explained to me 15% owned by Michelin and use some of their moulds
£111 + vat each all in getting fitted saturday
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ebygum32



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That's what I said in the second post Rolling with laughter Hankook are a good tyre and a lot of car manufactures use them.

Just bought 4x vredestein wintrac 4extreme off camskill £480 delivered and getting them fitted tomorrow by local Indy for £40 all in, would have run the originals off as still 4mm+ tread but not in winter, summer yes,

Hope you get on with them Thumbs Up

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casper



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United Kingdom 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Sumatra Black
Nokian Tyres

Just tried out my new set of Nokian tyres WR G2 Sport Utility 235/65 R17 108V XL BSW in the snow and forget the Conti's, Pirelli, Michelin these are the business, they give you total grip in ice/snow/water. Check out how they test these tyres on their website and you can see why these are so good. You can also run them all year round as well and they are slightly cheaper then some of the premiums mentioned and wear is ok on the tests. Got mine from Mytryes online delivered to local fitter within 3 working days from Germany. Before this only had Conti's fitted which cost more and only last 24k and frankly I got fed up with how useless they are in the winter ice even the cross contact was only marginally better. A tiny bit more road noise is the only compromise but now I have a freelander that can go anywhere in the conditions it was designed and I would say about 60% more grip then before.

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GJH0702



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A big difference - Old- New !! Feel safer already

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 2011 XS,Sumatra Black, GONE MARCH 2014- RR Evoque Prestige 5 door ,MY 2014,Loire Blue, Silver Roof, Panoramic roof.
MY 2016 Disco Sport HSE Auto Scotia Grey,REJECTED
Mercedes E220D AMG line with air suspension(Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 21 (Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 22 (Gone)
Audi Q5 40TDI S line (gone)
Discovery Sport D200 S 2024 MY

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GJH0702 wrote:
15% owned by Michelin and use some of their moulds

Be slightly wary of that - just because the pattern is the same doesn't mean the construction and performance are similar.
Even the same type of tyre from the same manufacturer can vary from year to year as they upgrade the composition of their rubber. So my l;ocal tyre man tells me, anyway. Hanspook can use Michelin moulds and still make a totally different (but not necessarily inferior) tyre.

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