Mine has 4 Michelin tyres on the car and one Continental tyre on the matching alloy spare.
I have done 1800 miles in the car in the last 4 months, so it may take a while before I can let you know which make lasts longest.

waaxh03

Hi,

I have Continentals on my XS with a Goodyear for the spare . . .

There is a barcoded sticker on the inside of the wheels detailing which type of tyre is fitted, couldn't read much more than this before cleaning the sticker off . . .

Regards

Paul;

These mis-matching spares worry me......I mentioned this to my dealer as it had been on threads before. He said 'all tyres should match, if they dont the dealer has been swapping full sized alloys around' It was the first thing I did when I opened the boot before signing the receipt form...checked all five tyres were the same. I would suggest if you have mismatching tyres you ask the dealer to get you a spare to match the four you have on the road. Unless you have Michelin, in which case and 'in my opinion' you ask for them ALL to be changed!!!

pmcg wrote:

Funny how times change.

As a young lad in the late 1970's Michelin X used to be the tyre of choice. Always wanted them fitted to my Mini 1275GT then Escort 1300E etc...

can't wait to meet you avtur, up on the off road day....you can tell me all about the old days....four speed manuals, three speed autos, leaf spring suspension....NO SEAT BELTS!!!!! and real chrome bumpers

Well I started off with 5 Michelin Latitudes 235/65/17. After just 3000 miles got a screw in one right on the offside edge so that was written off. Phoned round and no one could supply a Michelin, so I now have a Goodyear Wrangler in the spare. Considerably cheaper than I think Michelins would have been, so any more punctures will mean more Goodyears I expect.
And as for Avtur and his Colway remoulds.......I remember those things on a Triumph Herald I had about 30 yrs ago, funny that went sideways on them as well, especially when the tread of one peeled off the rest of the tyre. They were 5.20.13's as well!

Continental Contacts on mine. Nearly 4500 miles now. -----------------------------------------
TD4 SE Manual, Sold.
I currently own a BMW 530D.WLTB another FL2.

Conti contacts on mine

Any other FL2's going on the Tong offroad day on the 30th?? If so, what tyres and mileages??? Be interesting to see who has to pull who out , probably CY and cotefarmboy pulling us all out

carlfraz wrote:

can't wait to meet you avtur, up on the off road day....you can tell me all about the old days....four speed manuals, three speed autos, leaf spring suspension....NO SEAT BELTS!!!!! and real chrome bumpers

Well described, you too must be 'of a certain age' ... old ....

........only 37!! but my Mum told me so much about living through the war and the post war days I actually believe I am 72. Really, I feel like Del Boy from 'fools and horses' and I look up to you avtur like you are Grandad or Uncle Albert...especially with your 'forces' background

Don't tell me you have a white beard and no hair

avtur's real name possibly Sean Connery then...

You got me worried there for a moment with all that talk about the spare being a different tyre make to the other 4 tyres. It never occurred to me to check that. However, I've just checked mine and thankfully my dealer did not muck about with swapping alloy spares. All five of my tyres are Continentals. Phew!

Had that not been the case I would certainly have asked for it to be corrected. Who wants mixed tyres on a quality vehicle?  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

On a similar note, my steel full size spare (Conti) says its not to be used over 50mph. It's not a space saver so why the low limit?

something to do with the bolts used for alloys and steel being different (or so I seem to recall from a previous thread)