Keith Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 With the stupid price price of petrol these days I'm wondering if these may be worth the extra money.They seem to be twice the price of cheapie tyres but claim give better mpg because of lower rolling resistance.Is there any truth to this or is it just marketing hype?Anyone got any experiences?Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.in_Lux Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nah, load of cobblers.I've got Michelin Energy on the Berlingo. They're good tyres but my fuel consumption only increases by 0.2l/100km with the winter tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 just taken ME off my Megane and fitted some Goodrich G grip ( worth a try ) and gained 4mpg over 600 miles !!!! nothing else has changed Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 They are pretty good tyres, had them as OE fitment on some new VWs, they last forever, 50,000 miles on the front of my Golf, still fine at 75k on the rear.Not too good for grip in the wet though and when I replaced them with other brands of tyre, fuel economy didn't change one bit.They leave nice, thick black lines when you do wheelspins too. :)Same on the Passats, they came new with Continental EcoContacts. When I replaced them with normal tyres I didn't see any change in economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hello My Lord, "50,000 miles on the front of my Golf" Statement one"They leave nice, thick black lines when you do wheelspins too." Statement two.How do you reconcile those two statement?Alec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 They are just very hard wearing tyres. Given the way I drove the car, the tyre life was little short of amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 piman wrote:Hello My Lord, "50,000 miles on the front of my Golf" Statement one"They leave nice, thick black lines when you do wheelspins too." Statement two.How do you reconcile those two statement?AlecBecause that is the only way to even start to wear them out.Much loved by fleet departments, much loathed by drivers.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 If you want to improve your mpg, pump your tyres up a bit. Don't go mad, overdoing it will seriously reduce grip and wear out the centre of the tyre but going up from the "unladen" to "partly laden" pressures makes 3 - 4 mpg difference on my Audi. Going to the "fully laden" pressures helps even more but makes the handling scary unless actually carrying the extra weight. I've commented on Michelin tyres in the wet before. Don't like 'em.Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 The handbook for my Vecta lists an "ECO" set of tyre pressures. makes a difference of 3-4 mpg. They are basically the fully laden pressures.CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 So we get a choice - economy or grip, now I just need to devise a method of adjusting the pressure automatically whenever I get to a corner!Thanks for the feedback.Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 many military trucks have onboard deflate/ inflate sytems just need to scale it down a bit unless you can fit 22" + rims and some serious off road rubber ,some braided air hoses with slip joints and a compressor Ha Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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