TYRES FOR C5

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TYRES FOR C5

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I currently have Michelin 215/55 R16 93W, these would cost about £140 each to replace.I would like advice as to whether I need to purchase such high quality tyres? I do about 15000 miles per year and tow a caravan. I have seen tyres priced at £35 on the Internet!I would not consider those but what about Goodyear Excellence for about £100. There are other makes of tyres quoted for just under £100. Does anybody have experience of these. Any comments or advice gratefully received.

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Post by AndersDK »

You certainly dont have to stick to that specific tyre.

There is a huge selection of tyres all known to run well on modern cars. The C5 is no exception.
You only need to consider the basic tech specs, which will keep your tyres within the rquired size for the rims you've got - and within the 3% limit of the original spec'ed diameter (for correct speedo readings).
Oh - and the speed requirement, which just need to exactly exceed the max speed of your C5. This is not a quality measure of the tyre - but a rated spec telling you the tyre will withstand continued driving at that speed.

Try surf the internet for tyre tests, as you need to get some ideas on whats in and whats out on tyres. Like driving noise, longevity, rain performance etc. etc.

There are no special requirements to the tyres towing a camper - except that you may prefer stiffer tyres which in general are the low profile sizes.
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have a look on the following websites. they will give you some ideas on price and also some external website reviews

www.mytyres.co.uk
www.blackcircles.co.uk
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Post by myglaren »

I've been keeping an eye on this on various forums as I have some original but cheap tyres on mine that I am not too happy with and would like to replace them with something decent at the next change.

Kleber seem to be well recommended as reasonably priced, grippy and with reasonable wear characteristics.
Lots of outlets but ATS seem to specialise in them and the prices don't look too bad.
Also Toyo and Vredestien seem to be well thought of.

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Post by pete_wood_uk »

For what it's worth, I'm here to report that last week I put a set of Goodyear Excellence 215/55/16/93W onto the front of my C5 estate, replacing the (knackered) original Pilot Primacys. ATS matched internet pricing for me - £107 each fitted - which is significantly cheaper than a new pair of Pilots - 60 quid less for the pair.

The original front Pilots had done 25k miles, not bad for a reasonably heavy and powerful car whose previous keeper (I got it with 18k on it) clearly enjoyed throwing it about, judging both by its self-recorded total MPG and also by the heavy wear on the outside of the left-hand tyres at both ends - there was obviously a fast roundabout somewhere on his way to work :twisted:

I'm on record here ( http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=23983 ) as saying that I wasn't too impressed by the handling of the C5 when I got it. Now they're scrubbed in a bit, I'm starting to push it a bit harder and they're definitely better. The turn-in is still a bit vague (higher-geared steering with less assistance would be a start, and I'm starting to wonder about the tracking) but once committed and you load the front-end up, it feels a lot more secure. It feels much more as if both ends are tracking on rails round bends now, whereas before it always felt as if the front end was trying hard to run wide. The result is that it feels comfortable several MPH faster through a given bend than it used to. Which of course saves fuel, or at least that's my excuse :twisted:

I'm aware that I'm comparing new Goodyear tyres with well-worn Michelin tyres here, so I simply report this comparison for whatever anyone thinks it's worth.

I've obviously got no idea how long the Goodyears are going to last, we shall see.

I don't think I'll ever turn the C5 into a bendy road car in the same way that the Hydractive Xantia is, but in my opinion at least this is a step in the right direction. Now if only we could fix the brakes...

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