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    Recommendations for replacing tires?

    I am looking to replace the tires on my 2009 Freelander 2, and would appreciate any recommendations. We mostly drive on paved roads, some unpaved, and only rarely in really rough conditions.

    Thanks!!

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    I hate it when you go to the tyre place web site and they want to 'quote' why not have the price? Oh to get your details so that the marketing behemoth can swing into action.
    I bought a set of Winrun R380 tyres. Cheap Chinese at $92.00 plus fitting. The car rarely goes on dirt.

    WINRUN R 380 235/60R18 107V Tyroola.com.au
    D2a Td5 Manual, Chawton White. aka "Daisy"
    Build date 11th Oct 2003
    Freelander 2 2011, manual, the daughter calls it Perri
    Before I had a Land Rover I did not have any torque wrenches. Now I have three.
    LROCV #1410

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    Pirelli Scorpion Zeros

    Quote Originally Posted by Magpie View Post
    I am looking to replace the tires on my 2009 Freelander 2, and would appreciate any recommendations. We mostly drive on paved roads, some unpaved, and only rarely in really rough conditions.

    Thanks!!
    I stumbled across a set of (never repeated, cheap) Pirelli Scorpion Zeros after reading a review in one of the 4WD magazines. My 2011 Freelander hasn't had anything else since. Downside - they can wear quickly, as little as 30,000km. Upside: Good handling in the dry - better braking distance; ditto only more so in the wet on tar, pretty good on gravel, amazingly good (no-one knows why) on wet clay. (I've experienced this).
    RRP is something ridiculous like $430 ea; but you can usually find a deal with Tyroola or some such online vendor for less than $300. My last pair was a deal of $518, delivered to a fitter, and fitted and balanced. Alignment extra.

    I figure with the improvement in braking distance, they've only got to avoid me one accident to pay for the relatively short working life and higher costs. I can't recall now but I think they were 0.5m better in ideal conditions and nearly 3.0m better in the wet.

    Note: Pirelli, confusingly, has two things called Scorpion Zero, one of which is Verde - a cheaper tyre and a road-only tyre. Not recommended unless you never ever leave the tar.

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