Discovery 3 Cooper AT3 265/60/18

No I have not replaced the tyres on my D4 yet.

I am wary of long treadlife tyres as a few years ago I had some Michellin ATR's on a Patrol and they were made from some form of black concrete, as they lasted over 100,000ks and I never got a puncture.

But I dreaded every time it rained as they had almost zero grip and you had to corner VERY slowly. And you could not stop in a hurry.

The local tyre place said Coopers were the same (yes he sells them, but was pushing me towards Mickey Thompsons.)

So I was curious to see what you thought.

I have gone down a different path.
I have purchased 18inch rims, and Mickey Thompson 265/60 18 in LT's. These will only be used for dirty weekends and touring.
All other times I will stick with the factory tyres and rims.
Pain in the butt to change each time, but have always got great mileage this way, and the superior handling tyres for weekday driving.
Brett...

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Originally Posted by Weird Al

No I have not replaced the tyres on my D4 yet.

I am wary of long treadlife tyres as a few years ago I had some Michellin ATR's on a Patrol and they were made from some form of black concrete, as they lasted over 100,000ks and I never got a puncture.

But I dreaded every time it rained as they had almost zero grip and you had to corner VERY slowly. And you could not stop in a hurry.

The local tyre place said Coopers were the same (yes he sells them, but was pushing me towards Mickey Thompsons.)

So I was curious to see what you thought.

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Hello Al
I have no problems with these tyres in the wet! I carry my wife and 4 children in my D3 and if I wasn't happy then I would get different tyres.
This is my company car so my I would get news tyres if I thought it is necessary.
Another thing is these size tyres are not light truck construction, they most likely perform better because these tyres and passenger car construction.
Good luck!
Cheers Michael

My guess is there is more margin in the Micky Thompsons then the Coopers if the tyre shop is pushing you that way.

Our D3 drives incredibly well in both dry and wet conditions with the AT3's and if you didn't know you had A/T's on you would think they are H/T's and I drive it like they are good handling H/T's, they are that confidence inspiring.

I bet the Micky Thompsons aren't as quite or handle on road as well.

cheers,
Terry

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Originally Posted by TerryO

My guess is there is more margin in the Micky Thompsons then the Coopers if the tyre shop is pushing you that way.

Our D3 drives incredibly well in both dry and wet conditions with the AT3's and if you didn't know you had A/T's on you would think they are H/T's and I drive it like they are good handling H/T's, they are that confidence inspiring.

I bet the Micky Thompsons aren't as quite or handle on road as well.

cheers,
Terry

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My sister runs a tyre store.....got the Mickeys at her buy in price. Coopers were only slightly cheaper. Price was not a factor.
I only use them for touring and offroading.....not for general day to day. I can handle the noisier tread for the low k's that they will do each year.
I have been a cooper fan for more than 12 years (have never let me down in the bush, but not the greatest on road but that was due to ST tread), but needed the stronger side walls which I could not get in this size with cooper. Anyway they are made by the same owners in the same factory.
I prefer the proper HT tyres for everyday use...the AT's will not perform as good on road as the HT's but they are coming close.
I am fortunate that I can get all my tyres very cheap.
Brett....

Discotwin. What sort of Mickey Thompson tires are they,I can't find the 265/60/18 on their website.

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Originally Posted by kero

Discotwin. What sort of Mickey Thompson tires are they,I can't find the 265/60/18 on their website.

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There is a STZ listing in that size on their website,

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Originally Posted by garrycol

There is a STZ listing in that size on their website,

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Yes, but they are not LT construction (not that I think that's necessarily important) - so I'm wondering which tyre Brett means (or maybe he meant to type "AT" instead of "LT"?).

Cheers,

Gordon

Definitely LT's. I will let you know tomorrow which ones they are, but they are a new LT to the market (maybe just the size in LT is new)
Just can't remember the model at the moment.
Brett

They are stz....and they are now in LT in 265/60 18.

Brett