Thread: Seat covers and Tyres

Originally Posted by StewG

I've just replaced my Maxxis 980 255/55R19 tyres with the same again. They did 60k and no trouble at all including thousands of kms over some of the roughest roads and a lot of towing. To me they seem to be one really tough tyre. I'll admit that earlier I thought that I would only get about 40k out of them , but I was wrong.
They are noisy, but turn the radio up...

That's why I'm going with the Michelin Latitude. We bought the D3 as it was the quietest car we tested that could tow the van. Actually, it was pretty much the quietest car we tested. My wife is hard of hearing, and in the D3 she can hear the kids in the back seat, so even if I have to replace them every 20kk it's a small price to pay to be able to take the family away and not arrive frazzled. The radio is for drowning out the kids, not the tyres.

Originally Posted by BradC

So, after a year or so procrastinating I put in an order for the Michelin to be told by several sources they are out of stock Australia wide with no ETA. So it looks like we're going with the Continental UC6.

I’m doing the Kimberley this year including Gibb. I’m going with something a touch tougher.