AnswerID: 264853 Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 03, 2007 at 12:21
leachy_9
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I have 265/70/17 MTZs on a second set of rims for "playing" in my D4D Prado.
In the the mud they are fantastic and I have been pleasantly suprised how good they are in soft sand (at least as good as my HT
tyres).
I mounted them on a second set of rims because the Prado is my wife's daily drive and though she would not like driving on the MTZs. But under 80kmh there is little difference in handling between them and the HT
tyres (Grandtreks) and the noise while noticable, is not intrusive. At highway speeds the steering is the slighly vage and the noise from the roof rack is more than the
tyres.
In fact my wife is happy driving on the MTZs. But I still change them over so that I will get maximum off road use from them.
For me the choice came down to MTZ or MTR and everyhting I could find indicated that thet the MTZ have a slight advantage in all areas except expected kms.
Leachy
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