Tyres......again and again and again take 2

Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 at 23:17
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Following my request for input on my tyre selection to replace my Cooper ST's (thread 76731 of the 9th of Mar) I have purchased a set of Goodyear Wrangler ATR's made in the USA. I have done probably around 3k's to date, mostly on bitumen but have just returned from a short 3 day jaunt to the South of WA in and on farm land (not by any means extreme off road. We have worse sealed roads in the city). This is early days, however these tyres are a joy to travel with. They are extremely quiet on sealed roads(you may recollect I wear hearing aids) and very useful in the paddocks of the wheat belt.Significantly and interestingly it appears that my fuel consumption may be impacted. Pre new tyres (ie Cooper st's)
I consistantly achieved 800klms from the two tanks on my patrol (120 lt). It looks like I may now be achieving 100klms more on the Goodyear. This is yet to be fully tested but will let you know. We are off through Rudall and up through the Kimberly's starting 1 June so should have more definate views on our return mid July.

Regards to all and thanks for all of the views received in my original thread

Quentin
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