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D3 - Wheels and Tyres Refurbing, center caps, tyre brands, tyrefitters - discuss it here |
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I used to have Michelin Pilot Alpin a while ago, they were fine.
I currently have Pirelli Sottozero Winter 240 Serie II, they are excellent. NOTE: Most of the Pirellis available are runflat (mine are not) so be careful when selecting. I don't know the 270, but looking online it appears to be a minor upgrade from the 240-II with a similar asymmetric tread. But online illustrations are often wrong..... (use the manufactures web site to be sure) Edit: Just looked at the Pirelli web site and the 245/45R18 I use is ONLY available now as runflat!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! Last edited by HPsauce; 12th December 2017 at 02:18 PM. |
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Im running the Yokohama W drive V905's on 19" D4 Wheels at the moment on my D3 and they have been excellent so far, noticeably better cold temperature performance and pretty good on wear
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs |
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PA4s all round on my S8, and a mix of PA4s and Sottozeros on my Model S.
Both are potential lifesavers in this weather and - personally speaking - I would never buy "cross-climates" for these cars, which I think are part marketing spin, and part compromise - and one that I wouldn't make on either car.
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I fitted cross-climate Vredesden Quatrac 5s to my wife 500 about 2 months ago and she moaned at the time, since then, she's been going into work through snow and ice with no problem, I have also been all over europe with Quatrac 4s on my cabriolet before I sold it and would have bought them for my S8 except they don't make them in my size. Not all cross-climates are made equal!
the PA4s were amazing when I had them previously, Pirelli I am against full stop because a plethora of problems with the P-Zeros (thankfully gone now) but maybe the winters are different. Thanks for the feedback so far though, currently reading reviews on the Continentals... they also look very good. |
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If Dunlop do the Winter 3D or 4D in the right spec they're worth a look - we've run them for 3 winters on the S5 and been happy with them (although we're yet to see any meaningful weather down here) from a cold temperature performance point of view.
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===SOLD===2002 Audi S8 D2 Final Edition (yes, really) in Avus Silver with purple extended leather===SOLD=== 2011 S5 Sportback in Phantom Black with black Super Sports leather, 9x20s, tech pack high, adaptive xenon plus, intelligent key, memory seats pack, sunroof, B&O, Audi Drive Select & quattro Sports Diff, DAB, parking system plus 2015 VW Golf GTI Performance Pack in Carbon Grey with black Vienna leather, tech pack (Discovery Pro nav & Dynaudio), DCC, factory towbar and retrofit RVC |
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