P d off to find a nail in one of the front tyres this week.

Mrs ST set off driving the Sport and said it felt like it was pulling to the right (F O/S tyre flat as pancake) and as driven on it the rim had gone through to the wire on the sidewall.

TBH, both fronts needed changing as managed to eek out 24,000 miles on the 20" Conti's.

So went to see local tyre place and got quotes to replace both fronts:

Conti's = 450 Euro each = 900 Euro + fitting/Bal etc.

He suggested Michelin Diamara which he managed to do for 370 Euro each so cost me 740 Euro's.

This works out in Sterling as Conti £360 each, Michelin £296 each.

Still seems a f g rip off to me but still managed to save a chunk.

Tyres seem fine.

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That is one expensive place for tyres, the thieving 's.

Avg price for Conti's here: £230-250 a corner. LR will replace them at £200 a corner if you ask nicely at your local stealer.

I use Hankook's and they are brilliant Much harder wearing than the Conti's and personally, I think they handle much better. £100-125 a corner for these.

I used to have Diamara's on the BMW X5, from memory they were the tyre choice for BMW on their soft roader. For me they were neither impressive nor unimpressive, just an average tyre, albeit expensive. Used to pay about £200-275 a corner for those and that was over 3 years ago.  L322 Big Daddy SUPERCHARGED 5.0 Autobiography - Here & Now!

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good to see pics in your gallery wil...imagine what great ones we'll have at the London meet

Wil have you just bought a Jag mate???

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Wil have you just bought a Jag mate???

Nope. Local Jag dealer offered me an elongated test drive, so I said yes!! Little did they know that my house is only accessible via a very long and windy dust track with a grass middle....let's just say the underside got a tad scraped!! ...................all those months of the 3 tonne monsters going up and down the track

Very nice car the Jag, but it would have to be a S/C version, if of course I was ever looking to get something down on the ground....which i'm not!!

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NickM wrote:

good to see pics in your gallery wil...imagine what great ones we'll have at the London meet

Absolutely I assume you mean the many fine ladies draped over the bonnets looking wantingly  L322 Big Daddy SUPERCHARGED 5.0 Autobiography - Here & Now!

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will_wonka wrote:

Went out in the 6.3 AMG taxi, oops sorry, E-class today...... quick.....4.8 secs and handled brilliantly.....shame everyone expects you to pick them up as a fare though

Do they??


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A mate has a E55, def not a taxi

I agree, however unfortunately most people associate, as they do with the RRS.........

Mercedes E63 517 big horses, looks nice etc etc - 1st few comments when I went to both the pub AND work this morning (unfortunately, not at the same time!!) was "oh, a fast taxi" or "private hire companies must be doing well".......

pretty much as we get "oh no, it's a drug dealer"..........

Naturally a mentality thing, but these comments come from professional, well to do people who have big budgets for cars..........in fact, the sole reason 2 people at work who had saved for their ultimate Mercs, sold them within a few months of ownership......sad, but very true. They now ride around in glorified Mondeo's, I mean 3 series BMW's....see, even i'm at it now!!  L322 Big Daddy SUPERCHARGED 5.0 Autobiography - Here & Now!

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