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Old June 8th 04, 09:21 PM
Alfistagj
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The old P7 name is back!!!
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AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

"Tom Asselman" > schreef in bericht
...
> thanks for the suggestions.
> Price is no longer an issue since I get a 35% discount at the tyre store

(my
> father arranged that one for me, he's a good customer over there) :-)))
>
> now the thing is, the guy from the tyre shop told me to go for the Eagle
> F1's because Pirelli will soon stop producing the P7000's to replace them

by
> P7's???
> I thought it was the other way around, P7000 replacing P7 ??
>
>
> "Neuropean" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:51:59 GMT, "Tom Asselman"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > =>Hello,
> > =>
> > =>After 45 000 km's with the factory Firestone Firehawks I'll soon
> > have to buy
> > =>4 new tyres for my 156 Sportwagon.
> > =>I'd love a set of Goodyear Eagle F1's but I expect them to be too
> > expensive.
> > =>Are they really worth the money?
> > =>Another option I'm considering are Pirelli P6000's (an alfa fits
> > best with
> > =>italian tyres :-) )
> > =>
> > =>Any suggestions?
> > =>
> > =>Thanks in advance
> > =>Tom
> > =>
> >
> >
> > Tom,
> > best tyres I've had so far. Grip is incrrrrrredible, especially on
> > wet. Not too noisy and frankly, way more trustworthy than the
> > Firestone. I don't know about durability though, Firestones are hard
> > to beat on that level (I've changed a pair at 55000 and the other pair
> > at 75000 km). For now I've had the GSD3 for 25.000km and no complaint
> > from me!
> >
> > Considering price, check http://www.mytyres.co.uk/ and compare
> > regularly, depending on the week they sometimes drop the prices
> > radically.
> > they're at 165Euro each now. I bought two on the same site a couple of
> > weeks ago and paid 103 Euro each.... Ordered on a thursday evening,
> > delivered on monday morning.
> > But then, you must find someone that agrees to fit the tyres you have
> > bought somewhere else.....
> >
> > Neuropean
> >

>
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