[Staowners] Re. Query about Michelin Tyres in UK

[Alf Scotting]

Hello Joy and Paul,
There has been much talk of late re different radial tyres - I had Michelin tyres on my MK.1 Alpine when I bought it and found it very heavy to steer and the tyres only cleared the rear guard by 3mm. - I subsequently fitted 175/85 x 16 Falkens and am very satisfied with the result although I have had a lot of work done on the wheel alignment ' it is still heavy to steer on roundabouts.
You will find the radials wont fit in the spare compartment.
Regards,Alf Scotting
---- joy & paul rundell <rundellbyways90 at talktalk.net> wrote: 
> Hello Don,
> 
> I have just purchased 5  175/16  Michelin Taxi Radials for our 90 Coupe from www.tyre-shopper.co.uk for £72.00 each, fitted with balancing & new valve inserts. They also quoted a Michelin X, but single tyre price for that was about £123.00, beyond my budget !
> 
>  The fitting is done at one of their affiliated tyre centres, and I was very pleased with the result - the only suggestion I would make is to telephone and check that the tyre centre has the full picture - I found that only 3 tyres had been sent initially, but the other 2 came very speedily, before my fitting appointment. 
> 
> Also my inner tubes were OK, but you may need to factor that into the price if yours are a bit older.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Paul Rundell.