[Staowners] Re. Query about Michelin Tyres in UK

[Terry Poole]

Hi All,

I have a Mk 1 Alpine Sp. with Michelin 175x16 Taxi radials and a Mk 3  
Saloon with 175x16 Dunlop Taxi radials. In both cases the spare fits  
in the compartment but is a tight fit. My previous Mk 3 Sal. was a  
rather too tight a fit but went in with some air let out. All it  
meant was that I had to carry a pump and be prepared to use it! (The  
one in the tool kit). In practice I carried one of those small 12v  
electric ones so it was never a problem. Funny thing is that I can't  
remember ever having a puncture in 42 years of Sunbeam use. (Other  
cars - yes, but very few).

I mentioned years ago but I'll remind you while I'm at it that a  
friend who worked at Michelin head office in London and supplied my  
first set of "X's", not Taxi, told me to increase the pressures by  
about 6psi and set the toe-in to zero. Since then I've been quite  
happy with the result, still heavy at very low speed but not at high  
speed and steers in a straight line when required! Unheard of on  
cross-plies.

Regards,

Terry Poole, UK.


On 27 Feb 2008, at 10:17, Alf Scotting wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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