cutter7
Posts: 763
Joined: May 2011
Location: Oxfordshire
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Another Puncture
I don't think Gavin from autoglass
Can do much with that!![SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]
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09-04-2014 08:50pm |
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PhilSkill
Posts: 3,880
Joined: Jun 2011
Location: Warwickshire
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RE: Another Puncture
Nope that'll be new screen...
MY12 Fuji Dynamic SD4 Manual, Pano Roof, Electric Tailgate with own Close module
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10-04-2014 01:52pm |
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mark_n
Posts: 1,720
Joined: Jul 2011
Location: London
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RE: Another Puncture
So, tyre replaced, 245 45 R20 V103 Cross Contact, by Kwik-Fit mobile, £272 including fitting on my driveway and that's the best price I found. The technician did a good job fitting the tyre - the rim is fine - and after he reported the two fronts are nearly worn (the new tyre was a rear) I swapped front to back to eek out some more miles before the remaining 3 have to be replaced since the fronts wear more quickly than the rears.
I don't know what it is about these tyres which make them so expensive but it's about what I pay for a huge rear tyre on my 911. It does appear the larger diameter tyres are disproportionately expensive. Leaving aside the need to replace a tyre early, it looks like, for me, an expected life for a set is 25k miles. That's something like 4p a mile.
Edit: For comparison, my petrol Evoque does 28 mpg which is 20p a mile; annual servicing over, say 12000 miles, is about 3p a mile. Depreciation over 22000 miles/28 months has been £15000 (at least) or 67p a mile. Total, pretty much £1 a mile to run an Evoque.
Mark
Evoque was great, now in an RRS SVR
(This post was last modified: 19-04-2014 01:56pm by mark_n.)
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19-04-2014 01:45pm |
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