Car advice

[DoctorStrangelove]

They say owning a yacht is like standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes. So I imagine owning a Porsche is like doing the same while locked in a small box!

Like the Porsche owned by a chap I worked with 20 odd years ago: needed bushes in the front suspension: "how much?" says he: to which the reply was "Those aren't service parts, sir, you'll have to renew the wishbones (or whatever), that'll be £5000 please".



They wouldn't even deign to take it in part ex on something else.

[Lance]

continental witnercontact tyres and use them all year round, as they are really an all season tyre rather than a winter tyre,

*cough* £234 a corner..... Cheaper to have 2 sets of tyres

I found these Goodyear Vector 4Seasons SUV Gen2

for £161 a corner. Any views?

[d000hg]

Don't buy a Landrover.

They are unreliable and complete money pits.

A common mistake people in rural areas make is to buy a 4x4. It isn't the car or 4x4 capability that saves you, it's the shoes on your car. Most people choose to keep summer tyres on in winter on their 4x4, due to cost. The volume of rubber required for a RangeRover sport is one of the largest in the 4x4 market. If you insist on going down this route then get continental witnercontact tyres and use them all year round, as they are really an all season tyre rather than a winter tyre, incorrectly named.

Best advice: don't buy a Landrover. Get a better quality car and throw all season tyres on it. You can see table comparisons online, with German sites being the best. A good all season tyre will keep you out of trouble when a winter tyre could actually have worse performance. People just buy them because it's a common brand and is called winter tyre on the packaging.

If you are properly rural you need 4x4 and good tyres. Good tires alone are a huge help for getting on and off your estate when everyone else is spinning their wheels and are pretty essential but it sort of sounded like the OP knew that.
FWIW I've seen people with 4x4 still do better on regular tires than regular cars, the real killer is RWD. We used to have a cheapo Fiesta and it would happily get us around when our neighbours in their nice RWD BMWs were totally stuck.

[WTFH]

*cough* £234 a corner..... Cheaper to have 2 sets of tyres

Where do you get them that cheap?
Or has your car small wheels?

[Paralytic]

It's better to regret something you've done than something you haven't done.

Not sure about that one.

"You shag one sheep....."

[Zigenare]

Don't buy a Landrover.

They are unreliable and complete money pits.

A common mistake people in rural areas make is to buy a 4x4. It isn't the car or 4x4 capability that saves you, it's the shoes on your car. Most people choose to keep summer tyres on in winter on their 4x4, due to cost. The volume of rubber required for a RangeRover sport is one of the largest in the 4x4 market. If you insist on going down this route then get continental witnercontact tyres and use them all year round, as they are really an all season tyre rather than a winter tyre, incorrectly named.

Best advice: don't buy a Landrover. Get a better quality car and throw all season tyres on it. You can see table comparisons online, with German sites being the best. A good all season tyre will keep you out of trouble when a winter tyre could actually have worse performance. People just buy them because it's a common brand and is called winter tyre on the packaging.

I've owned 6 of various types in the past 30 years without any issues whatsoever.

YMMV

[Lance]

Where do you get them that cheap?
Or has your car small wheels?

Continental WinterContact TS850 255/55V19 (111) Tyres | Kwik Fit (kwik-fit.com)

[malvolio]

If you are properly rural you need 4x4 and good tyres. Good tires alone are a huge help for getting on and off your estate when everyone else is spinning their wheels and are pretty essential but it sort of sounded like the OP knew that.
FWIW I've seen people with 4x4 still do better on regular tires than regular cars, the real killer is RWD. We used to have a cheapo Fiesta and it would happily get us around when our neighbours in their nice RWD BMWs were totally stuck.

Agree. Last really bad winter we had I had a RWD Ford Sierra GLSi - which stayed on the drive - and the other half had a Renault 4, which we used throughout. Light enough for me to pull it out of the one drift it did get stuck in unaided (driver error, not the car!) and cheap and battered enough not to worry if it got dented. Doubled up as a snow plough at work to clear some room in the car park, courtesy of a sheet of plywood tied to the front bumper.

These days, I'd suggest a Suzuki Jimmy or a Panda 4x4, both of which go further than most big 4x4s, and both are cheap enough to keep in the back of the garage until needed (or a Ferguson tractor which will go anywhere - used them to tow out big SUVs more than once!).

[WTFH]

Continental WinterContact TS850 255/55V19 (111) Tyres | Kwik Fit (kwik-fit.com)

19" won't fit over my brakes.

Minimum would be these:
https://www.blackcircles.com/catalog...?tyre=40976128
...with the right rims.

[vetran]

19" won't fit over my brakes.

Minimum would be these:
https://www.blackcircles.com/catalog...?tyre=40976128
...with the right rims.

what do they call you? Billy Big brakes?