"PHATRS" <PHATRS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 17, 10:03 pm, "russell" <rhob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "PHATRS" <PHA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Hi all,
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>> > Recently had to buy some new rubber for my RenaultS****t Megane 225.
>>
>> > I didn't fancy the idea of shelling out $350 per corner for the
Dunlop
>> > S****t Maxx tyres it came with, nor did the MUCH HIGHER price of
>> > similar tyres from Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli, or Continental
>> > thrill me.
>>
>> > I discovered some Italian tyres called Marangoni Mythos for around
>> > $270 each, from the place that had the best Dunlop price in town.
Then
>> > I rang The Tyre Factory in Dandenong and was very pleasantly
surprised
>> > at their price of $220 each, fitted, balanced, etc, etc.
>>
>> > After driving about $1k on them, I'd say they grip 95% as well as the
>> > Dunlops and are quieter too. So even if they only last 20k kms, which
>> > is 2/3 the distance I got out of the Dunlops, I will be very happy.
>>
>> > (235/40/18 95Y)
>> > --
>> > Wipe off 25
>>
>> But are the Marangoni Mythos' run flats?
>
> No. Why do you ask?
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> --
> Wipe off 25
Because although Dunlop say the S****t Maxx aren't, runflat, they are.
2 days after buying a new car with S****t Maxx, I had a flat head nail go
head first through the tread of a rear tyre.
Thinking back, I remembered were I picked it up, (broken pallet on
roundabout.)
Drove about 20km at up to 80kph, felt something not right but couldn't see
anything. After 1/2 hour drove same distance/speed home.
The tyre was very hot when I got home and I figured out what had happened.
The tyre wasn't at all damaged though, and after being patched was as good
as new.
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