OK, I realise I’m probably gonna be berated for starting this week’s ‘which tyre’ thread, but I have searched the interweb and read lots of old threads on here and still don’t know what to do.
My Landy is currently fitted with 205R16 M/T something or other, all four of which are quite perished and were given an advisory in my recent MOT.
The vast majority of my driving is on road. I mainly bought the Landy to cope with wading and very slight off road use. Basically we moved into a house up a little dirt track from the road. The road itself is prone to severe flooding at times (about 2 and half foot), and the slightest bit of snow makes the dirt track impassable for normal cars. We quite literally found ourselves stranded for days on end before I got the Landy.
As I need a whole new set of tyres imminently, I was considering getting just a set of road tyres for now, and maybe later in the year (when money permits, and I’m more educated on the subject) buying a set of all terrains or mud terrains on rims and swapping over as and when needed. However, having read through many posts on the subject, I’m thinking maybe I should just get a good set of all terrains now. The interweb seems to suggest that they are very good on road anyway.
Either way though, I need to decide on tyre sizes. As stated, my current tyres are 205R16. However I have no idea what the tyre profile is. It is not stated on the tyre (internet suggests they are probably an 80 profile, but I don’t know how to confirm that).
From what I can make out, most people go for a 235 tyre width for all terrains. But I’m thinking that would have quite a negative impact on my turning circle (which is actually quite good with the 205s), and also a negative impact on my already terrible fuel consumption. I am thinking I’ll go a little wider than 205, maybe to a 215, as I’m sure the extra bit of road surface would improve grip and braking.
So does anyone have any recommendations or any advice at all of what to get? or what to avoid?
Also, what size should I get? I’m pretty sure I can get away with a slightly larger tyre than I have now, as the speedo seems to read high anyway.
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