What road tyres? No off-road, 16 inch

Hey everyone,

I've done some searching, but can't find much info regarding this topic. Everywhere I've read seems to talk about doing off-roading which is something I don't plan on (I know, stupid, I've bought a Disco and no off-roading?) :doh:

Haha, anyway, looking at perhaps replacing all tyres on my Discovery with new ones as they are currently odd and a couple are fairly worn.

What road tyres (and profiles) would you guys recommend?

I have the standard deep dish 5-spoke 16x7 (I think?) alloy wheels.

Optimal ride comfort & best MPG is the key for me, as said, I don't plan on taking my Disco off-roading - its purely a road car which I'll be using for towing.

Thanks

My 1997 Tdi has just had the old Pirelli Scorpion STR replaced with 4x Pirelli Scorpion ATR 235/70x16 (road, mild offroad, M+S). My first experience is excellent for low noise, good comfort and grip.

There is also a non-M+S version called Verde.

Runway enduro h/t 235/70r16 tyres are about £80 ish a corner and are very good for budget tyres

Ran cooper discoverer at3 on mine for ages, quiet good grip and brilliant in snow

currently have pirelli scorpions on.
good tyres now down to 2mm tread but still hold air and have never punctured.
wear well with very little noise and good coasting ability

just bought a set of grabber at2's so will be trying those next

My set Goodyear Eagle GT+4 are now coming to their life end as their over eight years old and will be iffy is they ever saw any snow with the amount of tread that's left.

The Eagles are my second set, factory fit and then a replacements, so I took the easy option when getting the replacements "just fit the same again please" first the fronts at 28k miles and then the rears at 32k, only one required this time as I used the unused spare.
The Eagles have been excellent tyres never slipping or sliding on the road other than in the frost or snow, that's only time my abs functions, even in heavy rain I can brake as hard as I like without locking-up that's how grippy they are, but there is a trade-off which is the mileage.

Sadly Goodyear Eagle GT+4 are not manufactured any more so I'm entering the minefield of ' EU ratings for tyres' to help me compare which I never had, and then deciding on what tyres to get as a replacements.

The Goodyear's are all season so M+S and have a snow symbol on the tyre wall and have an H speed rating, not many ATs have that... and as my disco can do over 100mph and does some times that's important.

So the bottom line after a lot of trawling seems to be that Goodyear Wranglers have a similar spec. perhaps I will wander into to a 4x4 tyre shop and kick a few tyres and see what is what, but Goodyear are the favourites .

I run Grabber AT2's but in the bigger size and find them quiet, comfortable to drive and they last a long time. Good strong sidewalls as well.

We found that Pirelli Scorpions wore out quickly, but excellent tyres.

Currently on Nexen Roadian A/T 255/65R16's but you won't be able to use those on a 7" rim, I think they do a 235 in a 16".

These will be 3 years old and 45k miles come July, they are still showing good tread and we'll be off to France in June with the big trailer so hopefully we'll get there and back on the remaining tread.

Look at Camskill, they are good for 16" stuff.

Peter

Look at the also: Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac

discool said:

Sadly Goodyear Eagle GT+4 are not manufactured any more so I'm entering the minefield of ' EU ratings for tyres' to help me compare which I never had, and then deciding on what tyres to get as a replacements.....

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when it comes to the EU fridge stickers the better wet grip rating will give you a softer tyre that will wear quicker and generally have a worse rolling resistance. And a better rolling resistance will give you a harder tyre that will wear slower but generally give you a worse wet grip rating. This is only what I have seen working with tyres and there are a few that have decent ratings for both grip and rolling resistance but they are usually low profile high end tyres for things like audi a6's etc not something I have found with 4x4 tyres, even road bias ones.

Hope this helps you understand the EU labelling better