EntropyUK

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I am looking to put some dedicated road tyres on my P38 as most of my driving is dual carriageway and motorway, I do have a set of off road wheels and tyres when required

While looking through all the brands I saw a tyre with a 'B' fuel rating. In the tech blurb they said that the tread depth was 7.8mm, whats the average depth of an average SUV tyre?

Doing a trawl of the rating information it looks like using a B rated tyre as opposed to a C rated tyre saves 0.1L of fuel. I did a quick check in my head and thought that the additional cost would offset the fuel saving so it would be better to go for a C rated tyre due variety of choice and cost.

Whats everyone's view?
 
Bearing in mind you're driving something with the aerodynamics of a garden shed to begin with...

Yep for sure, something with the frontal profile of twin patio doors is never going to slice through the air very well.
 
Designed for driving on pavement :D:D
"The 4 principal grooves of the Linglong GreenMax HP010 255/65 R16 109H improve performance on wet pavement. "
 
You know, I've had quite a range of tyres: road, AT, winter of various different makes and never noticed any difference in fuel economy.
 

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