New shoes for the XUV

Q.New shoes for the XUV
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Roshun | 8 years ago

[QUOTE=Shreyans;n5303]The Wranglers are supposed to be competent. I've read good things about them. My Scorpio is well into its second set of Yokos and they have been doing a very fine job. [USER="6"]Roshun[/USER] Did the Pirellis somehow come fitted with your new Scorpio?[/QUOTE] The Pirelli Scorpion ATR tyres are aftermarket. I drove the car straight from the showroom to the tyre dealer and swapped the BridgeStone Dueler HTs for the Pirelli Scorpions as I need all-terrain tyres. The BridgeStones are OK for highway drives, but not that good off-road. I wanted a tyre that was competent with both and the Pirellis came highly recommended. Have also read rave reviews about them. My older Scorpio is on its second set of Yokohama Geolandar ATS's and they are going just fine at about 48,000 km now (total mileage on that Scorp is now 1,89,000 km).

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Shreyans | 8 years ago

The Wranglers are supposed to be competent. I've read good things about them. My Scorpio is well into its second set of Yokos and they have been doing a very fine job. [USER="6"]Roshun[/USER] Did the Pirellis somehow come fitted with your new Scorpio?

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Roshun | 8 years ago

GoodYear Wrangler HP tyres? They are decent tyres too and won't break the bank, compared to the cost of the Pirellis. If you are on a tight budget, the GoodYear Wrangler HP is a decent all-terrain tyre to go for. I think they cost about Rs. 10k a piece, about the same as the Yokos.

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Kaiserketkar | 8 years ago

Even I was tilting toward the Yokos, having used them on my Scorpio as well with a great deal of satisfaction. I didn't know people complaining about Yokos, that's unfortunate. I'll check out the Continental cross. Another decently costing tyre I was told was the GoodYears. Don't have much feedback on them though. Any idea? If not anything, there's always the Duellers, have had no reason to complain past 60k kms.

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Roshun | 8 years ago

[QUOTE=kaiserketkar;n5259]My XUV's crossed 60k kms, and although the shoes look like they can go on for another 5-7k kms more, I have a long drive coming up, so I'm contemplating getting new ones before the drive. Any recommendations specific to the XUV? I still have to go around town getting quotes, and I felt this might be a good place to start the hunt.[/QUOTE] Well, the XUV and the Scorpio now share the same tyre size - 235/65 R17. I know you have the W8 4x2 variant, but you still do a fair amount of cross country driving. I have been using Pirelli Scorpio ATR tyres (235/65 R17) on the new Scorpio - and these are brilliant all-terrain tyres. I would think this would suit the XUV also pretty well. However, they cost a pretty packet - around 14K plus per tyre. If you think that's a bit steep then look at Continental Cross Contacts as a second choice. Again I've heard great reviews for this. Third choice, the bone stock BridgeStone Dueler HTs are also decent. Yokohama's are good - I've had good experience with them on the older Scorpio, but of late, I've heard a lot of people complaining about Yokos.

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Kaiserketkar | 8 years ago

My XUV's crossed 60k kms, and although the shoes look like they can go on for another 5-7k kms more, I have a long drive coming up, so I'm contemplating getting new ones before the drive. Any recommendations specific to the XUV? I still have to go around town getting quotes, and I felt this might be a good place to start the hunt.

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