My Scenic is fitted with Continental ecocontact ep 195/65 R15 91T tyres. There is a nick in the wall of one of them so it needs replacing. I tried my local National garage and they offered me a Avon which I declined.
I can't seem to find anywhere that has this brand of tyre, the closest seems to be CONTINENTAL - ECO CONTACT 3 .
Steve Rainbird ( snipped-for-privacy@rainbird.me.nospam.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Looking at Continental's website, they don't seem to list the EcoContact EP any more - so the EcoContact 3 is probably the nearest you're likely to get.
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Be very well worth looking at the rest of the tyres, and think about replacing as a pair.
mytyres.co.uk are usually cheaper than blackcircles - same system except that BC inc all costs, but mytyres only inc delivery, vat etc and you pay the fitter locally yourself.
Bought some tyres from mytyres recently. (17th feb) They were unable to take payment from the switch card apparently, but sent the tyres anyway, very promptly (IIRC, the monday following the friday). (I'm sure the card number was correct, and there were funds in the account.)
They still have not cashed the cheque sent them 2 weeks ago, and the email informing me that the payment had failed had a phone number that gave unobtainable.
4* michilin P3000 energy, about 100 quid.
The tyres were supplied in pairs, strapped together with fiberglass strapping, and no protection between that and the beads.
I wonder if the fact that the tyres leaked for the first week or so is related.
So, on the minus side, poor communication. On the plus side, free tyres!
Yep, the rubber needs time to remove the 'set' that the strapping put on it just like a flat spot on tyres that have been on a car sat idle for some time. On my car two tyres are still deflating slowly even though the tyre places and dealer have said valve and tyre bead AOK. I'm about ready to see if I can get the whells replaced under warranty.
We had the same issue with the MX5. Non-repairable puncture on a 50% worn discontinued tyre. The official replacement was a completely different tread pattern. I didn't feel too bad about it after I'd had a close look, though. There was plenty of tread left, but the rubber looked old. Previous owner must have been a nun. I'm not convinced of the freshness of the online tyre dealers' stock lists, though; one of them claimed to have the discontinued tyre. I phoned to check. They didn't.
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