Tyre question,

[lozz]

Any one heard of CHAMPIRO tyres, the side walls are Marked M&s so iguess the all year tires, Winter and summer or is that just mud and snow ?

theyve not been on the car long by the look of them there new,

but the Make, at first ihad to look twice ithought it said CHIMP iros

Are they Garbage ?

ihope the Mayan's havnt made them,

[steve_earwig]

Made by GT who seem to be an Asian tyre co that have been about for a while, the word seems to be they're quite good for cheap tyres. Dunno about the M&S, if it's not got the snowflake on the mountain thing it's pretty meaningless.

[lozz]

Cheers steve,

not seen these tyres before so after looking at them properly they look cheap things, (They look like them Nankang ditchfinders, )
Some links on Google : sugest there kwikfits budget tyres,

imight just get some fresh rims, perhaps Nimrods and grab some, Kleber tyres, ive heard theyre good for there money's worth,

[Welly]

Late response alert!

Champiro's were made for and marketed by Kwik-Fit as far as I know.

They're budget tyres but not bad tyres. We had some on an FTO we had; typically you might find them a bit noisy and let go easily in the wet (just what you need ).

[lozz]

Cheers welly,

ive left the Tyres on for now, Had the local tyre fitter look over them and he rekoned they where ok, and Safe,
and that there the middle of the range for that brand.

Tbh there not not noisy,and fairly ok in the wet,

it was just the make that put me off them at first, idont mind budget tyres but id rather not have something that is going to break up like Re-moulds or something,

Going to leave them on until summer time, and just bin them with the allo'ys.

[Doggy]

I had a set on the Carlton. Seemed rock hard, not that grippy at the front but marvellous for power slides.

[lozz]

I had a set on the Carlton. Seemed rock hard, not that grippy at the front but marvellous for power slides.

[lozz]

Well,ifound out how good the tyres where,

theyve got me through the snowy period well,
but now theyve got to be binned, there noisy, and the driverside front, the casing on the tyre wall is breaking up,

im going to run it on a set of standard steelies that ive got till isource some decent one's.

So iguess the M&S logo means mud and snow, (winter use ) im guessing,

[steve_earwig]

Nope, it means mud and snow - apparently there are no standards (as there are from proper winter tyres with the snowflake on a mountain emblem) so manufacturers can stick it on whatever tyres they like.

[lozz]

Thanks steve,

[Sonia406]

Cheers welly,

ive left the Tyres on for now, Had the local tyre fitter look over them and he rekoned they where ok, and Safe,
and that there the middle of the range for that brand.

Tbh there not not noisy,and fairly ok in the wet,

it was just the make that put me off them at first, idont mind budget tyres but id rather not have something that is going to break up like Re-moulds or something,

Going to leave them on until summer time, and just bin them with the allo'ys.

Sounds like the best idea.........

[lozz]

Aye,yeah imight just bin the alloys,

theyre Megga heavy anyway, 25kg each at a guess, at first ithought they where cast iron,

peugeot didnt scrimp on metal on them anyway, not good on the old hernia's when changing them,

[Sonia406]

That's Peugeot for you I do love my Peugeot, perhaps a little too obsessed

[lozz]

yes there abrilliant car,
very reliable,

ive left the 306 in the garage for days and days, (went out and drove something else,) got bored with that as per-usual,
and gone back to the pug, always fires up 1st turn of the key, :very reliable, apart from the tyres but theyve had some
torture recently so, i carnt complain,

[Sonia406]

yes there abrilliant car,
very reliable,

ive left the 306 in the garage for days and days, (went out and drove something else,) got bored with that as per-usual,
and gone back to the pug, always fires up 1st turn of the key, :very reliable, apart from the tyres but theyve had some
torture recently so, i carnt complain,

Errr - what was this ''something else''


Come on you, elaborate!