Davanti Tyres

[r11co]

George111 said:

Seriously? Why spend the cash on a 535d and then put cheap tyres on it - does not compute.

(You've have no idea how much he spent on the car. Your perception of its value is based purely on the brand and model connotations).

[TooMany2cvs]

ljw2k said:

Would you say £100 plus a corner was cheap tyres?

What size?

Edited by TooMany2cvs on Tuesday 9th February 08:37

[Bonefish Blues]

cf OP's OP...

[TooMany2cvs]

Bonefish Blues said:

cf OP's OP...

Oh, right. Him still.

Yes, we did that umpty-seven pages ago. No, that's not a cheap price at all. They might or might not be cheap tyres, but it's not a cheap price.

[GroundEffect]

r11co said:

George111 said:

Seriously? Why spend the cash on a 535d and then put cheap tyres on it - does not compute.

(You've have no idea how much he spent on the car. Your perception of its value is based purely on the brand and model connotations).

It's an F10 - it's fairly new. It's an expensive powertrain.

[xjay1337]

George111 said:

Seriously ? Why spend the cash on a 535d and then put cheap tyres on it - does not compute.

I thought the same :/

Unless he is being very kind and risking several hundreds of pounds for the sake of testing for us.

[TooMany2cvs]

GroundEffect said:

r11co said:

George111 said:

Seriously? Why spend the cash on a 535d and then put cheap tyres on it - does not compute.

(You've have no idea how much he spent on the car. Your perception of its value is based purely on the brand and model connotations).

It's an F10 - it's fairly new. It's an expensive powertrain.

The cheapest F10 535d in the PH classifieds is £22k. The second cheapest is £25k.

And the OP's "£100/tyre" is a bit over a 10% saving compared to known and respected brands. Let's be bold and say £100 saving on a set of four tyres for his £20k+ car. Not, of course, that he can get his rear tyre size from Davanti at any price, because they don't list that size at all...

[ljw2k]

My tyres are 19's.

How does the car look do you think it sits right!

[valiant]

At least they have a normal sounding name, well for a tyre company at least.

Waiting at a set of traffic lights with a cement truck next to me sporting a set of 'Double Happiness' tyres. Funnily the guy driving it didn't seem even remotely happy let alone doubly happy.

[Mr2Mike]

r11co said:

Mr2Mike said:

I've been disappointed on several visits to similar establishments. Shiny premises and coffee machines and magazines in the waiting area are no guarantee that you won't be fed a load of BS and be charged for non-existent work.

Being charged for four wheel alignment on a car with no facility to adjust the rear geometry was a favourite. They even produced a result sheet that showed the rear geometry had changed, but back-pedalled rather quickly when I asked to see where the adjusters were and just charged me for tracking (which is all they'd done).

Ah yes, I know. It is to discredit the opinions of independent tyre retailers so that anything said by them can be ignored by yourselves, just leaving your own opinions to stand. Same way as someone tried to allege (incorrectly) I was a shill for the industry. Ad-hominem argument.

You really need to have a word with yourself. It was an anecdote, a personal experience which related to another posters experience. It was not an ad-hominem argument in any way, shape or form. In fact I would go so far as to suggest it was a little off-topic.

r11co said:

To whit I'll add some unrelated service.

No-one has said these are the greatest tyres on the planet, but the way you guys want to condemn them it is as if their brand manager insulted your scented granny or something.

When this thread started I had never heard of the brand. I still know nothing empirical about their products, but I'll tell you this - all credit to them for having a go at the unenviable task of trying to establish a brand presence against the Luddite mindset of some of the dinosaurs inhabiting these forums.

Yep congratulations to them for sourcing some cheap Chinese tyres, putting their own brand on them and then selling them with a huge markup. Excellent business if you can pull the less informed punters in. Excellent tyres? Probably not.


Back on topic, do you have any more gems to share with us?

ljw2k said:

My tyres are 19's.

How does the car look do you think it sits right!

It leaves a sour taste in my mouth to be honest.

Edited by Mr2Mike on Tuesday 9th February 17:17

Edited by Mr2Mike on Tuesday 9th February 17:20

[jon-]

How is this thread still going?

Anyway, tyrepress have released their write up. It's behind a tyrewall, but here's a few quotes

tyrepress said:

It has brought three benchmarking products for Collier to test against – the budget Hi Fly HF201, the mid-range Nexen NBlue Eco, representing a similar price point to the Davanti DX390, and the premium ContiPremiumContact 5.

Over the ten days, Collier will complete a full series of objective and subjective tests, comprising dry braking and handling, wet braking and handling, and longitudinal aquaplaning. The ultimate objective is to test how Davanti performs relative to other tyres on the market, while identifying areas of performance that can be developed and improved in future products. Two sizes are tested – 185/60R15 fitted to a Volkswagen Polo Blue GT and 205/55R16 fitted to a Volkswagen Golf GTI V7.

When Tyrepress goes out on the dry handling circuit with Collier, he is clearly impressed with what he sees, praising the tyre’s “self-correction,” and balance. He explains that the “interaction of the compound and the construction gives a balanced performance”, meaning he only needs to make “gentle adjustments” in order to get the car back into line. While Collier describes the DX390’s response as “delayed” in comparison with the premium ContiSportContact 5, he ultimately rates the tyre above the NBlue Eco, and significantly higher than the HF201.

On the wet handling circuit, there is a similar result, with the Davanti tyre just shading ahead against the Nexen in lap times by an average of 0.02s. Subjectively, Collier scores the two tyre neck and neck, with the Conti well ahead and the Hi Fly well behind. Collier says the tyre was “very neutral with a very stable rear axle and no oversteer response.”

In dry braking, the Davanti tyre finishes third, with the Hi Fly putting in a surprising second place performance, but it is back to the same order for wet braking. Finally in aquaplaning the Davanti and Nexen tyres finishes tied again for second. In the testing summaries, Collier ranks the Davanti DX390 just ahead of the Nexen NBlue Eco; a good result for the brand.

I think at their price point, on par with Nexen is a good result, but the independent tester clearly thinks they're not on point with Conti.

[ljw2k]

Funny that as it always makes me smile when I drive it but I opted for the white flavour with a hint of Alpine.

Proof Davanti 275-35x19's as on my car

Edited by ljw2k on Tuesday 9th February 17:31

Edited by ljw2k on Tuesday 9th February 17:35

[xjay1337]

Why did you do that?

[r11co]

xjay1337 said:

Why did you do that?

Because some doubting Thomas in this thread was utterly convinced the tyres were not available in a size compatible with his car.

Not expecting any humility from that person though....

jon- said:

I think at their price point, on par with Nexen is a good result, but the independent tester clearly thinks they're not on point with Conti.

Nexen is an OEM supplier, so indeed a good result.

Edited by r11co on Tuesday 9th February 17:42

[ljw2k]

jon- said:

I think at their price point, on par with Nexen is a good result, but the independent tester clearly thinks they're not on point with Conti.

Let's hope they do the same test on the DX640's

[TooMany2cvs]

r11co said:

xjay1337 said:

Why did you do that?

Because some doubting Thomas in this thread was utterly convinced the tyres were not available in a size compatible with his car.

Not expecting any humility from that person though...

I'm only too happy to show contrition where it's deserved, but you might like to bear in mind that Davanti's own website says they aren't available in the sizes the OP originally mentioned...

ljw2k said:

My sizes are :

275-35x19 - Back
245-40x19 - Front

275/35x19 is not listed on http://www.davanti-tyres.com/ - the only 19" 275s they list are 275/45x19

Of course, I'm happy to accept that the manufacturer's own website doesn't actually know what they sell, if that's what you're suggesting.

Or maybe the OP somehow just happened to get hold of the first set delivered, and they just aren't official yet?

The most obvious solution, though, is that the OP's actually used a different size - I can't read the size from the sidewall in that pic. Can you?

[xjay1337]

I guess it makes sense. Sold over by the sales talk.

Unless the driver of said 535d has much in the way of feedback knowledge or pushes his car and understands physics no doubt they'll be "great cos they are quiet and do 20k a pair".

[jon-]

Perhaps ljw2k has a home advantage, Davanti offices are in Merseyside, as I believe is the location these photos were taken.

ljw2k said:

Funny that as it always makes me smile when I drive it but I opted for the white flavour with a hint of Alpine.

Proof Davanti 275-35x19's as on my car

For the record, I'm not implying anything.

[Chris1255]

After nuclear Armageddon only three things will be left. Cockroaches, Micra K11's and this thread.

[r11co]

xjay1337 said:

Unless the driver of said 535d has much in the way of feedback knowledge or pushes his car and understands physics no doubt they'll be "great cos they are quiet and do 20k a pair".

At least he's prepared to try them. Infinitely better placed to comment than someone who hasn't.