I Have just been offered at set of four brand new Avon ZV5's

[y2blade]

.....For £200

I was going to "stick" with Rainsport 2s...was going to get the Rainsports tomorrow after work.


Any Thoughts on the Avon ZV5's please?

[Krikkit]

Quite a lot of feedback here, they sound quite reasonable.

[y2blade]

Krikkit said:

Quite a lot of feedback here, they sound quite reasonable.

Perfect, thank you...they are not ditch finders then.

[StoatInACoat]

Got them on my 172. Wear not too bad, price good, I find them perfectly good for normal/spirited road driving in all conditions. I would definitely buy them again. They are a million times better than the contisports that come off which wore funny and were just crap and not far off the Michelin Exaltos I had either.

I do use different wheels/tyres on track so no idea how they would take that kind of abuse.

[y2blade]

Sounds good to me, I've just agreed to have them.


Thanks.

[jon-]

Should be on par with the Uniroyals.

Will actually be interesting to hear your feedback, so be sure to update the thread or submit a review to that nice link provided a few posts up

[y2blade]

jon- said:

Should be on par with the Uniroyals.

Will actually be interesting to hear your feedback, so be sure to update the thread or submit a review to that nice link provided a few posts up

Will do

Thanks.

[Rammy76]

y2blade said:

.....For £200

I was going to "stick" with Rainsport 2s...was going to get the Rainsports tomorrow after work.


Any Thoughts on the Avon ZV5's please?

Go for it!

I got them fitted to my Passat for motorway duties and they seem to be quiet and a good all round tyre. I'd definitely buy them again.

[lbc]

y2blade said:

.....For £200

I was going to "stick" with Rainsport 2s...was going to get the Rainsports tomorrow after work.


Any Thoughts on the Avon ZV5's please?

You don't mention the tyre size?

£200 could be too expensive for 165/70 x13 tyres

[y2blade]

lbc said:

y2blade said:

.....For £200

I was going to "stick" with Rainsport 2s...was going to get the Rainsports tomorrow after work.


Any Thoughts on the Avon ZV5's please?

You don't mention the tyre size?

£200 could be too expensive for 165/70 x13 tyres

Sorry they are 225/45-17 For my Audi S4

I don't own anything that takes peewee tyre sizes

[sparks_E39]

Avons are good tyre's and that's a great price! And I hate cheap nasty tyres...

[andy ted]

Is that mates rates? If not can you let me know where you are getting them from please? I would love a set in 225/55/16

Cheers!

Andy

[Baldy881]

I've got 4 of those on the Integrale. Don't think they cost much more than £200 when new.

I don't rag it, rag it, but it's been on a few on boost assaults and seems to have survived with that rubber

[dannygartside]

Blimey that's good for 4... the Bravo sport I pick up next week has the same size and I was wondering how much fresh rubber was gonna cost me....I shall investigate when the time comes

[y2blade]

andy ted said:

Is that mates rates?

No sorry, they are a one off.

[B5NXJ]

I fitted 4 on my car, absolutely fantastic in the wet and very good on snow, have a tendency to make a racket when they get too hot though.. all in all 9/10

[B5NXJ]

BTW I paid £300 for 4 at the end of last year.

[y2blade]

Had these fitted this afternoon, nothing much to say other than they seem quieter at speed than the RainSport2s were.

[y2blade]

A Little update now these are fully bedded-in and have been used in varied conditions.

Really pleased with them so far, the grip available even in greasy wet conditions like this morning is very good (partly down to the superb Torsen Quattro system).

The Avons are nice and quiet at speed, no tram-lining or anything untoward, I'd buy them for MissB's S60 next..and again for mine too next time around.




Interesting to see how they perform on the snow compared to Rainsport2s (they were very good last winter)

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 12th September 12:49