Barum tyres?

[Fuchs]

Any good?

Acceptable?

Anyone have any comments?

[HustleRussell]

Good tyres, decent performance for price and nice and quiet.
I think I tried Bravuris 2s

ETA Generous rim protection too

Edited by HustleRussell on Thursday 13th December 10:38

[Fuchs]

Thanks!

Forgot to add:

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i'm looking at winter tyres.....

But im in Switzerland so maybe i can avoid all the winter tyres yes/no discussion malarky.....

[sjc]

HustleRussell said:

Good tyres, decent performance for price and nice and quiet.
I think I tried Bravuris 2s

This,exact same opinion.
Done 8,000 miles so far on 215/50/17 Bravuris 2's very impressed as an all round tyre. Also held up very very well in recent bad weather. Got me down an "impossible,turn round mate you got no chance!" hill in my 75 when literally everyone else had given up.
Think they're owned by Continental? Great mid-range tyre.

Edited by sjc on Thursday 13th December 10:42

[g3org3y]

sjc said:

This,exact same opinion.
Done 8,000 miles so far on 215/50/17 Bravuris 2's very impressed as an all round tyre. Also held up very very well in recent bad weather. Think they're owned by continenetal? Great mid-range tyre.

Believe so. Czech according to Wikipedia.

[bmthnick1981]

Had them all round on my old E39 530i Touring. No complaints.

[SMGB]

Conti's value brand, good performance but dont last as long. I have them all round on the MGB where at 1 to 2 thousand miles a year they expire on time before tread depth, The cars that get used I put premium tyres on that last and grip, the Fiat is on Goodyears and the TF on Yokohamas.
The B steers nicley rides well and corners fine you can point it on the throttle and they dont howl while you are doing it. 3 years old and the rears are 1/2 worn so they will do one more season then be changed which is about right for how long I like to keep them. As that car lives in a garage where UV is limited they could possibly last longer, but why take the chance.

[vetrof]

sjc said:

Think they're owned by continenetal? Great mid-range tyre.

Czech company in some kind of joint venture with Continental. Default tyre for a lot of Czechs. They do make excellent winter tyres. I think Polaris 3 is their latest.

[Rollcage]

Sometimes available as a BOGOF at National Tyres - worth looking at.

[Fuchs]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply.

[TameRacingDriver]

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They aren't Michelins, WTF are you playing at, do you want to die?

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[andye30m3]

Another thumbs up from me, have them on the daily merc C220 barge, seam completely acceptable in terms of performance for the car and have so far done the best part of 20,000miles,

They'll need changing shortly and very likely to go for them again

[edpurnell]

Used them for about 3 or four years. Good value for money. I used them during Mar-Oct and found them acceptable in both wet and dry.)n Laguna sport tourer and W124 Merc.

[Rovinghawk]

When my Aero's current tyres die I'll replace them with Barum- always been happy with them.

RH

[5harp3y]

had them on last few cars and OH's Polo has them on now. really impressive for the price.

[Fuchs]

Thanks all.

Decision made - Polaris 3 winter tyres going onto the VR6 on saturday to replace the worn out Nokians.

[vrsmxtb]

Thumbs up on the bravuris 2s.

[Raize]

I have them on my 924 and didn't crash yet. But then again I haven't done many miles and I am a very careful driver.

[Dominicc01]

Yep, had them on the Jag. They were fine.