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Avon AX7 (265/60 R18 114H) XL
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tut_gareth
 


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Avon AX7 (265/60 R18 114H) XL

Anyone used these tyres before?
Opinions please?

https://www.halfordsautocentres.com/tyres/...4h-xl-73bc


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Post #206292621st Jun 2019 6:52 pm
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Red Merle
 


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I’ve bought lots of Avons over the years and never seen that before. Must be new...
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
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Post #206293421st Jun 2019 7:04 pm
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tut_gareth
 


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Think they must be, i have looked at new tyres for the last 3 months and these only popped up yesterday..
I'm stuck between getting these or Goodyear Wrangler HPs....
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Post #206303522nd Jun 2019 7:02 am
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tut_gareth
 


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Bought these today, they look good and are fairly quiet on the road which is good. look quite chunky and will be ok off road i think.

But, unbeknown to me they have a M&S sign on them and are rather soft compound, not sure they'll last that long..

Might be on the lookout for some 19's with more road based tyres quite soon.
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Post #206443527th Jun 2019 6:44 pm
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Red Merle
 


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I’ve never had anything but M+S rated tyres on LR’s over the last 300,000 miles or so and have never had reason to regret it (and a fair few reasons to be grateful for it! Thumbs Up ).

The current Michelin Latitudes have a noticeably harder compound than my usual Pirelli Scorpion Verdi’s, yet they seem to be on course to last the usual 35,000 miles or so - so there’s little logic! I’m interested to see how they go. I’ve previously bought a lot of Avon’s, but they only do my current size as a pure road tyre Sad

It’s interesting, looking st the photo, that they’ve embossed a stylised union flag into the Avon logo on the sidewall - finally promoting their British connections, just as they’re closing the UK factory and shipping it overseas. As a matter of curiosity, where does it say that they’ve been made?
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #206444827th Jun 2019 7:15 pm
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tut_gareth
 


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Cant see any "made in" signs hopefully still the UK...
Yes i'll get round to cleaning the tyre gunk off soon..ish.
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Post #206458828th Jun 2019 11:19 am
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Red Merle
 


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It's curious that there's no sign of where they're made.

60 Profile rubber Thumbs Up I wish I could fit those to the Fatty - 55's your lot!
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #206504030th Jun 2019 11:18 am
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LeighW
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tut_gareth wrote:






Cant see any "made in" signs hopefully still the UK...
Yes i'll get round to cleaning the tyre gunk off soon..ish.


Zoom in on your 4th image and it says "Made in China" in the box under the 'A' in 'AX7'
 LeighW

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* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours) 
 
Post #206985921st Jul 2019 6:23 am
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tut_gareth
 


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Shocked so it does! In the smallest writing. Not a massive suprise tbh. Think a lot of the cooper owned tyres are made there now.
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Post #206986221st Jul 2019 7:05 am
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Red Merle
 


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After buying UK made Avon tyres, where ever possible, (since the 1980’s) it’s a shame, but inevitable.

For an American owned company, who’ve now shifted manufacturing to China and made our people redundant, the new stylised union flag logo is a bit cynical.
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #206995421st Jul 2019 4:35 pm
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Skynet
 


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Cooper Tires (yank spelling) based in Melksham, Wiltshire alongside the river at the old Avon factory recently made 600 redundant. There are 300 or so workers left and will be producing mostly motorbike tyres. The factory is old, enclosed by housing, has no space to expand and so is difficult to upgrade which are a few reasons why they are moving out.
 Dave
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D4 2016 SE, White

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Post #206997021st Jul 2019 5:25 pm
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Skynet
 


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Being a mate one of the test engineers, I've been running Cooper weathermaster for the last couple of years and they have worn very well for an M&S tyre.
 Dave
D3 2006 HSE, Cairns Blue - gone
D4 2016 SE, White

Wessex 4x4 Response
http://www.wessex4x4response.org.uk/ 
 
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