Member Since: 27 Feb 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 9
Should I, shouldn't I
Hi all. Following on from my hello last night, went to see the D3 and bought it. All seems good with it ( smells of dog- how do you shift that?) the one thing that is a bit off is tyres. The rear are Pirelli scorpion zero with lots of tread, the front though are a generic SUV tyre, quite bulbous on the side and clearly have a higher profile than the scorpions. Apart from aesthetics am I doing any damage driving with different front and back?
Ideally I would like to get four new ( perhapsAT3 s) but guess they are not cheap and probably should save funds for egr, handbrake etc. Advice please!
I would stick with scorps bud
Welcome to the forum Good luck with your new purchase
If it smells of dog get rid of the dog
No seriously you simply have to give it a good valet with the correct products .
The dog smell is easy to get rid of
28th Feb 2017 7:57 pm
L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2080
It is desirable to have all tyres the same make and tread pattern but definitely not different sizes. Are yours actually different sizes, look at the size on the tyre walls. Should be something like 255/60 x 18 .
Having wheels rotating at different rates can throw up all sorts of issues including damage. The speed and load ratings need to be adequate , its a heavy vehicle .
28th Feb 2017 8:01 pm
trailhound
Member Since: 27 Aug 2015
Location: Colchester
Posts: 697
Re: Should I, shouldn't I
Lowland wrote:
Hi all. Following on from my hello last night, went to see the D3 and bought it. All seems good with it ( smells of dog- how do you shift that?) the one thing that is a bit off is tyres. The rear are Pirelli scorpion zero with lots of tread, the front though are a generic SUV tyre, quite bulbous on the side and clearly have a higher profile than the scorpions. Apart from aesthetics am I doing any damage driving with different front and back?
Ideally I would like to get four new ( perhapsAT3 s) but guess they are not cheap and probably should save funds for egr, handbrake etc. Advice please!
See what you've got as a spare underneath. If that's half decent track a matching one down and get a cheapo spare - Like the one I'm selling
28th Feb 2017 8:03 pm
Lowland
Member Since: 27 Feb 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 9
Thanks folks. Picking it up on friday. Will check exact size , profile weight load etc then. It did have matching pirelli on all corners but apparently the fron two were at 3 ml when dealer took it in part ex. Thought that much difference in wear was a bit odd also. They had done 20k though.
28th Feb 2017 8:28 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13629
had some cooper at/3 fitted to mine
only done around 500 miles in them, but personally found them very good
do get a slight road noise from them, found them excellent in the snow
first 100 x miles they were a bit twitchy but after that am pleased with them
haven't given them a good test off road yet
good luck with the D3 , only had mine 4-5 months and feel it's the best landy i've owned , an awesome thing to drive
28th Feb 2017 9:42 pm
Lowland
Member Since: 27 Feb 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 9
Pirelli zeros or general at3 s
Picking up D3 tomorrow. Already decided I can't live with mix match tyres so throwing it out there Pirelli scorpion zero or grabber at3?
Personally think grabbers would look better but car does have 2 pirellis on rear so could keep them as spares.........
I'm with Beanie, 2 Scorps, leave cash to sort anything that may come along then decisde on which tyres further down the line or [/url]http://disco3.co.uk/forum/topic157280.html[url] something along these lines.
Best of luck with it, will look forward to seeing the pics.[/url]Paul.
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2nd Mar 2017 9:28 pm
Lowland
Member Since: 27 Feb 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Thanks for that, will take the advice I think as long as rear tread is enough. Thanks for the help!
2nd Mar 2017 10:28 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Zeros have a very short life span 15k at best, scorp ATR meant to be double if not treble the life of the zeros.
Let us know how you get on with the doggy smell as Im interested in that, two years later I can still whif it every now and then almost as bad as a smokers car!
2nd Mar 2017 10:29 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13629
lynall
ref the doggy smell
i've got a small nilfisk steamer, filled the tank with some frebrezze and steamed cleaned all the seats
smell gone as when using the steamer it's pumped right into the cloth seats
used a white cloth over the end of the steamer plate and couldn't believe how dirty they were
u can also use some diluted vinegar , using a spray bottle onto the seats
2nd Mar 2017 11:26 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Gary leather on mine, the smell isnt there all the time but sometimes I hop in and think whoaa sat in back for 20 mins the other week with hot engine and rear overhead heaters on full chat toasty hot but had to check bottom of shoes as was convinced by the smell there was dog on them!
Ive got some a/c bombs somewhere time to give it a treat I think.
3rd Mar 2017 3:07 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13629
lynall
noticed also at times a doggy smell was coming out of the carpets
must admit steam cleaning all the carpets as well made it smell considerably better
didn't realise ref the ac,
wonder if the ac is low on pressure if it would ever cause an issue regarding smell etc
3rd Mar 2017 8:07 pm
Lowland
Member Since: 27 Feb 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 9
So bought the D3 home on Friday, all good so far! Gonna have tyres on the drive fit scorpion zeros on front this week. Only do about 7000 miles a year so not so bothered about longevity, reckon the rears will need replacing in that time anyway so can give more thought to replacing all four then.
The smell! Some times it's not too bad, sometimes I think I'm going to choke on it!!
Bought 2 air fresheners one in front one in back and thought I had cured it -wrong! Masked it for 24 hrs though.
Like the steam clean idea but have leather so not sure about that. We have a mobile valentine guy locally who friends have used, seems to do an awesome job and is very reasonably priced so going to try him with a focus on dog smell. Thought the dealer had done a good job on valeting but looking closer ( rear air vents, plastic around autu shift stick) it seems it was superficial.
Photos to follow but can't bring myself to photo until it has new boots!
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sat in back for 20 mins the other week with hot engine and rear overhead heaters on full chat toasty hot but had to check bottom of shoes as was convinced by the smell there was dog 
on them!
