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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: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
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21st Jun 2019 7:04 pm
tut_gareth
Member Since: 10 Dec 2018
Location: West Byfleet
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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....08 D3 TDV6 SE
22nd Jun 2019 7:02 am
tut_gareth
Member Since: 10 Dec 2018
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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.08 D3 TDV6 SE
27th Jun 2019 6:44 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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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! ).
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
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: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
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!)
27th Jun 2019 7:15 pm
tut_gareth
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Location: West Byfleet
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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.08 D3 TDV6 SE
28th Jun 2019 11:19 am
Red Merle
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Location: Liskeard
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It's curious that there's no sign of where they're made.
60 Profile rubber 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: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
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!)
30th Jun 2019 11:18 am
LeighW D3 Decade
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Location: Brisbane, AUS
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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)
21st Jul 2019 6:23 am
tut_gareth
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Location: West Byfleet
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so it does! In the smallest writing. Not a massive suprise tbh. Think a lot of the cooper owned tyres are made there now.08 D3 TDV6 SE
21st Jul 2019 7:05 am
Red Merle
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Location: Liskeard
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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: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
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!)
21st Jul 2019 4:35 pm
Skynet
Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
Posts: 868
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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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
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so it does! In the smallest writing. Not a massive suprise tbh. Think a lot of the cooper owned tyres are made there now.
