With 16,000 on the car and having a general grease up and chassis nut and bolt tighten up at the front end I noticed the original equipment Conti's were down to about 2mm front and back.
This is time for replacement so on contacting my normal tyre suppliers/fitters was told the Conti's were unavailable. He asked whether I had ever tried Toyo's no being the reply, he recommended them as being sticky once the initial 200 mls has depleted the oiliness apparently carried near the surface of the tyre post manufacture.
Well I had them fitted yesterday a.m. and needing to know how sticky they were to be have enjoyed 200 miles at moderate speeds.
This afternoon the proof of their stickiness was tested shall we say and as always this guys tyre knowledge never ceases to impress me. I would recommend them in this application, the car feels more stable and holds on during cornering and in the wet a lot better than the O.E.
I'm not expecting fantastic mileage out of them but quite expect them to match the Conti's.
