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Belle has the Avons. They were replaced by the garage before I bought the car as they had side wall cracks and failed the MOT after 6 years & 9,000 miles. The cracks were reported as advisories on the first MOT after 3 years!
So far (2 years in Sept) they perform well.
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Paul, I'm happy with the Avon ZV7's on my Roadster, just up the pressures for a track day
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Ref my "track day" comment about the Avon's.
It was really just a throw away comment and not meant as a review of the tyres track day suitability.
It is not that the ZV7's were a disaster, just that there is far more track focused rubber out there although that tends to be more available with lower profile tyres.
When I did a track day a couple of weeks ago , I felt that the tyres warmed up quickly but started to get a bit vague towards the end of each session.
However the tyres were also quite new with pretty much full tread depth which would not have helped.
Of course, there is always a compromise in this respect. Generally speaking track tyres are not great road tyres and vice versa.
In conclusion, The Avons were my choice because they will be used predominantly on road and were "acceptable" on track. But as I said before, they are "not the best track day tyres"
BTW Jon, I did increase the pressures and played with them a bit. Started with a 3psi increase which I upped to a 5psi increase as the day wore on.
So I had between 24 and 26 psi front and 26 to 28 in the rears. They were measured slightly warm as they didn't truly go cold between sessions.
BTW 2. Remember to drop the pressures again before you set off home after the track day. It was bl**dy awful on the road at the higher pressures.
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Generally speaking track tyres are not great road tyres and vice versa. Indeed - and of course the same is true of the whole car.
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Yes Tim, I can confirm that a Caterham is a better track car than a Morgan. Or maybe the Caterham drivers were just better drivers 
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I have ZV7 tyres on mine - 205/65 x 15 on the rear and 195/65 x 15 on the front. Car feels much more planted than the skinny little 165/80 x 15 I had on before.
Really happy with the Avons - I've swapped the fronts on my Tintop to Avon ZV7 as well and they are a massive improvement. Decent tyres at a sensible price.
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd"
1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
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