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02/07/2009, 11:45 Jonzjob Joined on 23/08/2004 Nr Carcassonne, 11 Posts 3,748 Fulda tyres? Has anyone had any experience with Fulda tyres and if so are they any good compaired to the other major marques? John. Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf. http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/    Report

02/07/2009, 13:57 Bob T Joined on 05/10/2006 Dordogne Posts 1,176 Re: Fulda tyres? Very popular in Germany. My Dad used to use them back in the 70's. Bob T 24 http://aircreationtanarg.blogspot.com/    Report

02/07/2009, 14:20 DerekJ Joined on 19/10/2007 Surrey and the Lot Posts 645 Re: Fulda tyres? Owned by Goodyear. Derek “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”    Report

02/07/2009, 15:18 Chancer Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 4,072 Re: Fulda tyres? "All the taxi drivers round here use them" Stock tyre fitters reply when you say that you have never heard of the happy go-lucky brand tyre that they are trying to fob off on you In this case a lot of taxi drivers do use Fulda, Barum etc.      Report

02/07/2009, 19:10 dave21478 Joined on 04/09/2006 Tarn Posts 606 Re: Fulda tyres? In my experience, they are middle-of-the-range tyres with pretentions of high performance. I ran a set of 4 on a trackday car I used to own untill they wore out, and had no real complaints. I replaced them with Goodyear Eagle F1`s and noticed a decent improvement in wet weather grip though. I would certainly have no qualms running them on a family road car.    Report

02/07/2009, 20:54 Jonzjob Joined on 23/08/2004 Nr Carcassonne, 11 Posts 3,748 Re: Fulda tyres? Thank you all for your info. I may well give them a try because I have not been impressed very much by the set of Michelin Primacy that came with our new C4. They have lasted just over 22.000K and all 4 are just about down to the wear bars! Al 4 worn evenly. I am not a slow driver, but not a tearaway by a long chalk! I've always been impressed with Michelin, but!!!??? John. Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf. http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/    Report

03/07/2009, 9:20 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 2,461 Re: Fulda tyres?  Jonzjob wrote: Thank you all for your info. I may well give them a try because I have not been impressed very much by the set of Michelin Primacy that came with our new C4. They have lasted just over 22.000K and all 4 are just about down to the wear bars! Al 4 worn evenly. I am not a slow driver, but not a tearaway by a long chalk! I've always been impressed with Michelin, but!!!??? We also have Pilot Primacy tyres on our soon to be three year old diesel Focus estate auto. They've done 53400 kms. and I'll be asking the garage to look at them on the next service with a view to replacing them about next Spring. There was an earlier discussion on tyre wear and I was amazed then at how few kilometres some posters were quoting when they had to buy new. Benjamin Is Miki back?    Report

03/07/2009, 13:07 Jonzjob Joined on 23/08/2004 Nr Carcassonne, 11 Posts 3,748 Re: Fulda tyres? If the fronts had worn quicker than the rears I could understand it, but to have all 4 wear the same is quite bizare. I know that the alignment of all 4 wheels is OK because the wear is totally even! Quite bizar! John. Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf. http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/    Report

03/07/2009, 14:05 Chancer Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 4,072 Re: Fulda tyres? When I raced in a roadgoing series we used to get tyres scrubbed to the wear bars before using them on the track, it increased grip but also bizzarely longevity, if using new tyres under these admittedly extreme conditions then they would wear out the outer edge in one session to below the wear markers whereaas pre-scrubbed tyres wore evenly across the tread and would last a whole season if you were really hard up, most were changed fairly frequently to keep the lap times down. I now buy my pre-scrubbed tyres from the scrap yard, the set I bought over 2 years ago are still serving me well and I have done double the mileage that you have got from yours, I sincerely believe that when most people change their tyres (when they are approaching the wear limit) the best part of their usefull life is still ahead of them. When I bought my current tyres it looked like they were close to the wear markers (although it can be deceiving) well intentioned neighbours told me "you should think about changing them soon", 2 years and 45K kms later and I am still getting the same comments, they are all pretty much evenly down to the wear markers so it is time to change, I will keep my eyes peeled for your Michelins JonzJob PS I assume to have worn evenly you have already swopped them front to back JonzJob?    Report

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