205/70VR14 Michelin XWX - buy now!

Hi

i apologise for such a brutally commercial posting.

I think in the next few weeks te price of the 205/70VR14 XWX i going to go up in price. our retail currently is low compared to where it should be so i would jump on it now if i were you.

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres/ferrari/dino.html

Put it this way, they definately are not going to go down in price, unless the currency does something strong. And if i was clever enough to know what the currency was going to do - i wouldnt be selling tyres

 

Time is running out.

 

Hi

The CN36 are undoubtly great tyres. A bit of exciting news is next week we will receive a new tyre in the CN36. a 195/70VR14, which you might like on an early Dino. they are however made for the Alfa Romeo Montreal, loads of classic Mercedes and BMW and a few other bits and bobs. But the CN36 are great.

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/pirelli-collezione/cinturato-cn36.html

The Michelin XWX i think have been made in Serbia for well over 10 years now. (possibly as much as 15 years?) I don't beleive their should be any handling differences. I am aware that the tyre is no longer made of the same substances, becuase some of those substances it now illegal to use in tyre production.


I do have experience of Michelin on my own cars over this period fitting the XAS tyres from France and from Serbia on a selection of Daimler V8 250 Saloons, Zetch engined Ford Cortina and Alfa Romeo and i don't think there was a difference in the handling characteristics of these tyres.

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/michelin-classic-tyres/xas.html

I do currently have the XVS (very similar to XAS) on My Shadow 1, which is a big fat hefty wallowey car if ever there was one, but fitting the Michelin made a great improvement. Its directional stability was very much improved.



In my experience the current productions of Michelin classic tyres is as good as the old ones. I have had one or 2 people disagree but not enough to warrent my beleiving it, and lets face it there are plently of people out there with an axe to grind agaist Michelin. When you are the best everyone wants to have a go at you specially if they are not cheap (just to clarify before a barage comes through - i think Pirelli and Michelin are the best classic tyres. there prices are fair for what they are, but i dont deny it amounts to a large hole in your credit card bill - but then they would wouldnt they)

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/michelin-classic-tyres/xwx.html

Putting an old tyre back on, will feel stiffer - less subtly in the compounds and less tread depth. I know the XWX feels different and weighs less than the older ones, but i beleive the original handling characteristics are the same.

was the handling difference subtle?
did you check the tyre pressures 10 miles after fitting?
did you try a bit more tyre pressure?
sorry - i don't want to teach peoples grandmothers to suck eggs

I admit i have never had a car on XWX. I did have a V12 Jag that when it came to the point i might have to stick a set of XWX on it i flogged it quick because my wife just kept having babies and i had spent all my money on a chain driven vintage racing car.

get a load of my overtaking manouver up the inside at second 0:48

I flogged my Jag and bought this sensible family car



Avon CR6ZZ are going through a tricky patch, However i beleive it will be resolved. The Avon Factory has been shut but the range will continue. My stocks are currently pretty good. but don't dawdle if you want some. We do ship them all over the world

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/vintage-tyres/avon-cr6zz.html

Sadly the CR6ZZ look a bit silly on a 70's car. that tread pattern has nothing to do with classic cars it is completely modern. However they do make a good racing tyre on an old car, because they have built a great carcass to suit your chassis

However for road cars we do also have the Pirelli Cinturato P5 now https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/pirelli-collezione/p5.html a great tyre and the best value classic tyre in the size 215/70R15 by miles.

then we also have the CN12 https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/pirelli-collezione/cinturato-cn12.html a bit earlier Lamborghini and Maserati, Aston Martin, De Tomaso etc tyre. they also make a 255/60R15 CN12 which i should get again in a month or so for the back of the Muira SV.

hot news it the 205VR14 CN72 should be with us soon for the 275GTB and loads of 330 models. https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/pirelli-collezione/cinturato-cn72.html

we could probaly do some great Pirelli for an Alpine A110 https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres/alpine-renault/a110.html we have 165R13 CN36 and coming soon again 185/70R13 CN36

 

Hi

Yep this is it

https://cinturato.net/images/test-classic-tyres-0716.pdf

It is well within the Serbian production.

I must say i was suprised by the results the XWX got. I wonder about date codes and freshness of the tyres tested. but that might just be me making excuses for them, as a strong Michelin advocate who has only ever had good experience. Really the reason i think the Michelin didn't do so well is i think the XWX reacts better to a heavier car, and this test was for a Porsche. I was dissappointed by Michelins wet results, but i don't think it is really built as a wet tyre, but again is that me making excuses, though a date code issue would effect that. I do actually think the Vredestein is a bit soft which would give it a leg up in the wet. However this is the bit i really think is the bit that matters, and in my mind the reason you buy a Ferrari and stick a Michelin or a Pirelli on it:-

"On the almost 3km long Tazio Nuvolari circuit south of Milan, the test driver had ample opportunity to test this, especially when the tyres from Blockley were straining for a connection between the car and the road; with a lack of lateral guidance and a swerving back axle the driver experienced a rollercoaster ride. The Vredestein Sprint classics also made it difficult to keep the rear axle in the lane. On the other hand the Porsche is well balanced on the road with Michelin and Pirelli"

I can confidently say if i was hammering a really fast '60s, 70's and '80s Super car, be it a Ferrari, Lambo (or even my old XJ12 that i did 147mph in) i would want to do it with Michelin or Pirelli rubber between my rims and the road.

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres/ferrari.html

Incidentally; i dont know why they put rolling resistence on there. Its totally unfair. there was no such thing as rolling resistence when those period tyres were developed. They only invented it somewhat later. There is no reason why the Blockley and Vredestein would not smash it out the park on rolling resistence as completely new tyres.