Petrolhead159

did use my car on the shoot today but i did go & feed the pigs, I got to play in the mud too

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im a fan of Mintex, have had the standard pads & the performance, have been happy with both. perform well straight out the box, last well & a good price. will be my next pads.

Welcome to the club :D

I would say its best to have the best tread on the front as thats where there is more going on (basing on off road conditions) However for normal road driving i would have the better (grippier) tyre on the rear so you don't loose the back end…can be fun when your expecting it & its controlled.

will do buddy, i will do it tomorrow when its light, I will be on a shoot so they will probably be a bit muddy.

nudge nudge thanks for the reminder David :) Filled up with Petrol on friday & it is still returning 31.69MPG, was at a shoot on saturday & it coped with everything just fine, so over the last week it has had various road driving & some off road. The only issue the car will have is bottoming out in ruts, i have had it trough some very sticky well churned up mud & its pulled through just fine. Would like to have a bash in the snow but it doesn't look like I'm going to get to play in that this year If i was in a position to buy tyres again then I would certainly get these again…Just got to keep an eye on the tyre wear from now.

I use BP's premium fuel, not sure what they call it these days but I've used it for over 10years

its MPGCalc

my mate got Autoguards fitted to his car, he's had a slow puncture from day 1 but never taken it back to get it investigated so could just be a dodgy valve. with it being soft most of the time though, it doesn't seem to be knocking the tread out too quickly.

i normally treat each indication on the fuel gauge as ~80miles, also try & treat 1/4 of a tank as my empty & normally sit around 250/260miles i did just pot this in my tyre post

i believe that Hankook now supply all new VW's…i could be wrong though.

This App is MPGCalc on the iPhone, there is a free version that just holds 3 results.

tyres have now been on for a week, had all kinds of weather from dry, frosty to standing water & slight flooding…No issues what so ever, they are a little noisier on the rougher road surfaces. off on a shoot tomorrow so i may get a chance to see what they're like off road. i filled up last weekend & just filled up again now & got 31.89MPG, my previous 4 fill ups averaged at 29.59MPG. So i will also keep an eye on that too. So far I'm happy with them, they certainly seem to compliment the car quite nicely & I have not had that 1 wheel lock up that i used to get with the previous tyres, so I'm getting my confidence back in a car that i should ouse it in. You can probably tell from my economy that I'm not the most spirited driver ;) (thats for the Mrs's car) :D

Tread pattern

the car was caked before i got the tyres fitted, had to clean it or the fitter would have had a right grumble at me.

i wanted one of those when I was looking, unfortunately it was too low. Its a well written advert, good luck with the sale.

went up to the farm today, didn't get on the fields as they was really water logged & didn't want to P off the land owner by churning them up. so far I'm happy with the tyres, lots of surface water & a little flooding & the car/tyres coped fine, no aquaplaning, the little bit of mud i did get into it got out of with no issues whatsoever. Have filled up today so I can see if economy is effected, they don't seem any louder than the Bridgestones. 1 thing i have noticed, they seem to take bumps nicer, so guessing thats all to do with the M&S Compound.

thats all I'm worried about is causing damage to the underside thanks for your reply

My exhaust heat shield has started rattling again (i welded it a while back) Im thinking about just taking it off. Has anybody done this & Have they heat wrapped it afterwards?

I have just stuck 4 x Falken T110's on mine for £330 having had Bridgestones, not sure what they are really like yet as I have only done a few miles but started a thread expressing my views on them. http://uk.subaruownersclub.com/forums/topic/4030-changing-from-bridgestones-to-falkens/

lol that explains a lot…got a drop in K&N Panel filter on mine (simply because it is renewable), after cleaning it up & re-oiling i had a month or 2 with the engine light keep coming on, since I have the resetting tool i didn't pay too much attention to it. Looks like i will clean & drop it in dry next time.

had my Falken T-110's fitted today, all 4 costing £330 (205/70R15), difficult to tell how they are as I only drove the 4 miles home. Will be going up to the farm tomorrow, so fingers crossed i won't get stuck ^_^ I will report back in a couple of hundred miles with my thoughts.

I Stuck 4 x Bridgestone Duellers on my Forester SG when I got it about 2 years ago. You can not fault the Bridgestones on wear however i find they do lack on grip, when braking i find that a wheel often locks (with ABS cutting in), I really have no confidence in the tyre. Since the way I have used the car has changed since i first bought it I now need more confidence with the car, I will be getting Falken LA/AT T110 tyres fitted in the next couple of days, I have had Falkens before & have been really pleased with their wear, grip & price. As soon as i get these fitted I will report back on my thoughts. My driving consists of normal road driving, doing a little off roading as i help out with a bit of gamekeeping.

thanks for that, very helpful. Not sure about the 300BHP as it will be for getting through rutted fields, so just really need more ground clearance. might start out with springs i did find this site if anybody has used them? http://www.pedders.co.uk/files_subaru_forester