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toomany2cvs
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 Re: 125 or 135R15 vitor wrote: My 2cv runs on LPG which means €0,78 a liter...  And how far per litre?
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2CViking
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Re: 125 or 135R15 toomany2cvs wrote: vitor wrote: My favourite tyres are indeed the 125R15.
The problem is they got too expensive. About €105 each. Assume they last 50,000km, averaged across the front and rear. So that's €410 for the set, or 0.8 of a Euro CENT per km. How much does fuel cost you per km? Tyres are cheap. That is a very good point.
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Rumble602
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Re: 125 or 135R15 I'm on a set of 135 michelins - getting on a bit now, but were cheaper than 125's at the time. They'll perish before they wear out.
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vitor
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Re: 125 or 135R15 On LPG I need from 6.5 to 8 litres to drive 100 kms. It should be probably less if I were more careful when pushing the accelerator... 
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toomany2cvs
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Re: 125 or 135R15 vitor wrote: On LPG I need from 6.5 to 8 litres to drive 100 kms. OK, so you're getting through €5 to €6.25 per 100km, or 5c to 6.25c per km. So that's "only" six to eight times the cost of tyres on fuel...
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vitor
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Re: 125 or 135R15 Ok, I find them expensive for two main reasons: first because, three years ago I bought them (125R15) for almost half the price; second because my salary has been substantially reduced because of the so-called crisis... 
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J-dub
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Re: 125 or 135R15 my michelins are the original from new 22 years ago, still going strong, tons of tread left and in good shape, cards now done 43000 and i wont be replacing the tyres soon
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twofifty AZU
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Re: 125 or 135R15 Jameswallace wrote: my michelins are the original from new 22 years ago, still going strong, tons of tread left and in good shape, cards now done 43000 and i wont be replacing the tyres soon 22 years is seriously old for a tyre, it is generally reckoned their life span is 10 years. A few years back I picked up a 2CV from France with a car transporter. It had Michelins all round. Two of them burst on the way home just from standing on the transporter and being rocked around.
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Jonathan
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Joined: January 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm
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Re: 125 or 135R15 I seem to remember a news article regarding a crash involving an MGB where the driver was killed. The subsequent investigation blamed the crash on one of the old tyres fitted to the car actually bursting at speed, due to being damaged by age. There was plenty of tread on all the tyres, but the side wall ruptured. James, you take your life in your own hands.
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Re: 125 or 135R15 Jonathan wrote: James, you take your life in your own hands. And anybody else on the road at the same time or perhaps pedestrians etc too?  Personally, I'm a little sceptical that they're the originals at that age and mileage but it is possible.............
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