danclyon
Active Member
So after today's MOT at the Merc franchise in Cambridge, SWMBO needs another new wheel thanks to the opposite corner now being cracked, and advisories on 3 tyres....we knew the tyres were getting low.
I want to get Falken ZE912, but the dealer cannot supply offering the awfully-quick-to-dead-but-very-grippy FK452's or Dunlops at a lot of money for the 10k miles they actually seem to last (and no the wife's last name isn't Senna!). I've had great results with the Falkens on my Audi A4 and she really liked the change they made from Dunlop OEM's - but I remembered wifey's W245 has tyre pressure monitoring.
Is there anything important here - ie is the sensor in the wheel rather than the valve? I'm mildly concerned that she might lose the tyre pressure monitoring and that's really rather important for someone semi-disabled....
Urgent calming messages appreciated folks! Tell me that I can get the tyres changed somewhere OTHER than the main dealer, as they want to skin me for over £400 for the Dunlops, when the Falkens are £240 a set and IME a much longer lasting, gripper tyre that's MUCH better in the wet.
Thanks,
Dan.
I want to get Falken ZE912, but the dealer cannot supply offering the awfully-quick-to-dead-but-very-grippy FK452's or Dunlops at a lot of money for the 10k miles they actually seem to last (and no the wife's last name isn't Senna!). I've had great results with the Falkens on my Audi A4 and she really liked the change they made from Dunlop OEM's - but I remembered wifey's W245 has tyre pressure monitoring.
Is there anything important here - ie is the sensor in the wheel rather than the valve? I'm mildly concerned that she might lose the tyre pressure monitoring and that's really rather important for someone semi-disabled....
Urgent calming messages appreciated folks! Tell me that I can get the tyres changed somewhere OTHER than the main dealer, as they want to skin me for over £400 for the Dunlops, when the Falkens are £240 a set and IME a much longer lasting, gripper tyre that's MUCH better in the wet.
Thanks,
Dan.