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RED-DOT

Member Since: 29 Jun 2009
Location: stirling
Posts: 2363

Is there a new AT2 out and if so what are they like? 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..

28th Jan 2011 5:46pm

BigMike

Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 2253

No. its just Grabber AT - new pattern, which looks to me like it couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.

28th Jan 2011 6:13pm

bm52

Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Havana

changed from GG TRs to BFG ATs and the thing that really suprised me was the nosie - or rather lack of it

from about 50 you could hear the TR whine building up and up and up.

i am not hugely experienced on tyres but i do get a feeling that BFG tyres are a fit and forget tyre.

the ATs on my 300 took a beating off road on a regular basis, nearly 3 years late when i sold the 300 they still had 12+mm left on them.

says it all really BM52

28th Jan 2011 8:17pm

mick

Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2109

2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Rimini Red

My BFG AT2s have done 11,000 and not even worn the nobbly bits off

and thats a loaded 130 were as my D4 on scorpions has done 10,000 and needs new fronts

must be the wifes hard driving style

28th Jan 2011 8:53pm

bm52

Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189

mick wrote:
My BFG AT2s have done 11,000 and not even worn the nobbly bits off and thats a loaded 130 were as my D4 on scorpions has done 10,000 and needs new fronts must be the wifes hard driving style

you'll pay for that last comment if she finds out BM52

28th Jan 2011 9:10pm

szracer

Member Since: 10 Oct 2010
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 356

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

Well, judging solely on looks is a very dangerous thing to do. Plenty of 'aggressive looking' Chinese tyres which slide all over the place in mud.

The GG ATs, on the other hand, are, IMHO, better in every way than the AT2s they replace. Which seems to be backed up by GG (predictably), but also by independent tyre tests.

BigMike wrote:
No. its just Grabber AT - new pattern, which looks to me like it couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.

2010 110 XS USW (the slow one)
1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ (the fast one)
2005 Ducati ST3
1954 Sunbeam S8

29th Jan 2011 1:01pm

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