Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them?

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Fri 29 Sep 2006 08:08
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - barchettaman
Dad needs a new set of tyres for his Fabia vRS.
His local tyre guy (in SW France) is quoting him ?150 a corner for Michelins.

On Pneus24 they are offering Fulda Carat Extremo for ?78.20 delivered a corner - 49% off their RRP.

Does anyone (tyreexpert....) have any experiences of this brand/model, as it´s not one I´ve used before. I´m particularly interested in its wear rate, as the vRS is a bit of a tyre muncher.

Size is 205/45 R16 83W.

Thanks in advance,
Barchettaman
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Fri 29 Sep 2006 12:45
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - artful dodger {P}
I have not heard of them, but it might be worth checking out this site.

www.tyretest.com/index.html


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Fri 29 Sep 2006 14:08
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - Red Baron
Very cheap albeit good tyres always make me suspicious:

- A newer, better version of the tyre might be out already. Tyre tests often mention this in accounting for a poor or good performance of a particular tyre.
- These ones were produced some time ago.
- They fell off a lorry (sic).
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Fri 29 Sep 2006 15:03
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - borasport20
I have a set of Fulda Carat Attiro's on the Octavia (TDI - 90hp, shouldn't be a tyre muncher) and I'd say they wore noticeably faster than any other tyre I can remember

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Fri 29 Sep 2006 15:05
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - barchettaman
Thanks chaps.
The guys over on Briskoda.net are recommending Toyos or Kumhos, so I will check those on the website.
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Sat 30 Sep 2006 02:23
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - tyrexpert
BM Fulda are one of the biggest brands in Germany, ans are owned by Goodyear. In Germany they are Goodyears top brand bigger even than the Goodyear name itself. They have had many good test write ups both here and in Germany.

Fitted prices over here Fulda £71.00 Mich £92.00 Bridgestone £86.00 Conti £84.00 Goodyear £82.00
Firestone £69.00 Marshal/Kumho £60.00 Pirelli £66.00 Uniroyal £65.00 Dunlop £88.00
Avon £66.00 Budget £43.00

Shows how expensive the continent is for tyres.......
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Sat 30 Sep 2006 11:01
Fulda Carat Extremo - anyone have them? - barchettaman
Thanks TE.
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