xjs tyres wanted 205/70/15

[keri]

anyone got a brand set of tyres new or used 205/70/15 for my pre he xjs
thanks

[steve_m]

Hi keri
If you are going for totally originality on your car then you may struggle to find the correct tyres.
If you are not too bothered then you need to consider what sort of driving you are going to do:
are you going to be giving the car the beans down an Autobahn on a regular basis?
will your driving involve a lot of snow?
will you use the same tyres for track days?
Or, if like me (and I suspect a lot of other people) you just drive around like a sensible person for most of the time with the odd spirited sprint when conditions allow then as long as the tyres have the correct rating for the car pretty much anything should do the job.
You can get into long, involved discussions about the merits of various brands when it comes to stopping distances, wet traction, cornering ability, ride comfort, tread patterns, price and all that but you have to appreciate that tyre technology has moved on over 30 years since your pre HE came out.
I have only ever lost control of a car twice due to loss of tyre adhesion: once (when young) I inadvertently changed down instead of up on a roundabout in my MGB and did a perfect 180 spin and ended up parallel parked outside a pub but facing the wrong way and latterly found myself going sideways down the high street of a village in France on black ice in my XJR6.
Good hunting!
Steve