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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2520   
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Hope this helps
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18th Oct 2022 4:47pm |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4395 
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Nope no idea about these tyres... But they look pretty darned good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drFCxNOiSHM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZLjFzE-DI Apparently they are British company china made  Perhaps given the shortage in BFG ATs we should be supporting these guys instead.
Today these are about £70/tyre cheaper than the BFG AT (if you can get the latter) Plus they are 3-Peak compliant too. I would give them a go if I needed new tyres. Now... If Davanti only did tyres in 255/85/16 I suspect they'd never be able to make enough of them. |
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18th Oct 2022 5:09pm |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4395
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Just noticed that the Davanti is an E for fuel and the BFG AT is an F... If that matters at all in a Defender.
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18th Oct 2022 5:15pm |
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| Chris86 Member Since: 15 Jul 2014 Location: South Yorks Posts: 755 
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Hello,
I have driven both on and off road on the Davanti Terratoura AT and I know the guy who does the development and testing work for them well.....as I sometimes assist him with testing. In short, very impressed. On road very well mannered, very predictable in the wet and they are particularly strong in the snow- I drove on them at at test facility in Finland earlier this year and they were very very impressive indeed. Off road, grip in a straight line is very good- like all ATs they do clog in very thick mud- however they do self clear fairly quickly, they were also superb on wet rock. They took a long time tweaking the compound, and the tread pattern to get it through the noise regulations whilst maintaining good performance. In terms of quality, I am aware they had a few niggles early in production but Davanti seem to be over that- and they are very pro-active in resolving the few issues they have. Hope this helps Chris |
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19th Oct 2022 6:55pm |
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| Karlchadw Member Since: 18 Oct 2022 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 8 
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Thanks!
Think I'm going to place an order! |
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19th Oct 2022 7:03pm |
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| BuckBlu110 Member Since: 19 Apr 2014 Location: in the pub Posts: 709 
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I’ve had a set of these on my FL2 for the last 18months, I originally wanted a set of cooper discoverer at3’s but my tyre fitter managed to get the above for about £20 a wheel cheaper. I’m quite impressed really, they do everything I wanted to do mainly it can pull a loaded horse trailer across a wet field without any issues, don’t seem to impact fuel consumption, and are wearing well.
They are a tad noisy but I doubt I would hear them if they were on the defender. I haven’t tried them in the snow yet but they are very good on wet tarmac. |
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19th Oct 2022 7:27pm |
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| Karlchadw Member Since: 18 Oct 2022 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 8
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Well I've taken the plunge and ordered a set. Thanks all!!
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22nd Oct 2022 11:06pm |
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| Karlchadw Member Since: 18 Oct 2022 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 8
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Well first impressions have been good. I did some marshalling for an event at the weekend where the rain turned the car park into a swamp pit. Pulled out vans and cars with no trouble whatsoever. Treads seemed to clear quickly. And my MPG has also improved slightly.
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2nd Nov 2022 10:35am |
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| Chris86 Member Since: 15 Jul 2014 Location: South Yorks Posts: 755
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Glad to hear you are enjoying the terratouras!
Likely to be the next tyre to go on our 110 and L200.... Chris |
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29th Nov 2022 8:08pm |
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| hornet Member Since: 04 Jan 2010 Location: Western Europe Posts: 323 |
I would also like to tell you about my first experience with Terratoura. I have been driving Cooper STT in 265/75 16 since 2009 and have now switched to Davanti Terratoura, same dimension.
When the STT are slightly worn, they start to make a hell of a noise and an extremely rough ride which has been annoying me lately. Since I don't need a MT anymore, it was time for an AT with snowflake-rating. But the Terratoura has clear weaknesses to the STT on wet roads, I would never have thought that! Also the lateral grip is significantly weaker, that was to be expected and has to be compensated by adjusting driving. For the first time I discovered the tyres squeal in tight corners in a Defender. Fuel consumption has dropped by 10% from a standstill ~24mpg. I am curious to see how the wear will develop. |
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20th Jul 2023 3:24pm |
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| Chris86 Member Since: 15 Jul 2014 Location: South Yorks Posts: 755
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I would feed this back to the guys at Davanti in the UK and see what their response is.
They were consistently top performers in benchmark testing for wet road performance- in fact I recently observed some wet braking performance evaluation on them compared to a "market leading" brand.....and the Davanti tyres absolutely annihilated the other tyres... Best Regards Chris |
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20th Jul 2023 10:23pm |
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| hornet Member Since: 04 Jan 2010 Location: Western Europe Posts: 323 |
That is really interesting and honestly I took that into account and that was the reason for buying them. It was very wet after the long period of dryness. Maybe these special slippery conditions lead to that behaviour. I will monitor it in the next weeks and definately give feedback.
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21st Jul 2023 7:12am |
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| NoLimits Member Since: 29 Dec 2022 Location: Somerset Posts: 51 
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I'm really interested in this, I have Wildpeaks on at the moment and they are fantastic in the wet and I'm just about to pull the trigger on some Davanti's but not if the wet weather performance (or dry for that matter) is worse
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21st Jul 2023 9:39am |
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| Evil Elsie Member Since: 25 Feb 2023 Location: Cumbria Posts: 156 
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My Terratouras have been fitted for 5 months now and I can't fault them.
They've been completely reliable, predictable and confidence inspiring in the wet/very wet that we've been experiencing - and I live in Cumbria.... Standing water on dual carriageway at 65mph and deep puddles on twisty lanes are all handled without fuss. When the time comes I will be buying these again.. 👍👍 2002 Land Rover 110 Td5 Utility 1990 Suzuki GSXR 1100L 1980 Yamaha RD 350LC 1976 Yamaha RD 400C |
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21st Jul 2023 10:56am |
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