Will Avon Tires survive?


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Blue/white 06'
Mark II Lifetime
Cooper has owned Avon tires for quite a long time.

Could this be the beginning of the end?


I want to love Goodyear tires, the Name, the history, the Shelby relationship.

The problem is that every Goodyear tire I have owned (OEM on Performance Fords) has been a terrible experience. They just are not the tire company they used to be.

I hope they don't burn Avon to the ground in the process.
 

texas mongrel

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
May 3, 2009
1,676
Houston Texas
My Rangerover came with Goodyears. Both rears failed at around 25,000 miles when the radial plies broke and the tyres went out of round by roughly two inches! It made for, err, some vibrations. Changed them all for Pirellis. The only Goodyears I’ve ever bought were those cool retro billboards on my old GT350R clone.
 

Nafod

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Need to buy another set(Avon) for the cobra before things change. Think they are still imported from across the Atlantic. Hate to see that changed to the Pacific.
Haven't purchased Goodyear's in a while.
 

w.a.nelson

GT Owner
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Feb 29, 2008
1,117
Asbury, NJ
Will that mean the end or those terrible "Coooper" commercials?
 

2112

Blue/white 06'
Mark II Lifetime
Need to buy another set(Avon) for the cobra before things change. Think they are still imported from across the Atlantic. Hate to see that changed to the Pacific.


If Goodyear left Avons completely alone save slapping their name (RWL Please) on the side...........?

That, I would be perfectly fine with. Thrilled in fact.
 
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soroush

Ford Gt Owner
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Aug 8, 2007
5,256
I would like some avons with Goodyear billboards on them as well...
 

2112

Blue/white 06'
Mark II Lifetime
These are Avon CR6ZZ's
 

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soroush

Ford Gt Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Aug 8, 2007
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did someone just put tire stickers on them? they look good! I prefer the big letters like the ones found on the AC cobra
I ended up with some mickeys that I altered to get the effect..

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2112

Blue/white 06'
Mark II Lifetime
Looks fantastic!
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fjpikul

GT Owner
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Jan 4, 2006
11,680
Belleville, IL
Wow, that far looks good. You pay too much attention to Stormkitty.
 

soroush

Ford Gt Owner
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Aug 8, 2007
5,256
kitty has good ideas, usually Im not big on tire stickers but that car was just begging for it.
 

Simon

GT Owner
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Feb 19, 2013
1,265
Houston
La Fendee!