Gaurav

I had something similar issue in past when I was driving with cooper tires and cooper dealer renaissance trading in deira 04 2669166 sent me to some specialize 3D lazer wheel balancing workshop to adjust the toe, camber and bla bla's like barry mentioned. It was about 5-6 years back and all I remember that they were using the John Beam balancing system. Either you find some dedicated specialize tire balancing guys to cure this peculiar problem or call renaissance guys and get the name and number of their trusted workshop where I been, as I don't have their contact detail. For the offroad tires, there are few tires I can suggest and recommend based on my 10+ year own experience in offroad. Listed below based on my preferences: Yokohama Geolander A/T-S Awesome for offroad in sand, wadi and mountain. Reasonably comfortable on road Reasonably acceptable on fuel mileage Reasonable tire life of 30,000 - 40,000 kms Michellin LTX M/S-2 Awesome for sand but not great for wadi and mountain. Super comfortable on road Good for fuel mileage Awesome tire life of 60,000 kms Cooper ATR Good for offroad in sand, wadi and mountain. Reasonably comfortable on road Looses tire chunks at half life Reasonable tire life of 30,000 - 40,000 kms BF Goodrich Very good if your car engine has power modification as they are very heavy for hill climb otherwise Awesome for self recovery in sand and great in mountain traction Tooooooo noisy on road - similar to Cooper STT having aggressive tire tread Bad for fuel mileage Dunlop / Bridgestone - Stay away for offroad usage as far as possible. Instead of Michelin LTX has best of all, but still I rate them second because best tire term should be as an overall factors. I think Yokohama Geolandar has crack that formula very well to strike a balance in offering Good + acceptable without any bad aspect. Secondly while shopping stick to denomination of A/T-S or M/S-2 or ATR specifically as all company slightly different variation comes in same tire name but for road usage like Yokohama Geolandar H/T (highway tread) - NO NO for off road.

It's a very interesting question and quiet valid curiosity and concern. Based on my few car ownership, I can share my experience and reasoning to best of my thinking and hope that satisfy your curiosity. Range Rover: Super comfortable, that I have never driven that level of comfortable car / suv yet. First time my wife sat in it and reacted this car has cotton wheels or it's flying above the tarmac. I know it's EAS (electronic Air Suspension) is awesome, but there a lot of other things, engineering and efforts required to achieve that level of comfort from seats, chassis balancing, engine and other component weight distribution, viewing angles, ergonomic cabin design to reach almost everything within one hand reach, very high quality and durable stuff used (leather, plastic, rubber, door seals, sound proofing etc.) Mercedes ML 500: Not as comfy Range rover for sure, but cabin inside is extremely beautiful and elegant to keep the Mercedes standard alive. Meticulously crafted details from leather finishes, stitches, bezels, dials, etc is just too pretty and inviting you to stay inside as long as you need. Instead of being 5.0 NA engine still it gave awesome fuel mileage than all my other full size SUV's I have owned. That's engineering marvel and it cost big money on R&D any day. Porsche Cayenne Turbo: Slightly uncomfortable, due to more sporty suspension and cornering ability but amazing accurately response to transfer 3 ton metal into a beast when need arise with a just a tad harder push of a gas pedal. I was totally impressive with Porsche engineering more than anything else. Designing engine, gearbox, 4x4, and torque management band were just absolute brilliant that comes with endless hours of research, patience, knowledge and practice. All this cost a fortune to perfect every mili-second delay or cornering perfection at over 100 kmph without skidding the 3 ton beast. In a nut shell, what I feel that every premium luxury car has something or the other thing to offer as per your taste as a main component (USP) and then followed by overall higher grade of material used, hand crafted (in some cases), carefully appointed sound system, head lights and tail lights and with endless introduction of newer technology.

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I guess 2 Kg should be enough, if people increase will see how we can pitch in together. I am confirming that i'll be staying for BBQ now.

Totally agree on this Barry. I thanks Al Futtaim service advisor, for letting me do my phd on brake disc when I drove my Lexus GS430 for minor service and ended up with brake pad change and then brake disc change as it's less than 8 mm thick and cost 4000 dhs in agency workshop insteda of 600 dhs normal service. Their service advisor must be trained very well to how to sell a boat to man who come for buying a fishing hook.