Hi James,
   I started off my 2000 V Focus 1.8 zetec with Continental ecos but found
they spun quite a bit when taking off in the wet (I am far from being a boy
racer but like to progress quickly and smoothly) and when they wore out I
changed them at the National "garage" for Avon ZV1's which were recommended
by the bloke there. Because they were a reasonable price, I assumed that he
was getting a good commission on the sale and that they would not be too
good. I was extremely pleased with them, good traction in the wet, never
"let go" once and they were quiet too. The wear was extremely good and I put
about 24k miles into them when the car went to my daughter 2 months ago,
they still had another estimated 6k miles in them. I must say though that I
swapped them front to back (they are directional) at every annual service
and the wear was even on all of them (still got 4mm on all parts of tread).
Believe National are still doing Avon ZVs (probably ZV2 now?) and maybe with
buy one get one free plus Tesco clubcard points, I would certainly say that
after being a bit sceptical at first, I was extremely pleased with the
performance, the wear and the lack of road noise.
Have you had a look at blackcircles.co.uk website - they do a comparison of
tyres
Cheers
Justin
ps I would never buy cheap crappy tyres for the sake of saving money, the
most important bit of the car in my opinion

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Thanks for the replies so far. I read that P6000s were noisy on a Focus
forum. It looks like Avon are now onto the ZV3's. The other tyre I am
considering is the Michelin Pilot Primacy but that might be more tyre than I
need. I will definitely check out National to see if they have that deal on.
Thanks again.

Justin Case (Pleasetakedogoutb4reply@leastonce.pominvalid) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Excellent tyres for the price ime. I had some on the back of the Alfa 75,
and put some on the front of my old man's Xant.