WARNING: Vanco Continental Tyres

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Whenever I have replied to the question "which tyres are best" I have never hesitated to recommend Vanco Continentals. I would have got around 75,000 miles out of my last set but for an irrepairable puncture and some very slight side wall hairline deterioration on the sun facing side but at 10 years old I decided to renew the whole lot. I have had similar performance from this make in the past so I don't regard this as exceptional.

However, Vanco seem to have drastically changed. Out of the replacement set of 6 tyres, 2 developed large egg shaped lumps on the tyre wall at only about 400 miles. Another 2 developed a peculiar faint ripple pattern across the width of the tyre wall which has been passed as 'probably safe' by an MOT Examiner but they have only done about 1,000 miles so far. So out of 6 tyres, 2 were instant write offs & another 2 have a distinct fault. The tyres were purchased and fitted at two different dealers so I don't think it is a tyre fitter's fault.

Now for the bad news. I cannot find any company that admits to making the Vanco brand - no website, no head office, no phone number or address. According to some dealers I have spoken to, the Vanco brand has no 'permanent manufacturing base'. Some come from an unspecified factory in Poland, some from ?maybe Slovakia or Hungary or some other unspecified source. Maybe the company has changed hands ? I notice the new tyres are a lot flimsier, with a thinner tread and very poor moulding joints on the inside of the wall.

So guess who ends up out of pocket ? - yup, the punter. The suppliers have come up with all sorts of cock & bull excuses as to why they are not liable.

Anyway..... Happy Christmas & a great New Wildcamping Year to you all,

Cheers, Ivecotrucker
 
A very strange thread!
Continental make Vanco's, and if you can't find their website you ain't looking too hard, but what difference does that make ? your contract is with the supplier not the manufacturer.
Which model Vanco's are they? Vanco2, Vanco100, or Vanco200 ?
 
Chris356 said:
Looks like there's counterfeit tyres around now as well as tobacco etc
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There are cos i bought 2 for soda and after fitting them to f/wheels could not steer at low speed round corners plus they were like driving on ice and wore outside edges of within weeks so binned them.
Have now been told that some are slow speed tractor/trailer tyres remolded and sold as car tyres by a chap i know in the trade.
 
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ivecotrucker said:
Whenever I have replied to the question "which tyres are best" I have never hesitated to recommend Vanco Continentals. I would have got around 75,000 miles out of my last set but for an irrepairable puncture and some very slight side wall hairline deterioration on the sun facing side but at 10 years old I decided to renew the whole lot. I have had similar performance from this make in the past so I don't regard this as exceptional.

However, Vanco seem to have drastically changed. Out of the replacement set of 6 tyres, 2 developed large egg shaped lumps on the tyre wall at only about 400 miles. Another 2 developed a peculiar faint ripple pattern across the width of the tyre wall which has been passed as 'probably safe' by an MOT Examiner but they have only done about 1,000 miles so far. So out of 6 tyres, 2 were instant write offs & another 2 have a distinct fault. The tyres were purchased and fitted at two different dealers
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so I don't think it is a tyre fitter's fault.

Now for the bad news. I cannot find any company that admits to making the Vanco brand - no website, no head office, no phone number or address. According to some dealers I have spoken to, the Vanco brand has no 'permanent manufacturing base'. Some come from an unspecified factory in Poland, some from ?maybe Slovakia or Hungary or some other unspecified source. Maybe the company has changed hands ? I notice the new tyres are a lot flimsier, with a thinner tread and very poor moulding joints on the inside of the wall.

So guess who ends up out of pocket ? - yup, the punter. The suppliers have come up with all sorts of cock & bull excuses as to why they are not liable.

Anyway..... Happy Christmas & a great New Wildcamping Year to you all,

Cheers, Ivecotrucker
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Wow thanks for the Heads up. Like you i have used VANCO on my works vehicle and my motor home for years and could not fault them ... and I am about to renew on the motorhome because of the age of the the tyres will look at another make now .. sorry you where the test pilot ... thanks again
 
Continental Vancos

Vancos are Continentals motorhome tyres. The difference is a harder rubber compound, designed for the very low mileage of motorhomes, and so to last for many years, mostly garaged. This is not the first bad report of Vancos.......about 12 months ago, a guy reported on here in detail how his whole tread on one Vanco just peeled off on the motorway towards Germany. Could have been very serious, and was not nice anyway, with the time he had to spend on hard shoulder.Cannot see how someone got 75,000 miles on them. I am full time, and so cannot see any point in paying nearly £100 for a tyre. Just fitted two hi fly 200s at £43 each at my local Cabot Tyres, Totterdown Bristol, and so far they seem very good. They are more chunky, so more grip than the Vancos, but still very smooth at higher speeds.......steve Bristol
 
pughed2 said:
Vancos are Continentals motorhome tyres. The difference is a harder rubber compound, designed for the very low mileage of motorhomes, and so to last for many years, mostly garaged. This is not the first bad report of Vancos.......about 12 months ago, a guy reported on here in detail how his whole tread on one Vanco just peeled off on the motorway towards Germany. Could have been very serious, and was not nice anyway, with the time he had to spend on hard shoulder.Cannot see how someone got 75,000 miles on them. I am full time, and so cannot see any point in paying nearly £100 for a tyre. Just fitted two hi fly 200s at £43 each at my local Cabot Tyres, Totterdown Bristol, and so far they seem very good. They are more chunky, so more grip than the Vancos, but still very smooth at higher speeds.......steve Bristol
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Vanco 2 are standard fitment on many commercial vans so would be very surprised to find that they are motorhome tyres.

I fail to see how anyone could get 75k miles on a set without restricting their speed to 30mph.
 
As some one said earlier it doesnt matter who makes them you have no contract with the manufacurer your point of redress is the person you bought them off it is them that you have a contract with.

Many many moons ago I drove a minimetro (yes that long ago) it came fitted with dunlop SP4 tyres maybe it was my driving style which in those days could best be described as "enthusiastic" but I could completely wreck the front tyres in less than 1000 miles the tread band would either come away from the carcass or would adopt a serpentine shape other makes of tyres were OK but dunlop sp4s were completely useless on it.
the reason for my telling this story is that it could be - although I dont see how - that vanco tyres as now formulated just dont suit your M'h or driving style.

Although if you are getting 75000plus from them your driving must be very sedate! If I were to get 20 000 from my fronts I would be well pleased (but then I use 'white van' tyres at about £45 each)
 
pughed2 said:
Vancos are Continentals motorhome tyres. The difference is a harder rubber compound, designed for the very low mileage of motorhomes, and so to last for many years, mostly garaged. This is not the first bad report of Vancos.......about 12 months ago, a guy reported on here in detail how his whole tread on one Vanco just peeled off on the motorway towards Germany. Could have been very serious, and was not nice anyway, with the time he had to spend on hard shoulder.Cannot see how someone got 75,000 miles on them. I am full time, and so cannot see any point in paying nearly £100 for a tyre. Just fitted two hi fly 200s at £43 each at my local Cabot Tyres, Totterdown Bristol, and so far they seem very good. They are more chunky, so more grip than the Vancos, but still very smooth at higher speeds.......steve Bristol
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Vanco is a range of van tyres made by Continental. The Vanco range includes winter tyres, motorhome tyres, eco tyres, etc.
 
Find it hard to believe getting 75k on Vanco tyres.
I changed the front pair on my previous c class fwd at 20k. Probably could have got another 5k but decided to change them before the winter arrived.
 
Yes Totally Agree with above.

I Was actually looking at Continental VANCO tyre's for The Nest back Last year, I liked them,,& To be Fair they was a bit Cheaper too !. I particularly liked the 'Curbing Ring' of reinforcement on the side walls that looked MUCH more effective than Other tyre brands.
But I got a Loan & Went with a set of 7 Michelin Aguilas Camping tyre's in the end. EXTREEMLY HAPPY WITH THEM, Still look BRAND NEW !.
 
Fake tyres have been around for a long time. Ten or Fifteen years ago there were a number of heavy duty truck tyres coming in to the UK from Eastern Europe. It turned out that they could take a heavy load but were only for use with low speed trailers (ie, pulled by Tractors) and were death traps at higher speeds.

The fraudsters can fake anything these days and tyres will be easy enough to fake.
 
maingate said:
Fake tyres have been around for a long time. Ten or Fifteen years ago there were a number of heavy duty truck tyres coming in to the UK from Eastern Europe. It turned out that they could take a heavy load but were only for use with low speed trailers (ie, pulled by Tractors) and were death traps at higher speeds.

The fraudsters can fake anything these days and tyres will be easy enough to fake.
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Yep been there had the t/shirt.
 
Yep,,
Done Thousands of mile on them, Road, Track & Mud, (Although not in Ice or Snow yet.) Would DEFFINATLY have them again.
 
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