Car tyres - How much ! ! ! !

[Chromatic]

Budgets usually made of hard rubber and last ages but more likely to put you in a tree when try to round a bend in the wet than wear out..

Unless you fancy yourself as a road warrior go for a mid range known brand

Only if you drive in a manner inappropriate for the conditions, surely? ie, driving like an idiot.

 

[fossyant]

Edited that last work Chromatic !

 

[green1]

Only if you drive in a manner inappropriate for the conditions, surely? ie, driving like an idiot.

When I rule the world the first thing to be banned will be budget tyres. They are called ditchfinders for a reason.

 

[donnydave]

Go have a look at camskill.co.uk, I've got new sets of tyres for a few different cars from there, good prices, although recently fewer and fewer places will fit tyres that you bring along with you, or if they do they have a bit of a grumble about it. When my kit needs new tyres there's no way I'm letting someone else even jack the thing up, let alone wreck the wheel nuts and scrape the coating off the inside of the rims on the calipers/discs.

Another approval of falken fk452's here, I've got them as an alternative to toyo proxes which a number of people have run both these tyres on cars similar to mine and I report much happiness.

 

[green1]

Just remember...

You'd be doing well to find cross plys these days.

 

[GrasB]

Only if you drive in a manner inappropriate for the conditions, surely? ie, driving like an idiot.

Problem is when things are less than clear. This corner looks fairly okay at 30mph, however it's ever so slightly off-camber & will quite happily spit you out at 30mph when wet & greasy. It's better since they did some resurfacing work but it'll still bite if you're not careful.

PS. Don't talk about expensive until the budget tyres start at £190 from the cheap tyre places

 

[Chromatic]

Edited that last work Chromatic !

Sorry!

 

[green1]

PS. Don't talk about expensive until the budget tyres start at £190 from the cheap tyre places

I hear you!

A budget tyre in my eyes is vreidstein and they're 170+ vat and fitting for 225/40/19. Got falkens atm and they're brilliant in the summer but a little to easy to spin up when its baltic.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You'd be doing well to find cross plys these days.

I only remember the advert - tyres are black and rubbery, no idea about the detail apart from the fact that the guy I buy them from is called Taz.

 

[vickster]

I hear you!

A budget tyre in my eyes is vreidstein and they're 170+ vat and fitting for 225/40/19. Got falkens atm and they're brilliant in the summer but a little to easy to spin up when its baltic.

My Golf GTI wears Vredesteins as recommended by many owners. Cost me around £450 for 4 from Event Tyres (fitted at home on a Saturday morning by a nice chap)

No compaints. Mixed views on Falkens, I have had Toyos on a previous sports car

 

[Glenn]

Have you tried Falken 452's or the 2013 versions .... Falken 453's .... Excellent tyres, had them on a powerful rear wheel drive saloon with no issues. Good grip in the dry and wet

I've been quotes £138 a corner fitted for 453's in 245//40/18 Y 97 for my Jaguar S-Type, but it's to far away for the OP, Bracknell Tyre & Battery, just about the cheapest place I have found for tyres.

 

[Miss]

Look for a company called camskills they do tyres ect really good prices use them all the time and next day delivery