defy-one
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I just go to KwikFit
Only if you value poor balancing and high prices
What is the best way to source car tyres?
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Only if you value poor balancing and high prices
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
SP= squealy products
. didn't like the dunlops i had on a works car. sounded like it was on th track at its limits
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I have an 2001 Octavia TDi estate.
I switched from those Dunlops to [url=http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Avon/Ice-Touring-ST.htm]Avon Ice Touring 205 55R16[/url] and found them to be considerably better given how wet the roads have been. The wear rate has been pretty good too. I also get considerably less wheel slip when climbing ramps, or the camber of the road at a junction, when towing a trailer.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
SWMBO won't let me justify buying a set of winter tyres for it(when we were looking, I did really want the 4x4 estate - not the Scout)
This is mine/ours (on day we got it, hence - clean & shiney)
The Continentals that were on the XKR we had, were cracking tyres too, but i'd have dreaded replacing those, in that size/speed-rating!!!!!
And, the BF Goodrich All-Terrains (235/85 x 16) that were on my last Landie (Defender 110Td5 'Heritage') were still going strong, with a good depth of tread @ 60,000 miles!)
This is mine/ours (on day we got it, hence - clean & shiney)
The Continentals that were on the XKR we had, were cracking tyres too, but i'd have dreaded replacing those, in that size/speed-rating!!!!!
And, the BF Goodrich All-Terrains (235/85 x 16) that were on my last Landie (Defender 110Td5 'Heritage') were still going strong, with a good depth of tread @ 60,000 miles!)
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I am using the winter tyres all year round. My chap at Murts said he uses the same tyres all year round with improved performance and recommended them to me.
Unless you like pushing summer or sporty tyres to their limits the summer wear on the winter tyres wouldn't be a significant issue IME.
I wanted a 4x4 version for towing the trailer but it wasn't available in diesel when I got mine. I got it new and will run it into the ground as a well maintained workhorse. Mine looks scruffy though as it gets body knocks from loading and being used to shunt things about as well as stone chips and lack of washing.
Canrider
Guru
I know you *can*...how about fuel mileage? I find winter tyres cut about 5mpg on my usual driving (which I freely admit doesn't match the official mpg test circuit, but then what does?)
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I still get 72mpg on the motorway and 55mpg urban.
JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
For some reason the front tyres on my Focus estate are winter run flats... The ride is horrendous! I can't wait for them to wear down so I can replace them!
Sheffield_Tiger
Legendary Member
That comment is valid if, and only if, you either
(a) only buy new cars
or
(b) immediately replace all the tyres on a used car
Otherwise you drive round on unknown second-hand tyres.
The only bit is "from a scrap yard"...I wouldn't buy them from any scrap yard but I have bought nearly new tyres from a new and used tyre supplier, still with the yellow line and all the bobbles. There are places that sell tyres for a fiver that are minimum MOT pass standard - those places I would indeed avoid as they must know that these are likely to be either put on a car to sell with a "full MOT", or otherwise driven around for 12 months after being only borderline
On the subject of cheap tyres there is a brand called "fate". I just don't feel comfortable putting them on and trusting fate to keep me safe.....
defy-one
Guest
My bmw had runflat tyres - the devils work i tell you!
Ruined the ride .... I changed to conventional tyres,some 6 months later (plus proper skinny spare),and the difference in ride quality/road noise was unbeleivable.
The Jogger
Legendary Member
- Location
- Spain
I have BF Goodrich A/T's on mine, no complaints, just a bit dodgy when I had to stop quickly on a load of wet leaves.
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Pretty sure my van has Barums on. Since buying it 7 years ago it has done about 50k miles mostly on long or very long trips and I have replaced 2 of the tyres I bought with it. It runs with 64psi rear, 48 front so the back end can be a bit unpredictable as I found braking for a junction on a downhill stretch of steep and icy road. No worries, I caught it ok, just eased off the brake a little and reapplied.
It's RWD with no limited slip diff so it's not too clever in snow.
Mickle is, IMO, quite right, how you drive is far, far more important than buying fancy tyres but that isn't how the car industry wants us to think now, is it!
It's RWD with no limited slip diff so it's not too clever in snow.
Mickle is, IMO, quite right, how you drive is far, far more important than buying fancy tyres but that isn't how the car industry wants us to think now, is it!
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Having just driven 1200km, mostly on m/ways, I'd suggest that preventing tailgating would a better place to start. It's extraordinary how close some people drive to the car in front, often to prevent those in other lanes moving in front of them.
I was glad to hear that devices to prevent such stupidity may soon be fitted to new cars.
During my journey I saw two serious collisions. One was clearly an overtaking manoeuvre that went wrong on a road where overtaking is simply a sign of frustration as it will save no time worth having. Only one vehicle remained to be cleared up. I guess it hit a lorry as the bit in front of the windscreen no longer existed.
The other is less clear. I had wondered why there were no cars on the road I was taking and then saw the ambulance arriving. I didn't spend any time rubber-necking. It had bought most of the traffic in that part of Rouen to a halt except on the road ahead of me.
