Ain't tyres expensive now?

[Welly]

Been looking at some new tyres for her indoors' Ashtray and I've been surprised at the cost what's happened with tyres this year?

Interestingly my local friendly tyre shop beat Blackcircles and Mytryes prices hands-down

Gone for some Khumo's in the end, anythings gotta be better than the 'Accelera' on there now (noisey and rock hard).

[Doggy]

I replaced 3 of mine a few month's back - G'year Excellence 205/60/15 91V @ £63 ea. all in - didn't seem too bad.

Like you, I found the local guy was a lot cheaper than any of the 'online' options.

[DaiRees]

Just got a full set of Pirellis for the wife's focus for £240, not too bad I thought. I was quoted £340 for michelins though, and that was buy 3 get one free!!

[Welly]

Got the Kumho's fitted for £62.00 each and they are very impressive tyres, very quiet and the handling has sharpened up no end size = 205 x 50 x 16.



I liked the central 'band' in the middle, my P7's have this and it keeps the car tracking straight at higher speeds.

I might try these on the Vulva next

The reason I said about expensive tyres was that the 'premium' brands were knocking on for £100.00 each

[steve_earwig]

"Kumho" - sounds like a new name for a hooker

[Welly]

"Kumho" - sounds like a new name for a hooker

What, you mean expensive and smells of worn rubber?

[/recovering s-o-h]

[puggy]

Dirty Boy !!!!

[DiscoPol]

with a 16 inch hole surely they couldnt charge that much

you lot are corrupting me, I was a good clean living boy when i drove a BMW now look at me, i blame the french car.

[Doggy]

C'est la vie!

[supafrisk]

Just bought 2 kumhos for the 306, cost me £70 the pair including fitting balancing etc.
My Goodyear NCT/eagles cost £50 each for the 406.
If anyone wants the details of the tyre factors I'd be happy to post the number, they're based in Rugby. (J1 M6)
N.B. I drove over a metal D ring which punctured one of my tyres, took it to TW tyres cos my fitters weren't open, they said it was scrap and quoted loads for a new one.
Took it to BT (my fitters) and they told me it needed a plug and as I'd already spent out on the 306 tyres and paid them for a pair of 406 tyres at the same time they charged me a fiver for the repair. Thanks Ross!

[highlander]

Got a set of four Bridgestone B250 in 195/65/R15 91H from BlackCircles for only £57 per corner, including fitting and wheel balancing from a local crew.

These are *fantastic* tyres, I can't get over how much better the car feels to drive - better cornering, better acceleration (they're "grippier" and are physically larger than the last set of tyres I had, meaning a larger surface contact area, meaning more of the power is applied to the road surface), better performance in the wet and on ice... And I'm not alone in rating them; they were rated at 97.8% in an Auto Car consumer survey.

Really good value for money.

[supafrisk]

Got a set of four Bridgestone B250 in 195/65/R15 91H from BlackCircles for only £57 per corner, including fitting and wheel balancing from a local crew.

These are *fantastic* tyres, I can't get over how much better the car feels to drive - better cornering, better acceleration (they're "grippier" and are physically larger than the last set of tyres I had, meaning a larger surface contact area, meaning more of the power is applied to the road surface), better performance in the wet and on ice... And I'm not alone in rating them; they were rated at 97.8% in an Auto Car consumer survey.

Really good value for money.

I've had them but preferred the goodyears, I think they were either £50 or £55 at the time and the goodyears were £45 at the time, this year just gone up to £50

[mjb]

Bah you non-V6ers and your cheap tyres

£100/corner for cheap branded tyres (Firestone TZ-200s) because of the damn W speed rating

[supafrisk]

Bah you non-V6ers and your cheap tyres

£100/corner for cheap branded tyres (Firestone TZ-200s) because of the damn W speed rating

Been there, done that, I think the other year the tyres for the coupe were £300 a set (and that was cheap)

[supafrisk]

Forgot to mention, the tyre fitters wanted to sell me a pair of Polish tyres called Bika or Beaker or something like that for £30 each. I refused point blank.
Mind you, I think the ones that came off were called Barium or something, isn't that the meal you get when the doctor wants to look inside your digestive tract?