Best Budget Tyres?

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My beloved Velocity tyres are coming to the end of their lives, and they were the best tyres Ive ever had. Problem is, Yokohama dont make them anymore Even madder because they were a bargain at £60 a piece!

So, Im looking for 4 Budget Tyres, have you found any that you think highly of? I need 225/45/17 's

Jane
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[Conor]

The ones National Tyres do are OK. Not the very cheapest but the next step up. Barum?

[vansboy]

Have a look on www.justtyres.co.uk they have premium brands for around £90 all in & budget for £65.

Don't forget to clik the 'coupon' button & get a voucher for another £5 off. (at least that's what we got last month!)

They offer a lonnnnnnnnng guarantee, too!

Saves all the hassle of mail order & then finding a fitter & then who you blame if there's a problem!

VB

[dnc1781]

Try last:
http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

Which? 22 Feb 2007
Tyres - 82 tested
- score %

Best Buys under £90:

Bridgestone Turanza ER300 - 70%
Pirelli P3000 Energy - 70%
Continental EcoContact3 - 68%
Michelin Primacy HP - 68%
Pirelli P7 - 68%
Continental Premium Contact2 - 67%
Bridgestone B330 Evo - 66%
Goodyear Hydragrip - 66%
Hankook Optimo K715 - 66%
Fulda Carat Progresso - 65%
Michelin Energy E3A - 65%
Pirelli P6 - 65%
Uniroyal Rallye 550 - 65%
Bridgestone B250 - 64%
Dunlop SP30 - 64%
Vredestein Sportrac3 - 64%
Hankook Ventus Prime K105 - 62%

[Crabman]

Auto Express did a Tyre Test (PDF) where they give quite a comprehensive overview of different brands of tyre, premium and budget.

Apologies, that PDF file isn't the one I was looking for, well it is, but it's not the authentic Auto Express one... bear with me

Bah I can't find it, I'll carry on searching though. In the meantime, I found this which doesn't seem as comprehensive but should be better than my near-useless link

[vikingaero]

Originally Posted by Crabman

Auto Express did a Tyre Test (PDF) where they give quite a comprehensive overview of different brands of tyre, premium and budget.

Apologies, that PDF file isn't the one I was looking for, well it is, but it's not the authentic Auto Express one... bear with me

Bah I can't find it, I'll carry on searching though. In the meantime, I found this which doesn't seem as comprehensive but should be better than my near-useless link

I saw a tyre test possibly in Auto Express where they compared some of the brand names with budget tyres supplied by unknown/not popular companies. Places like Kwik Fit were selling Debica tyres for £100 for 4 tyres for a Mondeo sized car. The Debicas were appalling in the wet stopping a good 10metres + compared to one of the brand leaders........ And we had Debicas fitted to our runaround so I changed them pronto!

£60 is about mid range for a tyre depending on tyre size so you can get some good makes.

[pulliptears]

Thanks for that guys, had a look at your links and narrowed down a few possibilites from there.

I never realised finding a decent set of boots was so difficult!!

[Crabman]

Originally Posted by pulliptears

Thanks for that guys, had a look at your links and narrowed down a few possibilites from there.

I never realised finding a decent set of boots was so difficult!!

It's very important too - the tyres are all your car has to keep in contact with the road, it's only about the surface area of your palm on each tyre that contacts the road surface, so you definitely wanna make sure the tyres grip well!

Keep us informed, as I've added this thread to the Motoring A-Z so others in future can benefit from this info

[pulliptears]

Currently looking at a set of "hero" tyres, Ive read some good reports....

Ill keep you updated!

[steveo3002]

mytyres.co.uk are v good....

[anewman]

I recently looked at tyres on blackcircles.com for a set of 4. Ones they could not give a named brand on, i.e. their cheapest, were just over £100. Michelin Energy E3B's were only about £160 so I thought the extra £60 for the brand and the possibility of extended life would be worth it.

I had a "regal" tyre (think the brand is owned by goodyear) which was new but had a rip in the sidewall. This was before the tyre belonged to me so no idea what caused it. I guess these things and punctures etc can happen to any tyres though.

[iluvmylexus]

economy brand tyres are normally a waste of money ,
most of the manufacturers have budget versions of their best sellers
one example is cooper, i have used these and they are excellent value
talk to an independant tyre shop and they will be able to help, i would stay well away from kwikfit (not that cheap anyway)

[roswell]

A friend of mine into his performance cars told me he always uses federals, if there good enough for his cars there good enough for my 2.0 dti, iv run about 1000 miles on a front set and they are amazingly grippy, best of all there only £35 each

[Decscom]

Originally Posted by roswell

A friend of mine into his performance cars told me he always uses federals, if there good enough for his cars there good enough for my 2.0 dti, iv run about 1000 miles on a front set and they are amazingly grippy, best of all there only £35 each

Who sells these?
Ta

[dnc1781]

Originally Posted by Decscom

Who sells these?
Ta

Here........http://ssl.delti.com/mytires/start.html

[iluvmylexus]

just found out Cooper own Avon tyres

Michelin own Kleber tyres

[anewman]

Originally Posted by iluvmylexus

Michelin own Kleber tyres

Although if you look on Kleber's website they have their own long illustrious history. I guewss michelin has bought them so they can control the market and put up their own prices.

[smilie2106]

Here's a question, why's it so hard to find any cashback/voucher sites that have anything for tyres, driving lessons, etc...I've only just got info from my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or greasypalm (can't remember which) for blackcircles website...anybody have/seen anything? I've just found a promo with BSM from looking at the offer in TescoClubcard Deals and then looking at the BSM website direct...they're offering 5 lessons for £75 on their website and Tesco offers £46.50 in vouchers for a 4 lesson pack; don't suppose they'd let you use both??lol

[Mad Max]

I have a Mondeo TDCi Estate, fantastic car which I really enjoy driving along the lanes of Cornwall (although I avoid like a plague the local Ford dealer based in Wadebridge.

I researched the best tyres to buy (on a budget). I'd seen too many 'cheap' tyres wear too fast and not handle at all well.

Good tyre review here

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyres_For/Ford/Mondeo.htm

(go to 'home' and start again for other cars)

So the best tyre for the Mondeo seems to be the Uniroyal Rainexpert2 (bearing in mind how it's always raining in Cornwall)

Black circles quotes £100.33 fitted per tyre inc.
MYTYRES quoted £79.20 fitted per tyre inc.

BEST BUY TYRES £69.00 fitted per tyre inc.

http://www.bestbuytyres.co.uk

Better still, not fitted price is only £58 (plus £10 postage for up to 4 tyres (possibly more). My local tyre centre will fit and balance a tyre for £5.00 so I feel I'm getting the best tyres for my car for £65.50 per corner (ordered 4), which is what many seem to pay for non-descript 'budget' tyres!

I'll let you know how they feel on the car!

Max

[erici]

Has anyone come across a tyre called National thats nothing to do with National Tyres,and what experience have you had with it?