Need two tyres!

Wig

And buses and lorries I think too (a high %age).

Re scrap yard tyres to be on the safe side of the line in the sand, use them on the rear wheels.

ohreally

Wig wrote:

And buses and lorries I think too (a high %age).
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There not remoulds as such but retreads- the original tread being recut by a hand guided retreading nibbler. Great fun doing that at 8.00 o'clock on a freezing cold morning - not.

ohreally

Wig wrote:

Re scrap yard tyres to be on the safe side of the line in the sand, use them on the rear wheels.

It is good practice to fit the newer/less worn tyre to the rear irrespective of whether the vehicle is front or rear drive.

Edit:if you wish to check the veracity of this, feel free to visit...http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/auto/auto_cons_bib_pqr_neuf.jsp

tomstickland

Yes, when I used to buy two new tyres for the front of my front wheel drive car, I used to have the new ones put on the back and move the rears to the front.
Having worn tyres on the back is a recipe for a big spin in the wet. It happened to me many years ago, a big sweeping slip road, too much speed, I fish tailed one way, then the other, then the other before realising that I wasn't going to be able to rescue the situation, so just had to sit there and let it happen. I was going too fast for the conditions - it was my fault. But, worn rear tyres did me no favours.

jjames_3

To be honest tyres are the most important thing you have on your car -- they are the only thing connecting you with the ground. It's one of the big three things I never scrimp on (the others being oil and battery), but tyres are the most important.

If you can afford an extra 20 quid or so, and go for Kumho tyres (good quality and excellent value for money) as your base tyre, do so. Not worth going for cheap tyres IMO, and especially not scrapyard tyres. Bear in mind that you'll probably get around 20000 miles out of them; is an extra 0.1p per mile really such a massive amount?

Transactionumber

I think you might of forgotten that the brakes are very important aswell

N9eav

Skint_Catt wrote:

Hi Guys,

Anyone know of some reasonable garage chains or offers going at the mo for tyres?

Don't really want to go down the mailorder route as it's just hassle at the mo.

I need 2 x 185/60/R14H and the best price I've got so far is £60 all in.

S_C

Is this each or for both? If for both, go and get them.
Otherwise spend 20 mins calling all the tyre fitters in the phone book local to you. Then go over to National tyres and take them up on their offer.

At National, we constantly check our competitors prices to ensure that ours are always the lowest.


Don't just take our word for it, check us out - savings at National are ALWAYS on offer. We're so confident our prices are the lowest that we promise to beat any competitor quotation by at least £1.

iluvmylexus

Are you a member of costco?
they supply and fit michelins and the discount price of the tyres more than makes up for the price of annual membership. (hint, purchase your tyres first and get in the queue for the fitting bay , before you take a look around the rest of the warehouse. it will minimise the time spent hanging around if there is a delay while fitting the tyres at busy periods.)

Wig

dodgy tyres on rear,

I never have a problem with fish tailing as I never am going fast enough. I was thinking about a blowout, if I have a blowout, i'd prefer it to be on the rear. so if I was using a tyre from scrappy (or other tyre) which I had doubts about I'd put it on the rear.

In all my years of motoring, I've never had a rear end slip out which I wasn't fully expecting to happen. i.e. I have done it a few times intentionally.

tomstickland

I'd always put the better tyres on the back. Either way, worn or nasty tyres are a liability if you want them to grip predictably in the wet.

For good prices try mytyres or micheldever group (protyre).