Tyre prices gone through the roof?

Dan:_4

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Was I? News to me.

My sincere apologies...it was macaque.

bubblesmoney

i remember reading an article / seeing a program this week, dont remember where though - there is apparently a global shortage of rubber. hence even scrap rubber tyres are being bought by many manufacturers for recycling. this might be the reason why prices are shooting up. will see if i can find the link. something to do about a shortage of rubber sap from trees etc.

A._Badger

There's nothing worse than some wiseacre saying 'I told you so', but I remember warning about widespread price rises a couple of months ago and being howled at by those here who want to believe there are only deflationary pressures on the UK economy.

Most trades selling imported goods (which means most trades) were aware of this before Christmas. It's partly due to the exchange rates but some of it is because of the dire manufacturing situation in China.

In some cases, wholesalers and distributors are facing rises as high as 70 per cent.

It's unlikely to get better in the short term so the moral remains: if you want it, buy it now. More or less, whatever it is!

Graham_Devon

bubblesmoney wrote: »

i remember reading an article / seeing a program this week, dont remember where though - there is apparently a global shortage of rubber. hence even scrap rubber tyres are being bought by many manufacturers for recycling. this might be the reason why prices are shooting up. will see if i can find the link. something to do about a shortage of rubber sap from trees etc.

Can we blame Orangutangs then

No doubt Brown would

mewbie_2

bubblesmoney wrote: »

there is apparently a global shortage of rubber.

Don't tell Fungus...

bo_drinker

It's probably because of the exchange rate ?? The £ is on its a ss. And as we don't manufacture much anymore we are paying for it now

chopperharris

Tyres are for the most part made from oil , the price of oil last year was daft.The lower demand for tyres now means they may still be using older raw materials and/or the lock in price negotiated when it was high.

PasturesNew

Maybe if we set the speed limit to 30mph across the country we don't need the tread to be as deep and our tyres will last longer

mewbie_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

speed limit to 30mph...

That is typical of this namby pamby government to reduce the speed limits even further. Cameras are an infringement of my basic right to drive my high powered car at the speed it was designed for. I am a very safe driver, and can quite safely exceed 70 in a 30 zone, unless some stupid pedestrian decides to cross the road without looking or being prepared to take rapid evasive action.

On topic: I use Pirelli [EMAIL="MasterTw@t"]MasterTw@t[/EMAIL] tyres which give me a combination of real grip and presence. The white walled tyres add to the elegance of the ChavuLike Rover 400 estate.

Gorgeous_George

There was nothing wrong with the Rover 400.

GG