Winter tyres?

Kilty_2

I'm looking for winter tyres in 205/55/16 91V - cheapest I've found so far is £365 fitted for 4x Continental Winter Contact @ the dreaded Thick Git. Blackcircles are £123 a corner for the same ones

Anyone know of cheaper?

Strider590

Just get budget winter tyre's, they'll still be better than summer tyre's in snow etc.

Alternatively "mytyres" do Nokian Ntyre, a winter marked tyre designed for all year round use in climates like ours.

Kilty_2

I can't find anywhere with budget winters in stock lol. Blackcircles had Kumhos a few weeks ago but not now.

eckythump

same here,
I have resorted to preworns...better than nothing I think.

Kilty_2

Hmmm I don't like part worns as a rule however there's a definite saving to be made there on tyres that might not last that long when the weather improves

mikey72

Strider590 wrote: »

Just get budget winter tyre's, they'll still be better than summer tyre's in snow etc.

Alternatively "mytyres" do Nokian Ntyre, a winter marked tyre designed for all year round use in climates like ours.

Never seen an all weather tyre from Nokian. I'm on their WR G2 winter tyres, (excellent so far), and they only list winter or summer on their website.
Which one is the "all weather"?

A_Doonhamer

Kilty wrote: »

Hmmm I don't like part worns as a rule however there's a definite saving to be made there on tyres that might not last that long when the weather improves

Genrally you would buy your winter tyres and once the weather starts improving you would switch back to your summer tyres. That way you dont really lose out by running winters longer than you have to so you get a few winters out of one set.

Kilty_2

A_Doonhamer wrote: »

Genrally you would buy your winter tyres and once the weather starts improving you would switch back to your summer tyres. That way you dont really lose out by running winters longer than you have to so you get a few winters out of one set.

I know, I'd love to have room to store a set of wheels/tyres but it's not happening.

Got a quote of £260 for Vrederstein (sp?) winters fitted, just waiting to hear if they can actually get stock because every man and his dog are ordering winter tyres at the moment :rotfl:

flyingscotno1

mikey72 wrote: »

Never seen an all weather tyre from Nokian. I'm on their WR G2 winter tyres, (excellent so far), and they only list winter or summer on their website.
Which one is the "all weather"?

eNtyre- they list it as a 'summer tyre' but it is actually all weather (states it on the side). Primarily designed for North America, but sold here too on MyTyres and Camskill I think. http://www.nokiantires.com/tyre?id=99244&group=1.02&name=Nokian+eNTYRE

Got in on my car, they are decent, quite good and a decent compromise if you don't want to change.

jinkster

Had my winter tyres fitted about 4-6 weeks ago. Hankook Icebear - £60/corner for 15" BMW Mini wheels.

Goodluck and remember it pays to shop around!

skiddlydiddly

It helps if you post where you got them from then .