Winter Tyres

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Wondering if anyone knows when online stores start selling winter tyres?

I intend to buy some as early as I can, as had a nightmare last winter & I don't want a repeat.

Hammyman

THey sell them all year round.

property.advert

Got to wait for Santa to come out of hibernation !

pitkin2020

they are only available for 2 weeks in November, thats when they become ripe enough to pick.........

bigjl

I reckon the retailers made so much profit by upping the prices due to the snow that they are keeping their stocks to themselves till they can do the same this year.

I am considering going to Germany or France for a trip ans getting some winter tyres when i am there ,as winter tyres are compulsory there won't be the same rush and profiteering hopefully.

flyingscotno1

Can get them now but prices seem high- perhaps reduce when others in Germany etc start buying them in August?

mikey72

bigjl wrote: »

I reckon the retailers made so much profit by upping the prices due to the snow that they are keeping their stocks to themselves till they can do the same this year.

I am considering going to Germany or France for a trip ans getting some winter tyres when i am there ,as winter tyres are compulsory there won't be the same rush and profiteering hopefully.

Same price in france as the uk, and if you switch to mytyres german website, they're dearer in euros or pounds than the uk or france.

Flying-High_2

Come Early Spring and last winters part worns are seriously cheap.......I have 4 Aplins I plan to run this year.. Not priced any UK Winter tyres.. I look at the reifen website now and then and they seem much of a muchness TBH pricewise...

I see BFG do a G Grip Winter.... I'd be interested to know more about them as a cheaper "New " Alternative to Michelin Alpins.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

The ones I'm looking at are out of stock. They are Hankook icebear & they are the correct size tyre for my car.

s_b

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

The ones I'm looking at are out of stock. They are Hankook icebear & they are the correct size tyre for my car.

ive just needed to order a couple of tyres and frankly the price of hankook wholesale tyres is a joke
iremember these when they were cheap new imports and nothing special and i still dont see them any differently so ive orderd mo-hacks instead

bond tyres of york couldnt get supplied last year to the quantity needed (they are importers,maybe ring them and ask about local deliveries to you??)

Hammyman

s_b wrote: »

bond tyres of york couldnt get supplied last year to the quantity needed (they are importers,maybe ring them and ask about local deliveries to you??)

Have you ever seen Bond Tyres premises? Think pokey outfit.