Tyres - Cheapest I Found......

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TiTheRev wrote: »

I may be wrong, but Ive always been advised to have your best tread tyres on the front??? It helps grip when steering surely? Why put your part worn tyres on the front so you have less grip again? The rears should last longer due to less wear, but there's no logic to putting them on the front as far as I can see

Well, strangely enough, advice seems to be usually the other way round.

When the tyre-fitting company said it I called the tyre manufacturer. I said it seemed intuitively more sensible to have the newer tyres on the front, to disperse water better when going straight. But they both said they don't recommend it, and their reasoning is that understeer is easier to control than oversteer, so you want the better ones at the back.

So now I reckon I'll put new ones on the back for 25 to 30,000 miles, then to the front for the same. Though I'll mess about with them a bit, as I have 2 spares to use up as well

AMO

TiTheRev wrote: »

I may be wrong, but Ive always been advised to have your best tread tyres on the front??? It helps grip when steering surely? Why put your part worn tyres on the front so you have less grip again? The rears should last longer due to less wear, but there's no logic to putting them on the front as far as I can see

It might seem that way at first, but in reality I think it works out better.

Let's say you have 4 new tyres as you drive a new car. Chances are that for every set at the back, you'll be able to change the front ones 2-3 times. Therefore, somewhere between 1.5 and 3 tyres, there is a chance of crackling on your rear tyres.

More importantly, think of it this way. When you're running your first set of tyres at the front, the rear ones are new to 1/3 used. When you're running your second set of tyres, your rear ones are 1/3 to 2/3 used. When you're running your last set, they are almost worn. Your mileage may vary.

If you put the rear tyres at the front every time and rebalance, not only do you know that your tyres are well balanced with every tyre change, but that your rear tyres are always running on new to 1/3 use.

Also, completely new tyres are not good for tread. You need to wear them down for a few miles. Having the completely new tyres on the back makes them less risky.

At least this is how I see it.

Note that traditionally, tyre changers always told me to drive 10-20K miles with the tyres and then come in and get them swapped and then drive the remainder and then get them all changed. Yeah right - how many tyre fitters do you know that will swap your tyres around for free even if you can be bothered to bring in your car.

Now they tell you that your rear tyres need changing every 2 times your front ones do. Again, I think that your mileage may vary, but I like the tyre rotation technique myself.

AMO

AMO

Oh, one other thing. The only advantage I can see of not rotating your tyres is that when you buy 4 tyres at a time, you can get a couple of quid more off and in some rare scenarios get a Buy 3 Get 1 Free deal on tyres at the more expensive tyre places.

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Do they sell SPAM..???:spam::spam::spam::spam:

Reported as Spam.

jase1

You've made a bit of a boo-boo there Grant, seeing as according to the site one Grant Harris is the owner of the company.....

Still, your prices seem reasonable enough.

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jase1 wrote: »

You've made a bit of a boo-boo there Grant, seeing as according to the site one Grant Harris is the owner of the company.....

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So apart from being a spammer, a not too bright spammer.:rotfl::D

TiTheRev

A bit of a spanner spammer :rotfl:

Wig

grantharris wrote: »

tyredrop . com has the cheapest tyres !!

They were by far the cheapest for tyres and delivered them to my front door for £12.00

They also offered a fitting service but i had them delivered.

I have placed 3 orders on there for all of my families cars and they were the cheapest everytime by far.

and they except paypal and RBS world pay as a form of payment.

Amazing service when i called the first time

Here's a post of mine from a few months ago regarding tyre prices, let's see how tyredrop fares up to the competition

Wig wrote: »

A wee update, the size is 175 65 14 and it's a corsa car.

I got some quotes, and found the cheapest supplier locally - like to support my local businesses.

I got prices for delivery only (not fitting) from black circles, mytyres and etyres, found that blackcircles was consistently the cheapest.

Blackcircles: All prices (in Black) Plus £12 delivery for any number of tyres as I'm ordering 2 that's plus £6 each, I could order 4 in anticipation and bring it down to plus £3 each.

Local supplier all prices (in RED) Are going directly through the local supplier & inc VAT, fitting, valve and balancing

Conti eco contact 3 82 T £37.03.........£41.50
Firestone multihawk 82 T £33.68.........£41
Avon ZT5 82 T £37.43......................£33
Avon ZT5 86 T £37.33......................not given
Michelin Energy 82 T £42.91...............£47

A word to the wise.... the "fitted" price for blackcircles was a lot more, the conti as an example was £51.43 thats £8 per tyre on top. Delivery is included in the fitted price as they go straight to the garage. And I suppose if you got delivery only, you'd easily have to pay at least £8 fitting so you would not be any better off. So my little investigation has proven yet again that it's cheaper to shop around & go local than to buy off the internet.

I'm saving £37.66 on 2 tyres by doing my homework & going local.

Tyredrop prices
Conti eco 3 £36.65
Firestone multihawk 82T £33.14
Avon ZT5 82T £ Not stocked
Avon ZT5 86T £ Not Stocked
Michelin Energy 82T £45.49

Your prices are good, and I wish you well in your business venture, good website design aswell. But when you add £12 postage & fitting on top, if I bought 1, 2 or 4 tyres off you I'd be cheaper buying from my local fitter and a lot less hassle.

Sorry but internet tyre shopping just does not make economic sense if you are prepared to do your homework, and maybe lucky enough to have a discount tyrefitter locally. I have 2 discount tyre shops locally they are both well priced. I can't believe that other towns in UK don't have their own cheap tyre shops.

jase1

Where the online places score is choice -- you can get just about any desired tyre at a good price, rather than being forced to compromise as is often the case with the local places.

If an online store lacks the choice, it is doomed unless it's extra-cheap (as Camskill tends to be).

This "Tyredrop" seems OK, and will most likely join my list of places I check (Camskill, MyTyres, ValueTyres, Black Circles, ebay and a quick Google check), but I agree that £12 is a killer when some places are doing "free" delivery. Unfortunately I've not yet been able to find a cheap shed around near me, but there are places that'll fit the tyres cheaply (starting at £5) so that's not such a headache.

Wig

My fitter will give me a price of any tyre I want and he will have it delivered in 24 hours (to his shop). Other places are probably able to do this aswell.