Tyres - Cheapest I Found......

Limey

davidjwest wrote: »

Personally I think driving safely is the most important thing - if he'd left a reasonable gap he wouldn't have run into you, regardless of what tyres he had.

:laugh: That's true. Altho he did slide for what seemed a bloody long way (I was stationary) and when I looked at his tyres they were truly awful. Put it this way I had time to take off the handbrake, cover the footbrake and brace before he hit. I'd left a good distance between myself and the car infront so I could roll forward after the bump and absorb some of the force. If I could have moved out of the way I would have.

Driving a small sports car (MR2) the TDF comment is quite appropriate as the limit before the back end starts to twitch is highly dependant on the rubber compound. The old Nankangs were terrible on the Rev1 MR2 Mk2 even with it's more 'driver orientated':D suspension. But then these kinds of car are much more tyre sensitive thane your average econobox.

blinkythefish

I use one of three:

https://www.lynchfordservicecentre.co.uk/tyres/
https://www.micheldever.co.uk
https://www.headleytyres.co.uk

Guilefox

My car is currently in for a service and some other work at my local independent garage and they want to swap two of the tyres.

What I would like to know (apologies if this goes off topic slightly)

- What is the real difference between premium, mid range and budget tyres apart from the price?
- Would you (a tyre fitter - ever put a budget on your own car?)
- And are there better budget tyres than others?

Surely its not like the argument about designer clothes lasting longer thank Primark Clothes - which does have element in truth in it. Guess I am hoping for an answer like the rubber material/polymer is more hard wearing in some kind of scientific test!

BrunoMars_2

I shopped around and found some cheap tyres on the Protyre website www. protyre. co. uk

Used discount code: MAWEBCLOUD from Voucher Cloud and got £12.50 off 2 tyres and the price is all inclusive so just turned up and had them fitted.

In terms of location Micheldever Tyres are the cheapest I have come across :T

Wayne3765

BrunoMars wrote: »

I shopped around and found some cheap tyres on the Protyre website www. protyre. co. uk

Used discount code: MAWEBCLOUD from Voucher Cloud and got £12.50 off 2 tyres and the price is all inclusive so just turned up and had them fitted.

In terms of location Micheldever Tyres are the cheapest I have come across :T

Protyre cheap ? £69 for a tyre I can get fully fitted and have change out of £50 .

SHIPSHAPE

Limey wrote: »

Please, please, please avoid budget tyres for the sake of saving pennies. They are the most important component in making your car stop!

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Can you please post up your evidence that UK standard budget tyres cause accidents and should be avoided?

Why does the government not ban their sale?

For your info, and having driven for a living for some 25 years, I calculate I have driven some million miles in that time, almost always using budgets.

Never had an accident, touch wood, and have always had a clean licence.

And I don't save pennies, I get a price of virtually 2 budgets for the price of one premium brand.

SHIPSHAPE

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

i also confirm what limey says

i love the way how people bang on about how safe their car is in crash tests then opt for the cheapest tyres they can find

The driver is the most important factor in a car, not tyres.

My car is safe, using budgets, because I drive a lot and I have increased my skills during that time.

SHIPSHAPE

steveo3002 wrote: »

yeah cheap ditch finders are false economy ...its all that keeps you on the road

nicer tyres will be quiter too and last longer

The one time I did use 'nicer' tyres than budget I noticed no difference with noise reduction.

And they lasted about the same miles.

Limey

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Can you please post up your evidence that UK standard budget tyres cause accidents and should be avoided?

Why does the government not ban their sale?

For your info, and having driven for a living for some 25 years, I calculate I have driven some million miles in that time, almost always using budgets.

Never had an accident, touch wood, and have always had a clean licence.

And I don't save pennies, I get a price of virtually 2 budgets for the price of one premium brand.

I think Evo did a study into stopping distances and the budget's didn't fare well. I'll have a look for it in a mo.

TBH my experiences of budget tyres are from the numbers of MR2s we have spinning out due to having Nankang NS1 tyres (or similar) on the back, they do not have decent latteral grip and when they let go you're gone, no progressive loss of traction whatsoever. A lot of budgets are hard compounds which really doesn't help matters. Pirelli P6000s are another example of a downright dangerous tyre in the wet (on an Mk1 Mr2) you have to drive like a granny to stop the back end from twitching and with no weight in the front you're having to cadence brake all the time to stop the fronts locking up.

Why doesn't the gov ban them? I imagine there are standards that the tyres have to meet but I'd guess they're pretty lax.:rotfl:

I don't fit premiums but I fit the best I can afford, usually Toyo, Vredestein or if I'm feeling flush Uniroyal Rainsports. Good midrange tyres with a compound on the soft side, but then I drive a light car compared to what you may drive and my needs are different.

I agree with what you say about the driver being key but I'd still say that mechanically your tyres are the most important. Most drivers don't even consider what tyre would be best for their car.:mad:

jase1

The problem with a lot of the tests done is that they spin the results to support an agenda.

I am reminded of a Continental test where they slated budget tyres, despite the fact that by their own measurements the Nankang tyre took only 5% longer to stop than the Continental that cost twice as much. They even presented the graphs cropped so the stopping distance started at 30m, so 33m looked twice as bad as 31.

There are a few poor tyres on the market that are designed for warmer climates, but once you take these out the differences are very slight between models.