Tyres - Cheapest I Found......

STOCKWIRE

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.

Fully agree, Most premium brands start off as "untrusted budgets " until they get an established reputation and all of a sudden they become a premium expensive brand.

flyingscotno1

Limey wrote: »

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:

November 2012 is d-day for some of the ditchfinders. Before you buy a tyre you will get a label similar to the ones on appliances, A-G ratings of various things. However it becomes illegal EU wide for manufacturers to homologate tyres that are at the bottom end. There was a list on a website which showed many budget brands were ruled out.

I don't really bother with budgets or premiums much. On budgets quality can be mixed bag and Hankooks etc are usually £5-10 a corner more. Premiums are better and can last longer but not worth paying £90 for a tyre when a decent one is £70.

SHIPSHAPE

jase1 wrote: »

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.

I remember reading about budgets v premium and the various tests that were made between them, eg noise reduction, wear, braking distance etc

The best rated budgets had really only a marginally lower rating than the worst rated premiums.

And the conclusion was that the price difference between the two couldn't be justified.

I wish I could remember & look up this test from about 2 year ago.

In any case, a good alert driver compensates for tyres that are not so good as premiums.

jase1

A premium tyre with 2mm of tread can have far less grip than a brand-new budget tyre. Yet few people use emotive language about driving around on such tyres.

I tend to buy mid-range tyres with a good reputation for wet grip, and change them at 3mm (selling the old ones on eBay), but that's just me. I've driven cars on budget tyres before and not landed in a ditch. Hell, my second car has Pirelli P6000s on the front (not the best tyre by any means) and cheap Admirals on the back, and I've not managed to find the limits of these tyres in any unsafe way.

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A mate has just had 2 part worn budgets fitted to his P-reg Megane for £20 all in at a breakers yard. Bargain motoring at its best! :cool:

Amyloutea

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Henrik11

Where at tyresavings.com I checked out all the various websites Black Circles Tyre Shopper My Tyres etc so after comparing everything I was around 100.00 cheaper on 4 Michelin 255/65/16 for my Land Rover I think if you take the time to look for these deals they are out there plus i never had to worry about paying online I just turn up on Thurs and pay then...:j

The_Jester

The poblem I have now found is the price tyre fitters charge for a changeover if you haven't purchased the tyre from them.

I was quoted £15 per tyre which worked out more expensive overall.

I think many tyre fitters are trying to discourage buying from elsewhere.

jonnyc633

I was just emailed about an offer for 10% off tyres with these guys

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I got 20 quid off my tyres after entering this code

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A._Badger

The_Jester wrote: »

The poblem I have now found is the price tyre fitters charge for a changeover if you haven't purchased the tyre from them.

I was quoted £15 per tyre which worked out more expensive overall.

I think many tyre fitters are trying to discourage buying from elsewhere.

Any competent garage can change tyres - don't waste your time looking for a specialist as it's not a specialist trade. I use a small local garage for everything, including fitting the tyres, which I buy and have shipped direct to him - in fact he's fitting two for me later today. I think he charges £10 a corner, which seems about average, but I have seen posters saying they get it done for as little as £5 a tyre.