Best Budget Tyres?

pulliptears

My beloved Velocity tyres are coming to the end of their lives, and they were the best tyres Ive ever had. Problem is, Yokohama dont make them anymore :mad: Even madder because they were a bargain at £60 a piece!

So, Im looking for 4 Budget Tyres, have you found any that you think highly of? I need 225/45/17 's

Jane
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Conor_3

The ones National Tyres do are OK. Not the very cheapest but the next step up. Barum?

vansboy

Have a look on https://www.justtyres.co.uk they have premium brands for around £90 all in & budget for £65.

Don't forget to clik the 'coupon' button & get a voucher for another £5 off. (at least that's what we got last month!)

They offer a lonnnnnnnnng guarantee, too!

Saves all the hassle of mail order & then finding a fitter & then who you blame if there's a problem!

VB

dnc1781

Try last:
http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

Which? 22 Feb 2007
Tyres - 82 tested
- score %

Best Buys under £90:

Bridgestone Turanza ER300 - 70%
Pirelli P3000 Energy - 70%
Continental EcoContact3 - 68%
Michelin Primacy HP - 68%
Pirelli P7 - 68%
Continental Premium Contact2 - 67%
Bridgestone B330 Evo - 66%
Goodyear Hydragrip - 66%
Hankook Optimo K715 - 66%
Fulda Carat Progresso - 65%
Michelin Energy E3A - 65%
Pirelli P6 - 65%
Uniroyal Rallye 550 - 65%
Bridgestone B250 - 64%
Dunlop SP30 - 64%
Vredestein Sportrac3 - 64%
Hankook Ventus Prime K105 - 62%

Crabman

Auto Express did a Tyre Test (PDF) where they give quite a comprehensive overview of different brands of tyre, premium and budget.

Apologies, that PDF file isn't the one I was looking for, well it is, but it's not the authentic Auto Express one... bear with me

Bah I can't find it, I'll carry on searching though. In the meantime, I found this which doesn't seem as comprehensive but should be better than my near-useless link :rotfl:

vikingaero

Crabman wrote: »

Auto Express did a Tyre Test (PDF) where they give quite a comprehensive overview of different brands of tyre, premium and budget.

Apologies, that PDF file isn't the one I was looking for, well it is, but it's not the authentic Auto Express one... bear with me

Bah I can't find it, I'll carry on searching though. In the meantime, I found this which doesn't seem as comprehensive but should be better than my near-useless link :rotfl:

I saw a tyre test possibly in Auto Express where they compared some of the brand names with budget tyres supplied by unknown/not popular companies. Places like Kwik Fit were selling Debica tyres for £100 for 4 tyres for a Mondeo sized car. The Debicas were appalling in the wet stopping a good 10metres + compared to one of the brand leaders........ And we had Debicas fitted to our runaround so I changed them pronto!

£60 is about mid range for a tyre depending on tyre size so you can get some good makes.

pulliptears

Thanks for that guys, had a look at your links and narrowed down a few possibilites from there.

I never realised finding a decent set of boots was so difficult!!

Crabman

pulliptears wrote: »

Thanks for that guys, had a look at your links and narrowed down a few possibilites from there.

I never realised finding a decent set of boots was so difficult!!

It's very important too - the tyres are all your car has to keep in contact with the road, it's only about the surface area of your palm on each tyre that contacts the road surface, so you definitely wanna make sure the tyres grip well!

Keep us informed, as I've added this thread to the Motoring A-Z so others in future can benefit from this info

pulliptears

Currently looking at a set of "hero" tyres, Ive read some good reports....

Ill keep you updated!

steveo3002

mytyres.co.uk are v good....

anewman

I recently looked at tyres on blackcircles.com for a set of 4. Ones they could not give a named brand on, i.e. their cheapest, were just over £100. Michelin Energy E3B's were only about £160 so I thought the extra £60 for the brand and the possibility of extended life would be worth it.

I had a "regal" tyre (think the brand is owned by goodyear) which was new but had a rip in the sidewall. This was before the tyre belonged to me so no idea what caused it. I guess these things and punctures etc can happen to any tyres though.