Have tyres gone up in price?

Boa21

I use the same local tyre fitter and he said Blackcircles own Michelin and he couldn't match their prices. He's happy for me to book them through Blackcircles. I actually thought they were a bit cheaper recently.

I also swear by the cross climates, much quieter then the normal Michelins and good tyre life. I have driven them in snow a couple of years ago and they were brilliant.

Biggus_Dickus

I’ve just conducted a major in-depth survey of 1 customer (me!) and here are the results.

 21st January 2020. 2 x front tyres replaced (Goodyear tyres);...£122.88 each inc. fitting.

29th July 2020. 2 x rear tyres replaced (identical Goodyear tyres);... £120.31 each inc. fitting.

Conclusion: The tyres (inc. fitting) were more expensive in January than July. The evidence is overwhelming.

P.S.  all four tyres were ordered through ‘Etyres’ and fitted by the same local fitter.

 

 

AdrianC

Boa21 said:

I use the same local tyre fitter and he said Blackcircles own Michelin

Michelin own Blackcircles, not the other way round. Michelin also own ATS.

treeroy

Tyre prices have not changed. If a good high end tyre for your car's wheel size cost £100 last year, then it will still cost £100 to get a good high end tyre today.
Individual brands though, their prices go up and down all the time, especially considering how most big name brands have discounts tied in to various tyre dealers that change every month.

EdGasketTheSecond

facade said:

Car_54 said:

EdGasketTheSecond said:

Every time the gov't 'prints' £Billions with QE, it reduces the value of the £ in your pocket. Eventually you realize when you try to buy something with it.

If that were the case, then inflation would be much higher than it is.

Inflation is much higher than they admit.

Just do your weekly shop, every single thing has either gone up, or the packet size has shrunk, or both.

Yet inflation is still really low, I don't know how they do it. I've seen the list of items that they check the price of, and it should be impossible to keep returning such low figures.

I need to find out where they shop

You need to look at Shadowstats. Although a USA site, it gives an indication of how much official statistics are manipulated to give a much rosier picture than reality. The formula for calculating inflation has been watered down progressively over the years and if you just took official calculations of inflation as they used to be around the 1960's, then inflation would be double what it is stated to be. The gov'ts prices for standard food items in their stats make Lidl's look like Fortnum & mason's.

Where tyres are concerned, the recent weakness of the £ is not helping either as most tyres are imported. This will probably only get worse as Brexit unfolds.

AdrianC

EdGasketTheSecond said:
The gov'ts prices for standard food items in their stats make Lidl's look like Fortnum & mason's.

Meanwhile, the reality...
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/methodologies/consumerpricesindicestechnicalmanual2019#collection-of-prices

DD265

AdrianC said:

I don't think it's likely that the size of the wheels on the OP's car have changed markedly since April.

No, but maybe with all the pot holes knocking around they've changed shape 
Thanks all, I'll pay what they cost when the time comes and keep my grumbling to a minimum 

sweetsand

Depending on the car and the mileage and age of the car, it may be worth considering changing the TPMS at the same time
as getting new tyres that is if you have the tpms. Most cars have that

angrycrow

Just bought two new premium tyres for the front identical to the two I purchased this time last year for the rear. Last year £176 this year £182 so 3.3% more than last year. The garage commented that getting stock is proving problematic due to the effects of Covid. 

sweetsand

angrycrow said:

Just bought two new premium tyres for the front identical to the two I purchased this time last year for the rear. Last year £176 this year £182 so 3.3% more than last year. The garage commented that getting stock is proving problematic due to the effects of Covid. 

Almost what I said, thanks. Often I don't believe people reasons for price hikes but this Covid thing is having an impact on prices on many things.