NEW TYRES -----where to buy?

suzyq

Try this web site for cheap car tyres they arrange the fitting too. https://www.mytyres.co.uk

wazza

get your yellow pages and phone around. ask if any discount for 4 tyres ordered and if valves and balancing included in price.

here in nottingham we have big city tyres which has proved cheaper than anyone here for me. dont know if they have a branch near you

gingerdad

I bought some tyres in a small market town, phoned round 4 places and knocked nearly 25% of the price, just by asking them to match each other. but i have to admit i did get the next to lowest wrong as forgot to add vat, but the last one matched it including vat fitting and balance, so got to contentinal eco 165/70 R14 for 35.00 each

medieval_3

I wholeheartedly recommend COSTCO for replacement tyres! I recently purchased two Michelin tyres for my Renault and they were installed quickly and their prices included lifetime balance and rotation, stems, mounting and free disposal of the old tyres. No extra hidden charges to shock you upon payment.

I did have a certain amount of frustration as I was trying to purchase the tyres, but wrote it off to high pressure selling on the part of the manager and technicians.
When I purchased the tyres for the front of my Renault, I had already spotted two Michelin Energy tyres that cost around £32. The manager insisted that I had to have a higher priced £54, "T" rated tyre installed rather than the "H" rated tyre that I wanted.

Towards the end of the argument, I was forced to go to the glovebox of my car, bring in the manual and show him the exact specs for that Renault model that indicated Renault recommended either a "T" or "H" rated tyre either/or for that model car.

Once I was finally passed that hurdle, the technician who changed my two new tyres noticed some uneven wear on my other two older tyres that were purchased last year at another dealer. Their tread was in relatively good order with no appearance of fault except for some diagonal uneven wear marks in two spots.

The technician warned me that "these tyres could blow out at any minute", and advised me to buy two new ones to avoid a "serious accident" on the road.
I then responded that "I'll take his advisement and return the tyres to the shop that sold them to me for their inspection and a possible refund if they found fault with them".
He then responded in an urgent tone "maybe they will and maybe they won't, but these tyres need replacing immediately since this wear is a sign that the tyre is failing and the tread could possibly be separating below the surface".

This technician was not aware that one of my first temp jobs when I was paying my way through college in the US was working in a tyre warehouse "slinging tires". I saw the same wear marks on countless cars and trucks that came in for repair, and knew that these marks are usually a result of an tyre that is out of balance. A rebalance was all that was needed to correct the wear.

I didn't say anything to the technician to spare another argument, but in the end he replaced my old tyres back on the car and I was on my way. I would still recommend them because of their price, even though it was a bit of a headache getting them purchased and installed.

It did irritate me a little bit when I thought of other customers, especially people who didn't have the information to counter these claims, who might be duped into buying extra tyres when all they needed was a good balance. Badda Boom, Badda Bing and they are back on the road.

Had the feeling that there was some form of "quota" or pressure sales coming down from higher up, possibly Michelin, to sell more tyres...has anyone else experienced this kind of situation at other Costco Tyre Centers?

medieval_3

Oh, I totally forgot to mention, that Costco Tyre Center that I mentioned is in Thurrock, and they have locations all around the UK. COSTCO is a huge Discount Warehouse kinda like SAM'S Wholesale owned by Wal-Mart. Costco buys Michelin by the airplane hanger load hence their prices are dirt cheap. There is an annual membership fee of £20.00 for trade and around £24 or £25 for individuals.
Here is the link:
http://www.costco.co.uk/Depts&Servs_main/Depts_servs/Tyre/tyre_centre.htm

rdj104

Costco will usually give you a price over the phone for tyres, use yellow pages or their website to find telephone number of your local branch.

Ring up and ask for the tyre department (in Watford at least it's a separate phone number I had to ring after that)

Ask for a price for your tyres, if they ask for your membership number you can say you haven't got it with you at the moment, they'll give you the price anyway.