cheap tyres

tomstickland

I have found that the small idepedant tyre places are cheaper than online tyre sales. By the time you have paid for the tyre and delivery, then had them fitted locally, the costs equal out.

None of my local tyre places can beat Blackcircles on price, and the Blackcircles price includes fitting. In fact, the place that fits them is Protyre, but it'd cost me £7 more to buy the tyres direct from Protyre.

LandyAndy

daveyjp wrote: »

"They import part worn tyres from Germany"

Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole - if they are so good why don't Germans buy them? If you need two sets you fit summers, remove them in winter then next summer put them back on.

In reality most Germans have two sets of complete wheels - alloys for summer with summer tyres, steel for winter with winter tyres fitted.

Avoid any sort of part worn tyre.

German law requires tyre changes at greater remaining tread depths than English law hence tyres that would be illegal in Germany are still legal in the UK.

Every time you buy a second hand car you buy a complete set of part worn tyres about which you have no information. You never give them a second thought.:rolleyes:

LandyAndy

Two tyres for my Peugeot 405 cost me £71 from National. I don't think I could beat that significantly on the net.

At the other end of the scale:-

Two Bridgestone Potenza 245/45x18s for my RX-8 were cheapest from my Mazda dealer. Internet sites weren't even close.

Don't believe internet sites are cheapest, particularly after you factor in additional cost of fitting etc.

vansboy

I usually suggest www.justtyres.co.uk sometimes excellent deals on their site - Todays Offers page. Can't see your size, but you can print off a discount voucher & save £5 or ??? call the depot & see what they offer!

Just looked in http://www.kwik-fit.com/tyre-search.asp £96 each for Continental if you buy 4, V rated - depending on the needs of your car.

VB

chuckles1066

debnlee wrote: »

hi does anybody know of any websites for cheap tyres???? im after 4x 205-50-17 thanks in advance

The words "cheap" and "tyres" should never live happily together in the same sentence.

Remember, it's those four bits of rubber (and ONLY those four bits of rubber) that keep you in safe contact with the road.

piggeh

I have 3 cheap 'matador' tyres on my car and one other make (which I think is the proper brand the car came with originally). All 3 of the budget tyres provide little grip and they dont keep their shape too well. Will be buying some better tyres next time, budget tyres are awful.

Keith

Costco are cheap for tyres

tomstickland

chuckles1066 wrote: »

The words "cheap" and "tyres" should never live happily together in the same sentence.

Remember, it's those four bits of rubber (and ONLY those four bits of rubber) that keep you in safe contact with the road.

I buy Eagle F1 GSDs which are numerous performance test winners and they cost £45 per wheel fitted. Now I think that's cheap. So cheap tyres don't have to be rubbish. I agree in principle though - rubbish tyres are dangerous. I had a 2nd car for a while, shared with a friend of mine, and I had to knock 10-15mph off my expectations on corners due to its lack of grip. It would skid so easily in the wet.

PUREHOMES

www.tyretraders.co.uk

Exceptional

Just dreading coming round to buying the tyres on my new vehicle 205 30 22

savvy

scbk wrote: »

None of the companies like etyres cover up here. When I need a tyre I just walk in to the local independant tyre shop with a wad of cash. No messing about, decent prices, don't need to pre book anything

LOL that wouldn't have worked at all for me, I had one day to get my tyre done ready for the MOT retest the next day, and in that one day I also had to work.........no-one else would've come out to me when they said they would, sorted it while I carried on working AND do more for free, oh and give me £10 of vouchers for another time