Churchill tyres. Anyone heard of them? Any good?
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Found a BMW I like - December 2018 F32 4 Series. It ticks all the boxes, except, it has Churchill tyres which I’ve never heard of. This wasn’t a cheap car new and isn’t a particularly cheap car at 4.5 years old either, so it’s slightly unnerving that it has a brand of tyres that I don’t recognise. My concern is that someone’s bought an expensive car and then tried to run it on a shoestring budget… or am I worrying unnecessarily? Are these tyres OK or should I be looking at factoring in the cost of reverting them back to the type that would have been fitted by BMW when the car was new?
All four tyres are the same. The car only has 19k miles on it so I guess they can’t be that old. It has two owners. I guess the questions are; Who put the tyres on, previous owner or dealer? Does the car have a full BMW service history? Basically if it has fBMWsh then I’ll just look to get the tyres changed if I buy it. In every other sense it’s a great car.
Driver101 said:
As soon as I see a car with budget tyres it really puts me off.
It's often dealers that put them on. I know they want to make profit, but fitting budget tyres puts potential buyers off. Is saving hundreds of pounds on tyres really beneficial on expensive and performance cars?
Exactly, although if it’s the dealer that’s put them on then at least it’s not an indicator of a previous owner who’s been doing things on the cheap. I think if they were put on by the dealer and the service history checks out then there are no further concerns.It's often dealers that put them on. I know they want to make profit, but fitting budget tyres puts potential buyers off. Is saving hundreds of pounds on tyres really beneficial on expensive and performance cars?
talksthetorque said:
sorry for dragging this one out of the weeds
OP, Did you buy the car. I think I may be looking at it now. ( 435xd)
Was it from a "car supermarket" type of dot com place.
No, didn't buy the car. It was a 420i and I really want a 440i, but this one was so nice I might have bought it if it'd had the Goodyear Eagle F1s that they have from the factory. Not a car supermarket - an independent near Harrogate that scores 4.9 on Trust Pilot across 405 reviews, so the vast majority of customers are happy. Certainly not some stack-em-high and sell-em-cheap place, but the budget tyres cast enough doubt into my mind that I couldn't bring myself to take it any further.OP, Did you buy the car. I think I may be looking at it now. ( 435xd)
Was it from a "car supermarket" type of dot com place.
E-bmw said:
Even though I do bang on about tyres, personally it wouldn't put me off, I would be factoring the replacement cost into any offer if I like the car though.
I did consider this but the price was very strong anyway. Really it was at the top end of the price range for comparable Approved Used BMWs. I'd firstly have had to factor in that it wasn't an Approved Used BMW and, therefore, had a crappy RAC warranty that wouldn't be worth the paper it's written on (read the Trust Pilot reviews) instead of the comprehensive 12 month BMW warranty... then another £800 to replace all four tires. I'd have to have made a very cheeky offer!Gassing Station | Suspension, Brakes & Tyres | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff