Tyres

[themee]

Need new rears, fronts are fine but 5 years old, have heard they go off after about 5 years would you change all 4?

[themee]

And wheres the cheapest place to buy? Going to stick with Continental Premium Contact 2

[Barry S1]

And which are the best for donuts ;-)

[themee]

I intend to do loads of donuts in the garage car park before they fit them... no way am I changing them with the 2.5mm I have left. And if I am changing the fronts, they may well be put on the rear for a few spins prior to fitting too!

Edited by themee on Thursday 21st August 22:38

[v8s4me]

Get four new ones. They may have enough tread but the rubber goes hard and loses grip.

[Deeman]

Barry S1 said:

And which are the best for donuts ;-)

The dirty secret is out Chris.....

[glenrobbo]

Deeman said:

Barry S1 said:

And which are the best for donuts ;-)

The dirty secret is out Chris.....

Haha!
Black(Forest)Circles!

[AutoAndy]

themee said:

And wheres the cheapest place to buy? Going to stick with Continental Premium Contact 2

I found these guys to be worth checking on the net: http://www.blackcircles.com/ - Used a couple of times: Cheap prices for tyres only or fitted at a local fitter of your choice...plus you get Tesco clubcard points...and what do points make...

[The Big G]

themee said:

And wheres the cheapest place to buy?

Here's a list of a couple others I have used in the past in addition to black circles:-

www.mytyres.co.uk
www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

These are also supposed to be good sites too

www.oponeo.co.uk
twww.tyreleader.co.uk


Different sites will have different offers and availability. It also depends if you are just looking for tyres and have a friendly fitter or need to arrange fitting through the site too. I don't think they all offer this.

Pneus online were significantly cheaper than the rest when I was looking for a set of winters for the daily last autumn.

Edited by The Big G on Friday 22 August 10:54

[glenrobbo]

AutoAndy said:

I found these guys to be worth checking on the net: http://www.blackcircles.com/ - Used a couple of times: Cheap prices for tyres only or fitted at a local fitter of your choice...plus you get Tesco clubcard points...and what do points make...

Donuts?

Or double discount on 'Le Shuttle'.

It's a hard choice.......

[S2Mike]

ETB Worcester Ltd are worth a look, Dunlop Bluresponse 205/60/15s fitted for £73 a corner with a little bartering, as not long put tyres on my daily and my better half's car includes balancing and disposal of my old ditchfinders.
http://www.etbtyres.co.uk/
Around 20 depots around some parts of the country.

[markbigears]

I've always found camskill fantastic on price and delivery to your local tyre fitter. Used them many times for the Audi

[glenrobbo]

S2Mike said:

ETB Worcester Ltd are worth a look, Dunlop Bluresponse 205/60/15s fitted for £73 a corner with a little bartering, as not long put tyres on my daily and my better half's car includes balancing and disposal of my old ditchfinders.

Good to hear Mike
Did you manage to get your wheel sorted out ok?

[themee]

Thanks everyone, 4 new tyres it is then, and plenty of places to check out!

[S2Mike]

glenrobbo said:

S2Mike said:

ETB Worcester Ltd are worth a look, Dunlop Bluresponse 205/60/15s fitted for £73 a corner with a little bartering, as not long put tyres on my daily and my better half's car includes balancing and disposal of my old ditchfinders.

Good to hear Mike
Did you manage to get your wheel sorted out ok?

Hi Glen, no, done nowt with it so far, I had a spare in my workshop so using that. Once it all calms down a bit ( really busy at the moment ) will get it repaired. Cannot find any other probs with car so just bad luck and poor tyres.

[glenrobbo]

Mike, I think you were extremely lucky to get away so lightly. You could so easily have been collected by an oncoming vehicle.

It was salutory lesson to us all on the importance of decent tyres.