Where to buy tyres?

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19 posts

158 months

Sunday 28th July 2024
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Anyone got any good websites to buy tyres? Tried the usual ones and Asda seems the cheapest so far,
235/30/22

350Matt

3,817 posts

293 months

Sunday 28th July 2024
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camskill

M_A

65 posts

34 months

Sunday 28th July 2024
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Costco usually do good deals at least twice a year. Unfortunately doesn't look like they have your size in stock.

Check prices on Black Circles.

Edited by M_A on Sunday 28th July 22:38

darreni

4,180 posts

284 months

Sunday 28th July 2024
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Keep an eye on black circles, they run 15% off offers every couple of weeks on Michelin and contenential etc

Actual

1,216 posts

120 months

Sunday 28th July 2024
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Halfords and they fit on the drive.

I have used 3 times and had excellent service each time.

Much preferred to having to hang around a tyre shop.

chippy348

676 posts

161 months

Sunday 28th July 2024
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Asda tyres

But make sure you read the T+C on there offers


skyebear

867 posts

20 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Always had good service and prices from Asda Tyres and Halfords.

Black Circles have always been more expensive for car tyres although they used to be competitive for motorbike tyres. They also don't have any fitters within a 15 mile radius of me so I don't know whether they aren't great payers or they're going for a more direct model as some Tescos now have BC fitters on-site.

vikingaero

11,879 posts

183 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Bought lots of tyres from Camskill and Oponeo.

Oponeo have most tyres in stock for 48hr delivery which is great for a European seller. The only bad European seller is DeltiGroup/MyTyres. 2 weeks is the norm if they haven't cancelled your order.

motorhole

679 posts

234 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Recently had superb service from Hometyre for supply and fitting on the drive at home.

Competitive price. Helpful sales agents. Friendly fitters. And more so - when they couldn't get the tyres I wanted in a specific size via stock or supplier, were happy for me to order elsewhere for them to fit on the day.

Smint

2,292 posts

49 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Formula1 autocentre (online) came up better than the rest when i was perusing the next set to be needed, supply and fit.

Camskill usually beat all the others for supply only, which is great if you have somewhere friendly prepared to fit.

Capitan Obvio

18,074 posts

214 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Find a good local independent tyre shop and ask them to match the online fitted price.
They'll say yes ok.

Rough101

2,684 posts

89 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Oponeo or Camskil are consistently cheap, Delticom can be very slow at times, with tyres sometimes coming direct from Europe, so beware of that as they aren’t always that much less than the others.

Costco need to be doing a deal to be cheapest, and have quite a narrow range.

I benefit from a local place that fits up 19” for £10 and £12.50 for bigger ones, if you haven’t got somewhere prepared to fit user supplied tyres it’s a waste of time. I sometimes get a part worn if I’ve had a puncture if I can get an identical one with similar wear so each axle wears evenly, though I only buy newer ones with no repairs that I’ve inspected myself before having fitted, plus my rears are of a size that Michelein are often out of stock on.

Edited by Rough101 on Monday 29th July 09:08

jake19831

17 posts

126 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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What do people think about buying slightly second hand tyres? I've always wondered as they are so much cheaper.

Rough101

2,684 posts

89 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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jake19831 said:
What do people think about buying slightly second hand tyres? I've always wondered as they are so much cheaper.
Last resort, as you don’t really know what’s happened to them and I always inspect myself and have had a few full refunds. Never buy one more than 4 years old on the code and never with a previous repair (as good as the repair may be, you didn’t know if was driven on weakening the carcass.

Lots of people will say it’s a red flag, but does anyone change all 4 tyres hen they buy a used car?

mmm-five

11,705 posts

298 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Rough101 said:
Last resort, as you don’t really know what’s happened to them and I always inspect myself and have had a few full refunds. Never buy one more than 4 years old on the code and never with a previous repair (as good as the repair may be, you didn’t know if was driven on weakening the carcass.

Lots of people will say it’s a red flag, but does anyone change all 4 tyres hen they buy a used car?
Depends what tyres are on it, and what condition they're in, and what car they're on.

If they've got brand new Linglong Premium Endurance Eco tyres on a M3 then they're getting replaced immediately.

If they've got 3 year old PS4S, in very good condition (i.e. no obvious repairs, uneven wear, cracks, chunks out of the rim protector, etc.) on the same car, then they'll stay on until they're worn out.

If it's on a £500 Daewoo Matiz, then I'd be happy if they had 4 of the same model/size of tyre.

dave_s13

13,909 posts

283 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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jake19831 said:
What do people think about buying slightly second hand tyres? I've always wondered as they are so much cheaper.
As long as they're a decent brand, and not more than 3-4yrs old then I can't see a problem.

Just need to be aware that the price of partworns can sometimes be pro-rata to the remaining tread. S if you're keeping the car for the foreseeable then you won't actually save much money.

ARHarh

4,678 posts

121 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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Capitan Obvio said:
Find a good local independent tyre shop and ask them to match the online fitted price.
They'll say yes ok.
My opinion as well. My local tyre place have online ordering and the prices are within pennies of the online prices. The one time they were more expensive I phoned and told them so, they matched the price without any prompting.

vikingaero

11,879 posts

183 months

Monday 29th July 2024
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jake19831 said:
What do people think about buying slightly second hand tyres? I've always wondered as they are so much cheaper.
Not sure what the problem is. I buy secondhand winter tyres all the time. In fact the best time to buy them is in the summer. Many people buy them for the ski season, then find they are not going again or change lease cars so the tyres are no longer compatible.

The best thing about second hand tyres are that you can see inside the carcass to see if there are any repairs or damage.