buying a performance car, does tyre brand matter?

[mikeouk]

I need to buy four new tyres for a 2020 golf gti that I will be selling. Ill be putting it on collecting cars I think, so want to make it as attractive as possible to potential bidders

looking at prices on blackcircles

4x tyres (prices after promotional discounts)

pirrelli p zero - £489.96
conti sport 7 - £541.96
kumho - £389.96

the question is, is it worth the extra £100/£150 over the kumho tyres? would pirrelli or conti attract more interest? or wouldnt matter , kumho arnt considered a rubbish budget brand after all.

[Glenn63]

I’d have no issues with Kumho had them before and rate them.
More an issue for me is mis matched tyres or big difference in tread depths gives me more a ‘run on a budget’ vibe.

[Deerfoot]

I'd rather see a full set of Kumhos than a budget brand for sure, I'm not sure going for Contis would be worth the extra outlay unless you're going to try and sell it via a dedicated owners forum.

I've got a set of Kumhos on my F31 and they've been fine.

[J4CKO]

Yeah, Kumhos are decent, a lot of people don’t notice tyres, a lot dont care if they are new but I would be happy to see four new Kumhos on a Golf GTI, don’t think you need to spend the extra.

Been to look at 500 bhp Mercedes with Chinese budgets on, you just know it will be utterly hopeless and you will need to “budget” for four decent tyres.

[brillomaster]

A matching set of kumhos will be fine on a golf gti.

Perhaps on a bmw m, porsche gt or something really fast you'd want to see michelins or continentals, but a gti? Kumhos are fine, as you say they are a decent tyre, they are my go to road tyre.

[JimmyConwayNW]

A lot of folk would have 4 matching used part worn chucked on there.

I don't think the Kumho over another premium brand will make a jot of difference.

[Scootersp]

Making it as attractive as possible could be popping on the ad that, at 'x' price it will come with x4 new tyres of your choice?

Then you cater for all, those that'll take it as is and fit their own tyres just paying you a bit less and those that want a specific brand

[TechnoKnows]

Khumo on my JCW no issues and it's running 300+ bhp
Prefer them over the run flat P zeros that were on it before.

[CLK-GTR]

I'd be fine with any matching, name brand set on a GTI.

I think a high end brand only matters once you get into bigger AMG/RS/M territory and beyond.

[E-bmw]

As others have said Kumho are a well respected mid-range tyre that many will have zero issues with on such a car.

[ZX10R NIN]

As above Khumo's.

[Mr Tidy]

Yes, Kumho will be fine. I fitted a set to my BMW Z4M in 2022 and they were fine, until the rears wore out!

You wouldn't get any more for the car fitting the dearer options.

[Dog Biscuit]

Yokohama can be cheap and are fairly good

[DBA086]

They’re all decent tyres - it’s the linglongs that you want to avoid!

[AddyT.]

Kumho are fine as far as I am aware. As others have said matching tyres are what people will notice and great if they are all brand new.

On my fast Golfs I have always stuck with the Goodyear Eagle F1’s. Really good tyres but aware they of course will cost more than the Kumho’s.

[AddyT.]

Kumho are fine as far as I am aware. As others have said matching tyres are what people will notice and great if they are all brand new.

On my fast Golfs I have always stuck with the Goodyear Eagle F1’s. Really good tyres but aware they of course will cost more than the Kumho’s.

[shtu]

Nowt wrong with Kumho for that application.

VW use them as on OEM supplier too.

[mac96]

Does it need new tyres? As a buyer the upside of partly worn tyres is that you can check whether they are wearing evenly. Brand new tyres might suggest hiding some tricky alignment problem.
Perhaps I am overthinking this!

[SchillingTwo]

If two roughly similar cars had nothing much to choose between them I’d probably prefer the one with better tyres, and would also perhaps think that the owner who chose more budget ones had made savings in other areas, but this is far enough down the list of preferences that I think it’d be very unlikely to ever end up as the deciding factor.

On the other hand, if I was selling I’d not go with the cheaper choice for the sake of £100.

[Dog Biscuit]

mac96 said:

Does it need new tyres? As a buyer the upside of partly worn tyres is that you can check whether they are wearing evenly. Brand new tyres might suggest hiding some tricky alignment problem.
Perhaps I am overthinking this!

Thats a good point actually - that said hot FWD cars can often scub the outer edges