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How much attention do you pay to what tyres are on it?
We're shortly going to be selling the OH's two-year-old Mito and after 20k miles it needs new front tyres. Trying to decide whether to replace with OEM (Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT) at £120 each, or save a few pennies and put two Hankooks or Avon ZZ3s at about £90 each.
I've been impressed with the 'life' of the Dunlops, but as we're selling it that's not really a consideration. I just wonder whether it will make any difference to the ease of selling by having new 'correct' OEM tyres, compared to 'decent mid-range' new ones.
What do you think, PH sages? She is on the way to the tyre place now, so you have 45 minutes to decide...
We're shortly going to be selling the OH's two-year-old Mito and after 20k miles it needs new front tyres. Trying to decide whether to replace with OEM (Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT) at £120 each, or save a few pennies and put two Hankooks or Avon ZZ3s at about £90 each.
I've been impressed with the 'life' of the Dunlops, but as we're selling it that's not really a consideration. I just wonder whether it will make any difference to the ease of selling by having new 'correct' OEM tyres, compared to 'decent mid-range' new ones.
What do you think, PH sages? She is on the way to the tyre place now, so you have 45 minutes to decide...
Mid-range is fine IMO - Avon, Dunlop, etc. I only get concerned when looking at a car if I see Arrowspeed, Linglong, or other budget nasties, because to me that suggests the owner doesn't care much for the car, just lets Kwik Fit put on whatever budget rubbish happens to be on offer. Good tyres to me indicates a car that's been looked after, or at least not been skimped on when it comes to maintenance.
HTH
HTH
grumbledoak said:
Unless I notice that you've put a stupidly mismatched set on, which would worry me about what else you may have done, why not just let the new owner buy the ones they want?
Because they're getting a bit borderline on legality, and I wouldn't want to give the impression that it hasn't been looked after at all (it has).Gizmo! said:
It is the 155bhp turbo version, not a 1.2 shopping trolley, but there does appear to be a consensus emerging 
It's still a shopping trolley, just a marginally more powerful shopping trolley. 
I think power doesn't really matter, its' more down to how finely balanced the chassis is.
As long as you have the same type on each side of the axles, and they're decent quality tyres, I don't think many people will care. In my experience manufacturers often don't pick the best tyre for the car anyway, because they often have an agreement to ship the same manufacturer's tyres on all their cars. No idea about Alfa, though.
A full set of good tyres is nice to see but straight bodywork, mechanical condition, paperwork is FAR more important. Tyres are just a bargaining tool, and 99% of people won't notice unless the tread is very low.
If I had to change them, it would be cheap ditchfinders to get the job done.
If I had to change them, it would be cheap ditchfinders to get the job done.
Gizmo! said:
Snowboy said:
On a car like that I doubt if it will matter.
On a premium/sports car it might.
It is the 155bhp turbo version, not a 1.2 shopping trolley, but there does appear to be a consensus emerging On a premium/sports car it might.
I forgot what forum I was on for a moment there.
When I bought my S2000 the first thing I did was ditch the 4 mismatched tyres and put on 4 decent ones and kept decent ones on there.
When I sold it part of my advertising spiel was that it had 4 matching OEM tyres.
If you put on OEM tyres you can use that as part of the advertising.
It makes the car seem well looked after.
I guess it depends if it's a £5k car or a £15k car.
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