tyres online - who offers great prices?
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It will depends on the exact size/brand/model you're after.
Some sellers are better priced on (for example) Bridgestone over Michelin, and others are better priced on Pirelli over Bridgestone.
Even then the specific tyre size might not be a popular stock item at one supplier, so might not be the best price for them.
I'd just try a few of the 'usual suspects' (top 4 are the ones I always try first):
For example, here's their page for a 205/55r16 CrossClimate 2.
Some sellers are better priced on (for example) Bridgestone over Michelin, and others are better priced on Pirelli over Bridgestone.
Even then the specific tyre size might not be a popular stock item at one supplier, so might not be the best price for them.
I'd just try a few of the 'usual suspects' (top 4 are the ones I always try first):
- Camskill
- BlackCircles
- Lovetyres
- Costco (if you're a member)
- MyTyres
- Oponeo
- TyreLeader
- AsdaTyres
- JustTyres
- Protyre
- TyreShopper
- KwikFit
- ATS
- NationalTyres
For example, here's their page for a 205/55r16 CrossClimate 2.
Edited by mmm-five on Friday 7th January 16:08
freecom2 said:
ATS currently have an offer on Michelin tyres - so that would be CrossClimate for 4 Seasons - £25 off for two, £50 off for four.
Isn't that a Michelin offer?I received £50 back from Michelin on a purchase of 4 x 225/40-18 CrossClimate2's from my local independent tyre fitters.
A slight word of warning: the online tyre places used to offer fitting as well whereby you'd pay the online people for the tyres and they would deliver them to a local tyre fitting place to you to be put on the wheels. You'd pay one person (the online company) and the fitting would be their subcontract.
However they ALL seem to have moved to a model whereby you buy the tyres from the online people and they will have them delivered where you like, usually delivering to a local fitter. You'd then pay the fitter to fit the tyres to your car. I did this with oponeo and had problems with the tyres, but had to pay the fitter again to change the tyres over to second new set. It's still ongoing but it's clear that any saving I had from going online will be wiped out by the extra cost of the hassles with fitting and re-fitting.
In future I'll probably simply find a local place with good prices and go to them for both purchase and fitting.
Just my 0.02's worth.
However they ALL seem to have moved to a model whereby you buy the tyres from the online people and they will have them delivered where you like, usually delivering to a local fitter. You'd then pay the fitter to fit the tyres to your car. I did this with oponeo and had problems with the tyres, but had to pay the fitter again to change the tyres over to second new set. It's still ongoing but it's clear that any saving I had from going online will be wiped out by the extra cost of the hassles with fitting and re-fitting.
In future I'll probably simply find a local place with good prices and go to them for both purchase and fitting.
Just my 0.02's worth.
2Btoo said:
A slight word of warning: the online tyre places used to offer fitting as well whereby you'd pay the online people for the tyres and they would deliver them to a local tyre fitting place to you to be put on the wheels. You'd pay one person (the online company) and the fitting would be their subcontract.
However they ALL seem to have moved to a model whereby you buy the tyres from the online people and they will have them delivered where you like, usually delivering to a local fitter. You'd then pay the fitter to fit the tyres to your car. I did this with oponeo and had problems with the tyres, but had to pay the fitter again to change the tyres over to second new set. It's still ongoing but it's clear that any saving I had from going online will be wiped out by the extra cost of the hassles with fitting and re-fitting.
In future I'll probably simply find a local place with good prices and go to them for both purchase and fitting.
Just my 0.02's worth.
Not how it worked for me a month or two ago with Blackcircles.However they ALL seem to have moved to a model whereby you buy the tyres from the online people and they will have them delivered where you like, usually delivering to a local fitter. You'd then pay the fitter to fit the tyres to your car. I did this with oponeo and had problems with the tyres, but had to pay the fitter again to change the tyres over to second new set. It's still ongoing but it's clear that any saving I had from going online will be wiped out by the extra cost of the hassles with fitting and re-fitting.
In future I'll probably simply find a local place with good prices and go to them for both purchase and fitting.
Just my 0.02's worth.
I paid up front, tyres were delivered to local place and fitted there.
ARHarh said:
Every time in my experience the local independent tyre place will match online prices. Just phone them and ask. Saves all the messing about.
I don't use any of my local tyre places for exactly the opposite reason...they're always 20-30% more expensive than anything I can find online.I had one local place agree to price-match (on a full set of Michelin Supersports), so I dropped the car off and went to work on the bus. Next day I picked it back up and when I went to pay I was told the price excluded VAT as he'd assumed that the online price I quoted was too cheap to have been retail.
Now I just find the cheapest price I can online and get them fitted locally - sometimes I buy fully fitted, other times just delivered...depending what works out best.
Edited by mmm-five on Thursday 13th January 12:33
Just for clarity, Asda, ETyres and RAC Tyres among others are run by Colewood Automotive so these should all be the same price.
I bought two Michelin PS4's for my McLaren from Asda Tyres and saved around £40 each over Blackcircles and Camskills.
Trying to find some new PS4's for my Tesla Model 3 and its impossible. Apparently there is a 2 month delay getting stuff from Michelin
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