What tyres are you running?

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Originally Posted by henners88

I've personally never had any problems with budget tyres. Never suffered loss of grip in wet weather, or felt my stopping distance has been compromised. I have found that the Michelin tyres I originally had lasted 30,000 miles which is value for money, but as long as the budget tyres are 50% cheaper and last 3/4's of that distance then its no worry for me. I do understand people who pay for top brands though and have no disagreements with that. Its personal preference at the end of the day. I once drove a Mercedes that had Bridgestone low profile Potenza tyres, and they needed changing every 8 to 9 months at a cost of £250 each!!! They sure stuck on corners though and maybe taking corners faster than usual grained the tyres quicker? lol :)

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Well not all Potenza's are the same of course :) Like I said the RE050A's which I'm fairly sure you could get in Audi sizes have lasted 22k miles and still have between 4-5mm of tread left.

One thing I would recommend would be to use an online service like www.mytyres.co.uk , www.blackcircles.com or www.camskill.co.uk you can get tyres for MUCH cheaper. With mytyres and blackcircles you can arrange for them to be fitted, with camskill you can get them fitted yourself. Works out a shedload cheaper. Just as an example, on the ATS site I'd pay about £120 each for some tyres for the 500 and buying online and getting them fitted at a local tyre place youre looking at £100 so a sizeable saving. Personally I wouldn't go for the Michelin's when I can have a Dunlop or something else decent for £35 less.

Look at the ATS site, surprise surprise ;) Winter Tyres, Cold Weather Tyre | ATS Euromaster

Like you say though, personal preference :)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

You go to work and probably look at tyres now and you have to come on here and read about them :D

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a) still on holiday :D
b) don't have to come on here, or read about them :p

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

a) still on holiday :D
b) don't have to come on here, or read about them :p

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Lucky bar steward :p

This thread is tyresome.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Only 6 thousand miles on a set of tyres? What are you doing to them?!?!?!?!?!? I typically pay about £9 for a valve and balancing. I fit them myself as I don't trust the shaved chimps that these places seem to employ.

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You MUST read the comments CAREFULLY Daniel!!!!!!!
I did not say the tyres on my car ONLY lasted 6000 miles I said " I change them round every 6000 miles,and do alright with them"
SO by changing the wheels round ,I usually find all the tyres need replacing at the same time,as it evens the tyre wear out.AND doing 50,000 miles per year for the last 50 years,with 3 cars working as a driving school (that equalls 150,000 miles per year),i know all about tyres ,believe me!
I have been fitting tyres in the motor trade from 1956,when radials were not an option!!!!!

proper attire required for entry :dozey:

We are not talking about latex or females here !!!!! Its tyres don!

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning :dozey:

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Originally Posted by driveace

You MUST read the comments CAREFULLY Daniel!!!!!!!
I did not say the tyres on my car ONLY lasted 6000 miles I said " I change them round every 6000 miles,and do alright with them"
SO by changing the wheels round ,I usually find all the tyres need replacing at the same time,as it evens the tyre wear out.AND doing 50,000 miles per year for the last 50 years,with 3 cars working as a driving school (that equalls 150,000 miles per year),i know all about tyres ,believe me!
I have been fitting tyres in the motor trade from 1956,when radials were not an option!!!!!

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Fair enough :) You can understand why I thought you meant you were getting rid after 6k miles though :)

I rotate my tyres once a year too. Winter tyres go on in November or so and then summer tyres get rotated when they go on when the winter is finished. Makes for predictable handling as one end of the car never has significantly more grip than the other end.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning :dozey:

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So do the youths in London :D