What tyres are you running?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

So do the youths in London :D

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Yes, but is seems that that situation is now somewhat deflated.

If not the cheapest tires I would run brands one or two levels better than it. :D
Luckily Falken ZE 512 were mounted in the rims when it changed, strong image of drifting :)

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Originally Posted by henners88

I still have no idea what brand tyres are on my car

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It's either Jo or Russell innit?

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Originally Posted by henners88

I still have no idea what brand tyres are on my car, and I haven't even had the erge or the curiosity to check lol. Oops nearly, no not doing it.. :p

I'm tyred of this now.

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I find it slightly strange that people put so much thought into buying a phone or a car and will only buy a recognised brand, then when it comes to what connects the car to the road they don't care. I find that rather a strange though process :)

I know it's not like you can show off your new Conti Sportcontact 3 tyres to your mates and impress them, but better tyres are usually better in terms of balancing out between fuel economy, dry grip, wear, wet grip and grip in the winter than the low end brands.

If you really don't want to pay for a top brand there are some really good mid range tyres like Uniroyal RainSport 2's and offerings from companies like Yokohama, Toyo, Vredestein, Hankook and Kumho which are probably better value for money than the low end brands.

But hey, if u think it's kool not 2 care about ur tyers then that's up 2 u I guess.

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Originally Posted by Rollo

Pirelli P3000 Energy - 175/65 R14

The Michelin Hydroedges which the 206 was sold with only comes in Metric, so I had to change the wheels and the tyres at the same time.

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Meant to reply earlier, are Peugeot actually selling cars with metric rims in Australia? If so, WOW! You have no chance of getting one in anywhere but a major city if you have a catostrophic puncture :mark:

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Originally Posted by henners88

Firstly I know the chap who puts the tyres on my car and I trust him when he say's he doesn't buy sh!t tyres, plus he knocks money off for me too. I've stood there while he's told me stories about 45 quid tyres he wouldn't trust and I've showed a vague interest, but overall I trust him when he says "those are crap and these are a tenner more but I'll do them for ther same price" .

Finally its not about being kool when I say I don't know what brand tyres are on my car, I'm just being honest as its not something I have ever had an interest in. I've seen the discussions on here about tyres in the past and understand we are all geeks to a degree, but this just isn't in my field of interest. The tyres on your car are no doubt better than the tyres on my car and I'd most probably get laughed out of your local, but thats the risk I would take lol. :)

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By the sounds of it, if you're buying from a trusted person he is probably selling you decent mid range tyres then. Just out of interest, have a look what tyres they are, if only to satisfy my curiosity, I command thee! :) All I was saying was that if you were literally buying the cheapest tyres you could get then this is a bad thing :) Having experienced a few cheapie cheap budget tyres in my life I would have to say that they present a genuine risk to safety. I've had some genuinely scary/interesting experiences on budget tyres. My 406 came with some Tigars and was downright dangerous, my 504 came with Cheng Shin's which were rock hard and in the wet you'd often be locking a front wheel. Mid range tyres however are acompletely different matter :)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Interesting. Caroline had two Falken 912's on her Subaru and they were terrible. Absolutely no feel at all through the steering on them and they were terrible in the wet also.

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They're fine on my Celica.

MX-5 owners rate them.

It appears there's a sweetspot to them. The sidewalls are soft so you have to go up on the original air pressure and voila you regain/get better feedback.

Thinking of getting Bridgestone's equivalent which are the ER300s. They seem to do well in the wet.

Getting tyred of doing 10,000 miles on performance tyres and worrying about aquaplaning.

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Originally Posted by wedge

They're fine on my Celica.

MX-5 owners rate them.

It appears there's a sweetspot to them. The sidewalls are soft so you have to go up on the original air pressure and voila you regain/get better feedback.

Thinking of getting Bridgestone's equivalent which are the ER300s. They seem to do well in the wet.

Getting tyred of doing 10,000 miles on performance tyres and worrying about aquaplaning.

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Perhaps that's it.

One which seems to be almost universally liked is the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 which tends to do well in wet tests of course. I quite like the Vredestein Sportrac 3's on Caroline's Subaru, the front end feels much gripper than the rear, but the steering isn't quite as nice as with the Conti Premium Contact 2's on the front.

If it weren't for the fact that they're verging on dangerous in the snow, I'd recommend the Potenza RE050A's to you as they're fairly good in the rain. Mine are down between 4-5mm after 22k miles (thought they were worse than they are) now only just starting to feel a little dropoff in wet performance. A couple of days ago in torrential rain I was still able to travel along at a steady 60 on the dual carriageway. They last long and they're grippy in the summer at least :)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I'd recommend the Potenza RE050A's

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They're over rated. B'stone have done well out of F1 tie up/Potenza as they're OE shod for a lot of cars, even the Ferrari Enzo!

Falken 452s are a hell of lot better and cheaper.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Meant to reply earlier, are Peugeot actually selling cars with metric rims in Australia? If so, WOW! You have no chance of getting one in anywhere but a major city if you have a catostrophic puncture :mark:

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I think that it's a captured market. They know that only imperial sized wheels and tyres are sold in Australia, so they know that when it comes time to change your tyres, they get to charge you something.
I was looking at a 407 Coupe when I bought the 206, and that even had the audacity to sell the car with alloy wheels as well.
When you're already paying more than $200 a corner for tyres, it would add up very quickly indeed.