Tyres: Need 4 Where's Best?

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:30

Just got a quote of circa £1K from 4 new boots from my normal tyre place which seems steep based on what I am seeing online. I am considering Conti 5's as we have 3's on the Mazda and I had the same on my RS4 and they are a very good tyre so wondered, where do you chaps get them from?

Sizes
F: 245/40/R19Y
R: 275/35/R19Y

So what can you chaps/chapesses suggest?

Brookert · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:33

Camskill are normally the cheapest to buy from.

Phil W · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:35

I've never seen an online booking service where they are any where near as competitive as local places

Dangerous Dave · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:35

lovetyres.com was the cheapest I found however my local tyre fitter matched the price but included fitting.

Phil W · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:36

Does anyone use mytyres any more?

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:38

Brookert said:
Camskill are normally the cheapest to buy from.

£784 from them for all 4 but the rears are out of stock with no in date and I've got shiny tyres.

Dangerous Dave · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:41

Phil W said:
Does anyone use mytyres any more?

Not really that cheap anymore.The tyres I use are Goodyear F1 2 XL in 225/40 r18 which are £20 more each compared to lovetyres.

Peerzy · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:43

I've used blackcircles before and they were cheap and the customer service was brilliant when I need to change the delivery address on the day of delivery!

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:44

Peerzy said:
I've used blackcircles before and they were cheap and the customer service was brilliant when I need to change the delivery address on the day of delivery!

Not close on price based on what I've saw at £938

Phil W · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:51

Are you staffs based? Try Tyre Works. They specialse in Vredestein though. They're where i go when i get tyres but they are local to me.

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:56

I've been sitting in Knights BMW Stafford having some service work done and I'm awaiting to see what they can come up with. I don't expect them to get close but if they are within £100 then I'll get them done here for convenience.

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:56

...they did say they had a very impressive shine on them mind

Kingy · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:01

Event Tyres? They're mobile and usually reasonably priced...

Are you after runflats?

A quick look suggests the Michelin Pilot Super Sport is available in your size, which I've heard good things about, but not sure how these compare to CS5s or F1A2s?

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:22

Im not putting runflats on no, they are the tyres of the devil and utterly ruin the ride, they will be burnt and stamped on. BMW were not even close......I can but them for £100 less than them!

Gaygle · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:36

Have you considered the Eagle F1 A2's or would you rather stick with CS5/5P's?

EDITED: Bah, got the wrong size

Housey · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:37

Im not a huge fan of Goodyear as they tend to have softer sidewalls and in my experience, wear poorly.

Gaygle · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:43

Housey said:
Im not a huge fan of Goodyear as they tend to have softer sidewalls and in my experience, wear poorly.

On my car, turn in is as good as it was when i had the RE050A, which have stiff sidewalls. When i went from RE050A's to CS3's i found that although the ride was much more comfortable and there was more outright grip, they lacked the crisp turn in that the Bridgestones had. Whereas I found that the the Eagle F1A2 had only slightly improved ride comfort, massively improved wet grip, but still had the directness of the Bridgestones. Awesome tyre the F1A2.

rossk26 · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:53

Rear: £241.36

Front: £176.80

rexehuk · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:55

Elite.

http://www.elitedirect.com/

Service is apparently very good, lots of high end cars. On top of that their tyre prices are some of the cheapest I've come across, at least for my sizes.

Simon · 4 Jan 2013 at 15:31

Kingy said:
Event Tyres? They're mobile and usually reasonably priced...

Are you after runflats?

A quick look suggests the Michelin Pilot Super Sport is available in your size, which I've heard good things about, but not sure how these compare to CS5s or F1A2s?

Yeah and no need to wait around whilst they fit them