Which tyre?

SkidMarkKing

SkidMarkKing

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Hi,

I have a mk1 seat leon 1.4 and I seem to have a slow puncture. My mate is a car mechanic and said it was the seal so he re-fitted the tyre and it was fine but 6 months later its back to square one. I noticed the tyre has some small cracks in it so its time for a new tyre I think.

Budget tyre is £42 fitted for one and the next one up (altimax) is £45 so im thinking of going for the medium priced one (don't really wanted the cheapest tyre possible even if it is just a 1.4L).

Goodyear tyre is £57 fitted and my other 3 tyres aren't a big brand name.

It does say the better names such as goodyear save you money in petrol but is this just kind of marketing hype?

Should I just get the altimax tyre for my type of car? (the one in the middle)

Thanks
 
Altimax isn't 'in the middle' of anything other than perhaps a list of terrible tyres so don't believe the tyre place when they tell you it's 'midrange'.
 
I would go for a tyre from a brand you have at least heard of before :p
No idea what size you need since you neglected to mention it, but if you want something that is cheap and pretty decent then you can't go for wrong with a Uniroyal Rainsport3
 
Reminds me of when I had some "Sagitar P307" tyres fitted to my Mondeo as they were recommended.

Wet weather was like driving on an ice rink, I binned them and stuck a set of Goodyears on after nearly rear ending a Honda Accord on the M1 when he slammed the brakes on due to a Ford Focus spinning & hitting the central reservation & his car stopped in less than half the distance mine took.

The car feels so much more predictable in the rain now.
 
jellybeard999 said:
That'll be ideal.

It'd be silly to save a couple of quid (literally in this case) on something which could make the difference between life and death.
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Yeah :)

Need to get the car checked over too. Makes a squeeky noise when driving, it started when I was turning left but now it does it going straight sometimes but when I brake it stops or jolt the steering wheel it stops too. Sounds like its coming from the front right wheel.

Makes me nervous when I travel 80 mile round trip at weekends (don't live at home during the weekend). lol
 
Don't waste money on cheapy tyres... it's not just fuel economy, it's grip and therefore safety too... your braking distance will be noticeably larger with cheap tyres vs good tyres.

I'd also recommend always buying in pairs also... you should only replace a single tyre if it's your spare wheel.

Some cheap brands are noticeably bad in the dry... most are worst in the wet.

Get something like Continental / Goodyear / Michelin / Bridgestone... I'd be surprised if you couldn't feel the difference.
 
To be honest the rear left side is fine with loads of tread left though. The rear right tyre (one I need to replace) has plenty of tread its just the fact it appears to have small cracks in it and a slow puncture. Mate has resealed the tyre as he said it was how it was sat on the rim but 6 months later its the same.
 
Yep £60 for a premium tyre is nothing and having mismatched tyres is dangerous. So pony up £120 to do it right
 
Clarkey said:
You definitely want to have matching tyres on each axle at the very least.
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Yep, this. I've experienced first hand what haplens when you've got two different tyres on an axle and need to perform an emergency stop. It ain't pretty.
 
Full set of decent ones /thread

Uniroyal Rainsport 3's would be my goto tyre :)

Mate didnt listen,. bought ***** and span out in the heavy rain recently, he since got a full set of decent ones :)
 
SkidMarkKing said:
it appears to have small cracks in it and a slow puncture.
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I'd be binning that instantly, I borrowed a trailer about 4 years ago with small cracks in the tyres so that I could move an engine I had bought 16 miles, it let go spectacularly on the M1 at about 55MPH & I was left with a trailer just sat on a steel rim on one side.

Imagine that being your rear tyre on an A-Road, mid bend.
 
SkidMarkKing said:
Grrr, don't have £120 spare :/

Does it matter if I barely go over 60mph?
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120 in the context of owning a car, if you can't afford that much then you can't afford a car.

And yes it matters, when someone steps out in front of you and you need to stop suddenly in the wet from 30, your mismatched tyres would have pretty drastic consequences. Both sides of the car will have totally different characteristics so you're highly unlikely to stop in a straight line

It's the only thing keeping you on the road, don't scrimp on it
 
Iamzod said:
I'd be binning that instantly, I borrowed a trailer about 4 years ago with small cracks in the tyres so that I could move an engine I had bought 16 miles, it let go spectacularly on the M1 at about 55MPH & I was left with a trailer just sat on a steel rim on one side.

Imagine that being your rear tyre on an A-Road, mid bend.
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Ile get whatever tyre is on the left side fitted early next week :)
 
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