Which tyre?

These are just about the best tyre available in your size (they're quality tyres). And come with the added bonus that they are £2 cheaper than the budget one your mate quoted you for. £40 for a top quality tyre.

All you have to do is take them to him to be fitted. Done!

http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/goodyear/efficientgrip-performance/195-65-r15-91h-228779

EDIT: Or if you wanted to save another fiver on each side, get these - which are also very good http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/dunlop/sport-bluresponse/195-65-r15-91h-186490 at a whole £36 each including free delivery.
 
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SkidMarkKing said:
Grrr, don't have £120 spare :/

Does it matter if I barely go over 60mph?
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I span at 25mph in my first car in the wet on a busy roundabout... I was lucky I didn't hit anything/one & yes... it was because of mis-matched levels of grip on each side of the car.

Match axles... or don't drive. (should be a law, whatever car it is, it's unsafe to do such things)

I wasn't driving erratically and it was a wide open roundabout, hence 25mph... hit a small wet patch and just happened to glance the brakes at the same time = spin. Unlucky combo in a mk3 Astra & it was on the tyres I bought the 500 quid car with... which were a different tyre on each wheel (eurgh).

I haven't made that mistake again ;)
 
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SkidMarkKing said:
Yeah, my bad. Just thought a 1.4 seat leon would not justify expensive tyres to be honest.
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Your tyres are the ONLY thing between your car and the road, and as such are the very last thing you should think of skimping on, especially for the minimal savings to be achieved.
 
The Bridgestones at £96 for a pair would be fine - £100 to keep your car safe vs the potential cost (financially if you crash your car but also potential cost to people's life).

Having Michelin's at the rear already there is no need to replace these (you don't have to have 4 matching tyres, as long as they match on each axle it's fine, and each axle has similar performance)

It doesn't matter whether it's a 1.0 car or a 6.0 litre car - all car's can achieve speeds where bad things can happen (even if that is at 30mph in a built up area and a child steps out etc)
 
SkidMarkKing said:
Mate has resealed the tyre as he said it was how it was sat on the rim but 6 months later its the same.
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Do you think maybe you might have picked up a real puncture in 6 months?

Anyway, that aside, I would stick the same tyre on the damaged side as is on the ok side. Mixing tyres on the same axle can have some erratic results under emergency braking, wet etc.

EDIT: Too slow, should have read the last but one post :)
 
I used to have a Mk2 Golf with Wellers that were completely the wrong offset. On the front I had a Yoko A539 on one side and a Roadchamp on the other.
There was a great section (I mean, road) near where I used to live and if you got the weight shift just right and unloaded the Roadchamp as you approached the junction you could get it to lock beautifully and leave a massive black streak on the approach. Practiced that every night for 6 months and had it down to a fine art after a while.
 
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