Unofficial Tyre Thread

Diagro · 8 Mar 2018 at 23:17

Kenai said:
Costco are now offering vouchers with Michelin tyre purchases.

£50 for 4 tyres in 17/18", £75 for 19". Half the voucher value for 2 tyres. Smaller vouchers on offer for smaller tyres

Brings the PS4 to near enough £95 fitted per tyre.

Actually. . I can't find any information about this. Got a source?

NVP · 9 Mar 2018 at 06:18

[TW]Fox said:
The SCT is 'Sound Comfort Technology':

Armageus said:
SCT = Soundcomfort Technology helps to reduce the level of interior vehicle noise, offering a quieter, more comfortable ride.

Thanks both. Nearly a ton difference, is the normal one that bad??!

Kenai · 9 Mar 2018 at 07:01

Diagro said:
Actually. . I can't find any information about this. Got a source?

The monthly voucher leaflet that arrived in the post yesterday

Edit - offer goes live March 12th, that's probably why you can't find anything online

Diagro · 10 Mar 2018 at 12:34

Kenai said:
The monthly voucher leaflet that arrived in the post yesterday

Edit - offer goes live March 12th, that's probably why you can't find anything online

And it's Costco vouchers. Which sucks a little bit.
We are going today though to pick up some stuff, so may be OK. They would need to be cheaper than black circles £198 for the pair tho

Kenai · 10 Mar 2018 at 14:46

Well they weren't going to be John Lewis vouchers were they?

Diagro · 10 Mar 2018 at 19:08

Kenai said:
Well they weren't going to be John Lewis vouchers were they?

I know, but anyway, doesn't start till. Monday so went with black circles anyway.

xs2man · 10 Mar 2018 at 20:27

Diagro said:
I know, but anyway, doesn't start till. Monday so went with black circles anyway.

Wow. Couldn't wait a couple days to save £100+?

Kenai · 10 Mar 2018 at 20:55

xs2man said:
Wow. Couldn't wait a couple days to save £100+?

Blackcircles is doing money off too, not as much but on 2 tyres at 225/40R18 you're looking at £10 or £20 difference for the sake of waiting til next weekend

Diagro · 10 Mar 2018 at 21:01

Actually it was £97 per tyre at Costco Coventry with the vouchers.

Black circles was £198 for two and the garage I'm having them fitted at is also going to change a track rod end and track my car at the same time with a further discount.

Oh and I just leave the car with them whilst I'm at work.

Happy with that

Cookeh · 14 Mar 2018 at 17:40

205/50r16s, for a 850 T5. The Avon ZT7s on it currently are not the greatest, providing sub-par traction. Seen a sale (£67pw) on Hankook Ventus Prime 3s - which seems to have very good reviews, are they as good as the reviews suggest? Are there any alternatives? Also considered Vredstein Sportrac 5s, for £73pw, which seem to score similarly to the Hankooks on tyrereviews.co.uk and Bridgestone Turanza T001s at £77pw.

Only Conti I can get in my size is the now ancient PC2. Same story with Michelin, with PS3 being the only option there (and at £105pw). Don't trust Dunlop Sport FastReponse or BluResponse as unhappy with them on a much lower power car.

mjt · 14 Mar 2018 at 19:06

Can you get Pirelli P7s in that size? They're also a fairly old tyre, but I put them on my S90 and had no complaints.

Kenai · 14 Mar 2018 at 19:26

Only ever compared them against SportContact2 on the Golf but I found the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance to be very impressive, gripped better, wore better and gave better mpg. Really opened my eyes to how much tyre tech had moved on from when the SC2 was a top tier tyre.

Cookeh · 14 Mar 2018 at 22:21

mjt said:
Can you get Pirelli P7s in that size? They're also a fairly old tyre, but I put them on my S90 and had no complaints.

Kenai said:
Only ever compared them against SportContact2 on the Golf but I found the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance to be very impressive, gripped better, wore better and gave better mpg. Really opened my eyes to how much tyre tech had moved on from when the SC2 was a top tier tyre.

Thanks guys, but sadly neither are around in my size.

Kenai · 15 Mar 2018 at 06:00

Golf must have been 205/55R16, I thought it had the same size as you needed

Diagro · 15 Mar 2018 at 11:00

Sat at ats having the PS4 placed on the rear axel.

He said my rainsports are half worn... Which is really bad considering they have under 5k on them lol

wedrum · 15 Mar 2018 at 11:03

loving the eagle f1's they have bedded in lovely now.
can take sharp bends in the wet at good speeds and no issues.
very confident with them on.

[TW]Fox · 15 Mar 2018 at 11:33

Diagro said:
the rear axel.

The what?

Invertigo · 15 Mar 2018 at 12:09

Got to give the PS4s a good blast yesterday now that they're bedded in and certainly a brilliant tyre, they seem to just cling on no matter what you throw at them, certainly more than enough for any road driving I'll be doing.

Diagro · 15 Mar 2018 at 17:37

[TW]Fox said:
The what?

You know what I meant. Shoo

Shicky · 15 Mar 2018 at 18:22

Hi all,

I'm a complete moron with this stuff, I have a 2013 Hyundai i20 and need to replace all of the tyres. I'd been told by a friend to get rather beefy and good quality tyres as it helps immensely with fuel consumption...is this remotely true?

Based on the above, I basically just want to get myself some suitable tyres. We have 36k mileage on the clock and generally drive very short distances around town, I figure that might factor into what tyres are best? No real budget, just want to get the best bang for buck, intend on driving the car until it explodes. Not sure what other factors may be relevant? Tend to be pretty safe drivers and aim for fuel efficiency above all else

Thank you

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