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Same story every time - when pushing winter tyres on a country where it rarely snows, suddenly all 'Summer Tyres' become the same. What is the 'Summer Tyre' in question?
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Same story every time - when pushing winter tyres on a country where it rarely snows, suddenly all 'Summer Tyres' become the same. What is the 'Summer Tyre' in question?
Anyone had direct experience with Yokohama Advan Sport V105S? Searching this thread gibbo seems to rate them, I'm wondering what they're like mainly with noise + wet grip (Swansea is very wet all the time)
Would like to know this aswell. On tyrereviews.co.uk, one mag review comments it's the best tyre for wet conditions, another review comments on how it's unsteady and poor in the wet. It's either these or Assy2's.
Think I'll be ordering a set of 4 because of the price difference. Blackcircles have an offer on for Falken, Hankook, Kumho & Yokohama at the moment. You need to order 2 or more (I think) but it might be 4 or more. The code is BCAWMID10 for 10% off (you need to put them into your basket then visit your basket to add the code). I didn't bother with their fitting service because a friend will do the fitting for cheap. Works out at £80/corner including delivery which really isn't bad. My size is 225/40/R18
Ahh discount codes,
The code for 2 tyres is BCAWMID5 if anyone's interested. I can get 2 eagle f1's and 2 v105's within £2 of each other, tyresonthedrive and blackcircles respectively, just a case of which tyres best.
Seems pretty crap for budget tyres, £10 a corner more for the F1A2's you wanted, delivered, here:
http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/goodyear/eagle-f1-asymmetric-2/225-40-r18-92y-241189
Or Contisport Contact 5 for £87:
http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/continental/conti-sport-contact-5/225-40-r18-92y-400968
Or the same Yokohama ones for under £80.
I don't know why people waste time on Blackcircles, I have never found them to be the cheapest, ever.
I removed a set off my Forester as they were the squealiest tyre on earth.
Constantly, or only under hard cornering, acceleration, etc?
And were they any good otherwise (I'm guessing not if you removed them)? Need something to handle muddy fields, stable yards, dirt tracks etc. I can tolerate a little more road noise for a capable tyre - the X-Trail is essentially our workhorse.
[TW]Fox;27192157 said:
Agree. Blackcircles have never been best for me either.
F1A2's less than £85 here : http://lovetyres.com/tyre/Goodyear-Eagle-F1-Asymmetric-2/225-40-18
Michelin PS3's £93 : http://lovetyres.com/tyre/Goodyear-Eagle-F1-Asymmetric-2/225-40-18
I usually check between Camskill and lovetyres for tyre prices. Will now be checking at tyreleader too now. Thanks Fox.
So it would appear to be a choice of either:
Conti SC5
or
Goodyear F1 Asym. 2
I need 4 tyres for the Octy vRS (225/40/18/92Y)
Front 2 are on the limit and although there is a little meat on the rears, with the weather coming in I think it's probably best to replace the lot.
I currently have Conti SC5's all around and can say that I've been impressed with the grip - I've never been worried even when throwing it around the corners.
Less impressed with the wear rate - but then the SC3's I had on the car from the factory giving me 35k miles was probably a fluke, and the road noise.
So SC5's again or go for the Goodyear?
The £84.60 listed above (http://lovetyres.com/tyre/Goodyear-Eagle-F1-Asymmetric-2/225-40-18) for the Goodyear's is a great price - but where do you go to actually get them fitted?
In the past I've tried to find somewhere that will fit before taking the plunge and just purchasing the tyres seperately, but seem to only find places that will supply and fit, not just fit.
Any of the mobile fittters come out and fit tyres you've supplied? Anything "out in the fens" or Cambridge way that people could point me towards?
Cheers.
*Edit*
May just save myself the hassle and pay a little over the odds. Event Tyres can do the Goodyear's for £99.54 per corner - so £398 all in. Plus there would be £40 worth of fuel vouchers to come back, so may go that option.
Conti SC5
or
Goodyear F1 Asym. 2
I need 4 tyres for the Octy vRS (225/40/18/92Y)
Front 2 are on the limit and although there is a little meat on the rears, with the weather coming in I think it's probably best to replace the lot.
I currently have Conti SC5's all around and can say that I've been impressed with the grip - I've never been worried even when throwing it around the corners.
Less impressed with the wear rate - but then the SC3's I had on the car from the factory giving me 35k miles was probably a fluke, and the road noise.
So SC5's again or go for the Goodyear?
The £84.60 listed above (http://lovetyres.com/tyre/Goodyear-Eagle-F1-Asymmetric-2/225-40-18) for the Goodyear's is a great price - but where do you go to actually get them fitted?
In the past I've tried to find somewhere that will fit before taking the plunge and just purchasing the tyres seperately, but seem to only find places that will supply and fit, not just fit.
Any of the mobile fittters come out and fit tyres you've supplied? Anything "out in the fens" or Cambridge way that people could point me towards?
Cheers.
*Edit*
May just save myself the hassle and pay a little over the odds. Event Tyres can do the Goodyear's for £99.54 per corner - so £398 all in. Plus there would be £40 worth of fuel vouchers to come back, so may go that option.
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[TW]Fox;27192157 said:
How are they budgets though?
"close" 2nd place:
http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/290650/performance_tyres_2013_tyre_test.html
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/66055/yokohama-advan-sport-v105
"apart from the Continental it was close to most rivals"
"This was our handling circuit star, finishing first in the wet and second in the dry"
etc
Has anyone here used event-tyres.co.uk before?
All over the site they go on about how they come out to you to do the fitting. You pay nothing until everything is fitted etc.
So I go to the site and look up all tyres in my size:
225/40/18/Y
A big old list, but every single one of them says "Delivery only". So I'm assuming there is a fitting cost on top of all that?
They don't appear to indicate anywhere on the site waht the actual cost to have the tyres fitted is. Is this actually the case, that they list all their prices without fitting even though they are selling themselves as a "convenient - we come to you" service?
All over the site they go on about how they come out to you to do the fitting. You pay nothing until everything is fitted etc.
So I go to the site and look up all tyres in my size:
225/40/18/Y
A big old list, but every single one of them says "Delivery only". So I'm assuming there is a fitting cost on top of all that?
They don't appear to indicate anywhere on the site waht the actual cost to have the tyres fitted is. Is this actually the case, that they list all their prices without fitting even though they are selling themselves as a "convenient - we come to you" service?
When I put my postcode in it always said 'We do not serve your area'. Now it offers me prices for delivery only so I suspect they've now started doing mail order too and the reason you have no price showing for fitting is because they don't operate in your area.
Edit: wups i am thanking the wrong person 
Thanks Stoofa, i ordered the ones you listed. all 4 for £350 delivered, not bad at all. (Goodyear F1 Asym. 2)
Did message Camskill to see if they can beat the price and someone got back to me in under a minute saying they can't.
Thanks Stoofa, i ordered the ones you listed. all 4 for £350 delivered, not bad at all. (Goodyear F1 Asym. 2)
Did message Camskill to see if they can beat the price and someone got back to me in under a minute saying they can't.
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2 x 245/40 R17 GYAS2's fitted this morning by tyresonthedrive. I was in two minds whether to change them or not, but Turns out the inside of the CSC5 had a large gouge in anyway and I was fed up with the other budget spinning up.
Can't knock the service and the price was almost as cheap as getting then delivered and paying to get them fitted due to a works discount.
Can't knock the service and the price was almost as cheap as getting then delivered and paying to get them fitted due to a works discount.
Still loving the AS2s all round. Handling in the wet is what impresses the most. Bit of road noise at 70 to 80 compared to the Sessanta as mentioned before but at higher speeds it's quieter and more stable.
10/10 would buy again etc.
10/10 would buy again etc.
Just replaced the front two tyres on my Focus; had Continental PC2's on which have served me very well, I was undecided as to whether to go with PC5's or Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance. In the end I decided to opt for the latter.
The initial impressions from the 5 miles I've driven in stop start traffic is they are a lot softer. The steering has become lighter too. It seems to deal with the rougher surfaces better. Can't really comment on wet/dry grip just yet.
I think if I had a Focus ST or a more performance orientated car it'd be bad move changing from the Conti's to these, they definitely had more steering feedback, but I'm happy with the trade off of having more accommodating tyres.
Although, considering I'm actively looking for a new car at present it's possible the car will be gone in a few weeks/month
The initial impressions from the 5 miles I've driven in stop start traffic is they are a lot softer. The steering has become lighter too. It seems to deal with the rougher surfaces better. Can't really comment on wet/dry grip just yet.
I think if I had a Focus ST or a more performance orientated car it'd be bad move changing from the Conti's to these, they definitely had more steering feedback, but I'm happy with the trade off of having more accommodating tyres.
Although, considering I'm actively looking for a new car at present it's possible the car will be gone in a few weeks/month
