budget tyre

[john.med]

195/45/16. I need two of, where's the cheapest and most preferred poor man's tyre?

had wheelspin at 70mph in th rain the other day, don't want a repeat of that sh1t

 

[john.med]

bumpety bump

 

[Neil G]

All I can say is don't skimp on the tyres.....save up the cash and go for quailty ones

 

[spike]

All I can say is don't skimp on the tyres.....save up the cash and go for quailty ones

i agree with that

 

[john.med]

Thanks for the replies chaps

I hear what you're saying, I swapped my silly aftermarket wheels and tyres (that came with the car) for OEM units before Xmas, at some expense. I have done 19k since September in the car so tyres on the front don't last long at all. I'm strapped for cash right now, with one thing and another and looking at mytyres.com I see some Kumho and other manufacturers have got some good reviews.

I had Yokohamas on my Bimmer, and the grip in the dry was immense. I'm a big fan of the Continentals (I think they are) I have on the 172 now, but can't afford to shell out £75 a corner every 6 months.

Any ideas....

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Buy cheap tyres and let your insurance company replace them... along with a new car :dead:

 

[Sami]

Get some Nankang Ditchfinders on there

 

[White16valver]

www.mytyres.co.uk

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Pirelli
Summer tyres [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]P ZERO NERO
195/45 R16 84V XL [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]

With mytyres.co.uk only £ 50.90 ​

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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Goodyear
Summer tyres [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]EAGLE F1 GS-D3
195/45 R16 80V BSW [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]

With mytyres.co.uk only £ 64.80 ​

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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Toyo
Summer tyres [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]PROXES T1-R
195/45 R16 80V Rim-protection [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]

With mytyres.co.uk only £ 47.70 ​

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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Michelin
Summer tyres [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Pilot EXALTO PE2
195/45 R16 80V Rim-protection [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]

With mytyres.co.uk only £ 68.10 ​

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If you're going for the Toyos you might as well go for the P-Zeros - a lot of the supercars use them, though they are a slightly different version admittedly.

Someone on here ran P-Zero's for a while and found them alright I think. The F1s are superb though. You may need to budget a tenner for fitting though, so not making them much cheaper than PE2s.

Toyos will see you alright over summer I reckon - cheap but grippy in the dry, just have to play carefully in the wet.

 

[john.med]

Are the Pirelli's a safe bet then, they're on the money. A place I know'll fit 'em for £5 a corner, so it's not too bad.

 

[chadhele]

i got some budget ones on front of my clio from local garage and they handle well considering car is really high where it has 15s and not been lowered yet, mate drove car on sunday nite and was well suprised how well it handles

 

[Djw John]

F1s has to be, why skrimp on the only bit of thecar that touches the ground (hopefully!!)

 

[ilaffe1]

www.topgear.co.uk 195/45/16 contisports only £56.26