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Car Tyres - any advice?

sydney greenstreet said:
For me a tyre is a tyre, i do not care what make as long as it goes round.:thup:
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Now theres a pumpin review right there!

tyres can differ more than golf clubs to their users.

Summer tyres grip well, give assured braking but dont wear great.
Winter tyres have softer silicon treads to allow for colder conditions and have treads to clear standing water. Some cheap tyres can do both, some can do neither and you will aquaplane your way into a nice little earner for the repair shop.

Some of the longer lasting tyres have harder compound rubber but in doing that the thread can be noisey and give a firmer ride which isnt always appreciated. I only do a few thousand a year in each car so dont worry so much but certainly wet braking is more important to me than longevity and summer grip.
 
GreiginFife said:
Ha, yeah thems big boots. It's a Mk4 Astra that's been converted to a 3.0 V6 and has the arches extended and rolled to allow for the wide rims. It's mainly used at the track as the R888's have very little tread.
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Got some federal RSR's on a spare set for track days. Price is much more user friendly.

Region3 said:
The ones I've replaced with are Falken FK452 (?) and they feel like they have more grip than the Hankook's, but I've no idea on how quick they'll wear yet. MPG seems a little worse. They were just over £100 each.
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The Falkens are a very good tire, had them on my ST focus and I couldn't fault them.

sydney greenstreet said:
For me a tyre is a tyre, i do not care what make as long as it goes round.:thup:
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really?
 
Cheers guys, going to a local (seemingly friendly) garage for them to check how many new tyres I need. Will order the Hankooks when I know and they will fit them - they quoted 50 quid for all 4 tyres which seemed reasonable (is it??). So, 4x Hankooks + fitting = less than £500...or the same price as 3x continentals :thup:
 
Black circles will quote you for supply and fitting at a garage local to you of your choice. I think £50 for fitting is pretty good tbh, I normally assume £15 a corner.
 
Region3 said:
I had Hankook Evo V12's when I bought new wheels for my Leon about 2.5 years ago. They were just under £90 each for 225/40/ZR18.

I know nothing about tyres but they were miles better than the ones they replaced, and I've only just had to replace the front ones, which is about 30,000 miles, albeit not pushing them much.

The ones I've replaced with are Falken FK452 (?) and they feel like they have more grip than the Hankook's, but I've no idea on how quick they'll wear yet. MPG seems a little worse. They were just over £100 each.
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I've got a Leon, the original Pirelli's lasted a whopping 13000 miles on the front. I replaced them with BF Goodrich, supposedly a much harder tyre, but was told in the service last week that they only had 3mm left, after just another 13K........ Cars booked in for Seat to check the alignment because I'm pretty sure that the tyres should be lasting longer than that.....

Coincidentally, had a puncture yesterday and had to have one changed, the tyre place said that the wear on the tyre was spot on, no tracking issues likely.

So question is, why does my Leon chew tyres so quickly? And before the peanut gallery chimes in, I drive it very respectfully, the original brake pads are only 30% down, I don't throw it around, just a long way to the office every day.
 
snaphookwedge said:
Cheers guys, going to a local (seemingly friendly) garage for them to check how many new tyres I need. Will order the Hankooks when I know and they will fit them - they quoted 50 quid for all 4 tyres which seemed reasonable (is it??). So, 4x Hankooks + fitting = less than £500...or the same price as 3x continentals :thup:
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About right really. You want them to do a decent job so cheapest is not always better.
 
need_my_wedge said:
So question is, why does my Leon chew tyres so quickly? And before the peanut gallery chimes in, I drive it very respectfully, the original brake pads are only 30% down, I don't throw it around, just a long way to the office every day.
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Wear happens based on road surface quality, speed and also the torque of your engine driving the wheels. The weight of your car also plays a part.
AS for the alignment question, I would only look at alignment if the wear was uneven (sides or parts of the tyre wearing more than others), if the wear is equal across the section width then it's not that.
 
Continental are expensive. When I take the old beemer in for tyres, they always suggest them.
However, with 3 cars and many years of tyres, I just say no, then they mysteriously drop the price to the same as all the others.

Weird that, I smell a rat.

Overpriced supposedly "premium" brand with some room for negotiation (obviously) by the companies that sell them by the lorry load.
 
need_my_wedge said:
I've got a Leon, the original Pirelli's lasted a whopping 13000 miles on the front. I replaced them with BF Goodrich, supposedly a much harder tyre, but was told in the service last week that they only had 3mm left, after just another 13K........ Cars booked in for Seat to check the alignment because I'm pretty sure that the tyres should be lasting longer than that.....

Coincidentally, had a puncture yesterday and had to have one changed, the tyre place said that the wear on the tyre was spot on, no tracking issues likely.

So question is, why does my Leon chew tyres so quickly? And before the peanut gallery chimes in, I drive it very respectfully, the original brake pads are only 30% down, I don't throw it around, just a long way to the office every day.
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my papa had a 99 plate golf it wore the tyres out early, its his only car to ever do this and he was a very fussy guy, after vw looked into it. they put it down to the fancy technology in golfs that regulate brakes etc skid control ASR which wore the tyres out, same technology as the leon?
 
this may sound stupid but, once the garage have fitted the tyres check they are on the right way. ive had this problem twice now aweful ride and noise from the tyres running the wrong way
 
For myself driving an everyday Peugeot I get Michelin's from Costco at a good[ish] price... Expect to get 30,000 miles from them as well!

My lad has a ST170 and his prefered tyre choice would be Toyo's... But he's tried some other 'mid-price' tyres from Khumo and Hankook and wouldn't turn his nose up at them if at the right price... As for mileage " they're all better than what I get from anything I fit on my GSXR" are his words...
 
Toyo's are soft soft soft!

Khumo are a very good mid range tyre but from my experience Falken and Avon are slightly better wearing!
 
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