Im after cheap as chips for all four corners, possibly remoulds for my Clio as the grip is approaching the DANGER ZONE

Whats that nifty website Nige is always raving about for tyres? They deliver to your door and spoon feed you Ben & Jerrys on arrival or something else equally fabulous.

If you buy cheap tyres your grip will be worse. Try:


www.mytyres.co.uk

Check out my local Firestone, they will shoe the Daihatsu for 85 Condoleeza Conchs. Clios should be even cheaper.

remoulds and hes complaining about low grip on real tyres...  

nigey boy, dont scrimp on rubber for your car as they are the contact surfaces for the road. they let you stop in an emergency like fashion, they let you do everything safer in your car.

Ni was going on about http://www.blackcircles.co.uk by the way, also check out http://www.mytyres.co.uk

I doubt they will be that pricy for a clio - but it depends on what youre expecting, doesnt it I thought Ã,£40 (well, I think it was 36) per corner wasnt bad for my Yaris when I forked out for 4* Toyo T1-Rs

havent looked back though, the grip is FANTASTIC and I now feel confident in the car whereas before it felt somewhat nervewracking as the grip was possibly the lowest Ive ever experienced in a car.

bah, I have run le cheap tires on all my utility cars for years. No reason to piss away money on rubber for a city scoot. Get the cheapest non retread you can find.

I didnt think remoulds were actually any worse than standard for grip?  :?

Hmm. Well Snelly, its not so much complaining about grip, they are virtually bald on the outside and they have already been rotated around the car by an unknown previous owner

I literally cant afford decent grip tyres, Id like to throw some Blair Bullion at it but I need to fix an oil leak and really should service the damn thing too...

Basic, reasonable grip will do. As long as I have legal tread depth Im happy, as Im crossing the line there right now I think

Yeah, I didnt mean to come across as "buy sporty tyres, damnit!" I just dont really think remoulds and the like are the way to go.

I dunno if they are worse grip, but a friend had some and the comments were very indeed. made out that they were the worst thing hed ever used.

I think a budgety/mid-range sort of thing is more than good enough

You can buy yourself some time with the oil leak depending on how bad it is...  buy topping it up all the time  keeps the oil in the engine fresh anyway even though it can be expensive  but Id recommend doing the tyres ASAP because its 3 points on your license for every illegal tyre, wouldnt want officer plod catching you

My thoughts exactly Snell.

Im being told by relatives that are gearheads that remoulds are pretty much equal. That being said, for ease of mind Ill probably buy new. The leak isnt so bad as it appears to be a rusted sump causing the poblem, but you never know for sure :cry: Im going to take it into the local garage at some point to resolve that and give it a minor service (oil filter, etc.) but for now the tyres are a definite priority.

Theres no two ways about it.

cars are expensive

oddly enough the cheapest place when i was buying a few months back was National.  got all 4 corners on the honda done for Ã,£110 all in.  Not the best tyres in the world, but its not a sportscar.  

Have a look because they are still doing the buy 1 get one free.

What do people make of these bad boys?

   Pirelli
All season tyres    P 2500 Euro
155/70 R13 75T , M+S marking

circa Ã,£25 each from mytyres

What does M+S marking mean?


edit: link doesnt work :S

marks and spencer?

404 for me and the bloody link is wayyyyyyyyy of me page    


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Quote from: snellgrove remoulds and hes complaining about low grip on real tyres...  

Virtually every commercial airliner in existance has been fitted with remoulds as standard, if there was a problem with performance you would find it there first, there isnt a problem with them at all. They use the same rubber as a new tyre and check for damage before they start so what you get out is virtually a new tyre.

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Quote from: snellgrove remoulds and hes complaining about low grip on real tyres...  

Virtually every commercial airliner in existance has been fitted with remoulds as standard, if there was a problem with performance you would find it there first, there isnt a problem with them at all. They use the same rubber as a new tyre and check for damage before they start so what you get out is virtually a new tyre.

Youre not quite comparing like with like now are you there?  I could spit out a handful of crucial differences (composition, role of the wheels) but its late and im tired.