Mid range tyre recomendation

[Baz300]

I had a m3 a few years ago and it came with falken tyres when I bought it.

I was always planning to get them changed but only a few weeks into having the car we had a very sunny day followed by very bad rain in the evening, I came to a corner at 40mph and the back end just lost it corrected it but it was too late and ended up rolling the car. I have taken the same corner at 80 plenty of times before and the golf with eagle f1s takes it at 60 in the wet no problem at all

When the car was inspected they noticed that all the tread on the rear tyres had warped and cracked and was probably the cause of the car losing control.

Since then I have only ever used decent tyres on all my cars ( had pilot sports on my golf gt tdi)

[driver rider]

Redrobin- please don't become exasperated by people who want to run a performance car on the cheap.  They'll learn the errors of their ways in due course. 

Ive been reading reviews on tyres for a while now....  I plan on changing all four tyres on my car as mine are wearing down.  I feel that goodyears would be my choice....the fact you've endorsed them has sealed the deal for me,  given the experience you have on running these cars. Just to let you know people do listen on here!

[Baz300]

For the ones that are on a budget you should maby  look into part worn tyres on eBay.

Plenty of good ones on the go

[too hot]

I have just bought some BBS CKs for the Scirocco and I`m going to wait till Costco do their deal on Michelin PS3`s.
It should be next month and they should be about 25% off.
Thats for a set of four mind

[jedi-knight83]

I have just bought some BBS CKs for the Scirocco and I`m going to wait till Costco do their deal on Michelin PS3`s.
It should be next month and they should be about 25% off.
Thats for a set of four mind

do costco do this deal on 19" tyres too? I have 225/40/18 PS3 at the moment and they are brilliant. If they do them in 225/35/19 or 225/35/19 at 25% off i'll have them.

[too hot]

I have just bought some BBS CKs for the Scirocco and I`m going to wait till Costco do their deal on Michelin PS3`s.
It should be next month and they should be about 25% off.
Thats for a set of four mind

do costco do this deal on 19" tyres too? I have 225/40/18 PS3 at the moment and they are brilliant. If they do them in 225/35/19 or 225/35/19 at 25% off i'll have them.

I hope so mate .I`m holding off waiting for the deal !!!

[jedi-knight83]

how woud i get to hear about it when and if they do?

[shortdan14]

hi guys,

I'm new but just to add. I've used Avon zz3, 225/40/18s on my last two cars. Reasonably priced. around £100 on camskill and they perform well in the dry and wet. They also look pretty good. 

Dan

[RedRobin]

hi guys,

I'm new but just to add. I've used Avon zz3, 225/40/18s on my last two cars. Reasonably priced. around £100 on camskill and they perform well in the dry and wet. They also look pretty good. 

Dan

....A Warm Welcome to the forum, Dan, but what were your last two cars and what do you have now?

[MC71]

For the ones that are on a budget you should maby  look into part worn tyres on eBay.

Plenty of good ones on the go

 
I would REALLY not buy used tyres from anywhere let a loan the interweb where you don't get to probably see what your buying. Surely it's a false economy and one to be avoided, only my opinion.

I have not read "every" word of this thread (i know, i know) so this may have been said once or twice but there is a saying that's "buy cheap, buy twice!" FWIW I always buy Goodyear Eagle F1's and find them to be brilliant tyres. Bought 2 just yesterday from the Tyre Shopper online for £127 each fitted.
 

[spankydan]

For the ones that are on a budget you should maby  look into part worn tyres on eBay.

Plenty of good ones on the go

Personally imo not a good suggestion same as second hand wheels.

Have people not lost sight of what the thread starter was after a mid range tyre? All is fair and well suggesting Toyo's, Michi, Conti and Goodyear but sounds like there is no room to stretch that far.

As the majority of tyre companies pick from each other and have psudo budget brands that are made in the same factory, same rubber, same construction.

Dan

[ub7rm]

Personally I wouldn't buy part worns either, but I bought a new car a few weeks ago and I didn't change the tyres on it and have no intention to.  I bet most of you wouldldn't either so I don't actually see whats wrong with the idea?  If I was on a budget it probably is a better option than buying brand new ditchfinders.

You can easily inspect the tyre so its easier to see any defects than on the tyres of a used car.

[john87]

I was quite impressed by the Avon ZZ3's on my last car, good wet and dry for the price, but they didn't last too long on the 2.2 remapped diesel. Maybe 9k miles...

[R32UK]

I bought budget tyres for the mps as it was going to be sold so didnt se the point in splashing out. I then aqua planned due to burst water pipe on a dry evening and smashed up the front of the car. Over £1k to repair the damage... and still waiting to get it back from the water company.

Even though the tyres were brand new, im pretty sure it was down to them. I would NEVER EVER fit budget tyres again. Some people will have to go through a similar scenario before they learn... I hope you dont.

[Gene Hunt]

Personally I wouldn't buy part worns either, but I bought a new car a few weeks ago and I didn't change the tyres on it and have no intention to.  I bet most of you wouldldn't either so I don't actually see whats wrong with the idea?  If I was on a budget it probably is a better option than buying brand new ditchfinders.

You can easily inspect the tyre so its easier to see any defects than on the tyres of a used car.

..........same here. My local indi tyre dealer has loads of part worn(most from Germany) were there tyre laws are a lot tougher than here. Don't use them on my mk5 but when i had my mk2 GTI i always used decent brand part worns & never had a problem. The dealer always let me pick & choose the ones i wanted before fitting.