Anyone heard of these tyres....

[Andy]

keep away from arrow speeds tyres and auto grip as they are crap in the wet,the nexen and kuhmo are ok for a budget tyre

[Trev.]

Im glad someone has said the maxxis ma z1s are ok as thats what im buying next!

[xjay1337]

Anyone heard of Arrowspeed tyres (kwikfit brand), Altenzo comfort A (Halfords), or Autogrip F107 (ATS).
Any experience/knowledge of these ?
Need some budget tyres for a spare set of rims shortly in 225 40 18 size
Cheers

Buy part worn quality rubber from Ebay
Budget tyres are dangerous mate.

I think this should be rephrased a little. Crappy no name cheap Tyres should be avoided yes. Budgets, can also mean 'middle of the road' ie good tyres, at a reasonable price. There's nothing wrong with Avons, Maxxis etc. I know, I've used them. Some linglong tingtong whatever at 50 quid a corner should be avoided like the plague

Avons, Kumhos etc are not budget. Neither are Falken.
Budget are....

Autoguard
Triangles
Linglongs
Gajah Tunggal
Accelera
Courier
Kenda
Sagita
Sava
Wanli
Event
hi-fly
Matador
Marangoni
Syrons
ATR Sports
Fullruns
Millenium
Barum
Tornado
Alpha
Sunny

I've used loads of part worn tyres from Ebay before I went changed jobs 18 months ago as I couldn't afford new tyres, but would not run budgets. Most come from tyre shops who replace a pair of tyres when one is punctured, hence they have one good one with 5mm or so tread to sell.
Sometimes you get pairs, and who cares how they came up for sale? As long as there is no damage or punctures.. which you can always tell from the picture and the description. Probably have had 12 or 14 different part worns before buying new rubber and never had a problem with any of them.

[markc]

You just proved what I mean about peoples perception of  budget tyre. Budget can mean low and medium range (hence saving money is budgeting).

As long as you don't fit junk 

[jimojameso]

Well falkens and kumho's are not a premium brand. Ok call them mid range if you want. To be honest if you have a gti you should be fitting decent tyres. Its up to you if you want to be nit picky and fit ditchfinders. Be my guest.

[swgti]

I'm using Falkens at the mo and they're fine but I would not say they are tested to the max. I also had Acceleras on a Freelander I had and they were spot on, someone told me they are the same company as Vreds but not sure if this is true.

If I've not heard of them I don't use them, I'll always go for the price as a guide and go for example the £80-90 range as apposed to the £120 plus or sub £60 mark so basically middle of the road.

Lots of comments on part worns above and must admit I've bought them a couple of times with no hassles, at the end of the day when you buy a 2nd hand car you buy 2nd hand tyres, I'm fairly sure not many people change a perfectly good set of tyres every time they buy a 2nd hand car????
I've always gone for the German imports as apparently they have to change tyres every year over there it's the law????

[markc]

Well falkens and kumho's are not a premium brand. Ok call them mid range if you want. To be honest if you have a gti you should be fitting decent tyres. Its up to you if you want to be nit picky and fit ditchfinders. Be my guest.

Falkens, kumho, maxxis are decent Tyres ! Just not the most expensive.

[swgti]

There's always going to be tyre snobs when you start one of these threads claiming that if you don't buy the most expensive tyres you're insane and sure to crash, what some people find hard to understand is that not everyone has £250-300 to spend every time you change two tyres.

[OSB]

Anyone heard of Arrowspeed tyres (kwikfit brand), Altenzo comfort A (Halfords), or Autogrip F107 (ATS).
Any experience/knowledge of these ?
Need some budget tyres for a spare set of rims shortly in 225 40 18 size
Cheers

Arrowspeed bad in the dry and horrendous in the wet IMO!

Do a search online for reviews of the various tyres - there is a lot of info out there if you do a bit searching.
As has been said before 'never skimp on tyres and brakes' just aint worth it

[xjay1337]

I'm using Falkens at the mo and they're fine but I would not say they are tested to the max. I also had Acceleras on a Freelander I had and they were spot on, someone told me they are the same company as Vreds but not sure if this is true.

Vredestein are owned by the Appolo group based in Netherlands. They make some very good quality tyres indeed!

[sandancer]

Thanks for all the information, seem to have opened another can of worms here........

[jonnym]

I just got X4 Delinte Thunder D7's with my new wheels but never heard of them! Apparently from reading up, they are designed for high performance and the speed rating is 168+. But as said, never heard of them! We'll see what they're like.

[vaheedakhtar]

I did quite a bit of research just before Christmas on new tyre options.  I spoke to guys who I know are in the business and also confided to the internet. I knew the car would be sold before I would get the (claimed) 30-40k mile ware out of them, so went down the budget route. What I did end up buying were a set of brand new Nexen 900's. They actually came 2nd or 3rd in a power survey carried out by one of the big car mags.

For my everyday driving, I've found them to be quite good.

Here's some reviews: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nexen/N9000.htm

At the time, my supplier said that because if their reviews, their price will start increasing....and he was right. At the time, I paid £85 per corner - fitted. Now they're about £130 each.

[Kalpsn2000]

I did quite a bit of research just before Christmas on new tyre options.  I spoke to guys who I know are in the business and also confided to the internet. I knew the car would be sold before I would get the (claimed) 30-40k mile ware out of them, so went down the budget route. What I did end up buying were a set of brand new Nexen 900's. They actually came 2nd or 3rd in a power survey carried out by one of the big car mags.

For my everyday driving, I've found them to be quite good.

Here's some reviews: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nexen/N9000.htm

At the time, my supplier said that because if their reviews, their price will start increasing....and he was right. At the time, I paid £85 per corner - fitted. Now they're about £130 each.

That's what happened with the vredestein ultrac sessanta's. They were at mid range price but after getting decent reviews the price went up.