Molgrips its all relative. I got them Summer 2008, they came second outright in a fairly comprehensive test in Evo in 2007, against the Pirelli P Zero, Michelin PS2, Goodyear Eagle F1 etc. They have lasted twice as long as the OEM tyres they replaced and given much better performance, so I feel like they were good value for money.
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Car tyres - big brand names worth the extra cost?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I think that there is just too much choice for the consumer in this market.
In the past it was pre-used tyres,remould,budget,big-name,MichelinAnd each type needed about 5 sizes to cover every common vehicle.
Now the choice is extreme, there are 108 options for my current tyre size.
Thats 215/55/16 at the Event tyres website .The cheapest tyres are currently the unknown brands , linglong etc
At this end of the market you take a gamble , they might be OK , but
unless you are a skilled driver "enthusiast" you may not realise
either what you are missing or when you are reaching the limits of the tyres capabilities , there are bad times to find out.So skilled enthusiasts can buy bad tyres and cope with them.(might be upset though)
Bad for "users"Top end - branded/marketed tyres = you are paying for that marketing ,
and for some brands price more or less fixed. In many cases you are getting optimised tyres for specific uses or the best of the compromise tyres- ie good at everything. Good for "users" and unskilled "enthusiasts"Mid-price - less marketing budget - generally compromise tyres - performance everywhere between the top end and the decent cheapest tyres.
Bit of a lottery unless you do some research or get good advice.
Becoming much more popular during the downturn and you can definitly save
50% and not loose out over the top end.Me, I fitted Falken tyres - mid range - very competitive price/performance, growing reputation.
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Kumho come out ok if you really are on a budget.
There is no way I would pay £100 for a tyre. No way. Shop around and haggle.
You really need a tyre that is consistent in wet and Cold weather performance. Budgets can't offer consistency.
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The worst thing though is that on say blackcircles.com the reviews vary enormously. With any tyre some people say they are rubbish and some say they are great.
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I cant be arsed to read all the above but has anyone said anything about just putting the correct psi in your tyres..
it will make a so called good tyre feel bad if they are not at the correct psi,and the the correct psi in a budget tyre will seem a lot better that the under or over inflated "good tyre"I always but the best tyres and brake pads i can afford on my car...its your contact with the road at the end of the day...
And better does not always have to be most expensive...
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The worst thing though is that on say blackcircles.com the reviews vary enormously. With any tyre some people say they are rubbish and some say they are great.
True, but it's usually fairly easy to sort the wheat from the chaff, review-wise - look for the people who can bearly string a sentence together and take their review with a pinch of salt
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Event mobile tyre fitters came in with some good prices recently for a pair of Pirrelli for our Nissan X-trail, might be worth the OP looking at them.
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Event mobile tyre fitters
They also offer a discount if you pop into their depot.
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But then there are some eloquent but pompous fools who skidded on some diesel once and then go to great lengths about how everyone at Michelin/Pirelli/Goodyear etc is a cretin of the very worst kind and must immediately be put to the sword.
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You could spend ages on this, but I would recommend reading independent reviews, and thinking about what compromise between dry braking, wet braking, dry cornering, wet cornering, aquaplaning straight, aquaplaning on bends, noise, comfort and wear you want. If you can find reviews of the size, speed and load rating you need plus the make and tread pattern you are considering, even better.
As well as Which? magazine and Autoexpress website recommended above, another good review site is the German magazine ADAC
http://www.adac.de/
Babelfish makes a fair job of translating if you use a bit of common sense (some German words aren't translated, and lower numbers are better). The Nexen you mentioned are not reviewed, but there do seem to be some surprises. For example; in the test of 155/70 R13T summer tyres, the Mayloya Crono (never heard of 'em, seem cheap on Google shopping) scored "Recommendable", whilst the BFGoodrich Touring (I would have expected BFGoodrich to know what they are doing) scored "Not recommendable".Depends how long you want to spend researching against how much money you will save or performance you will gain.
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this is going round in circles, but my 2p worth.
I only buy cheap tyres for my sub £1k worth of car, but I get them from a very well-used garage with a lot of good customer feedback and reputation.
I've been generally happy with every pair (from about 4-5 different brands) and rarely skid / wheel spin / get out of shape despite 20 miles a day "spirited" commute across moors and into Leeds every day and back at all times of day and night......
There is some shite out there that is branded or unbranded. Don't put too much stock in online reviews as they are just full of people comparing new with old. Find a good retailer and support them.
Oh, and if you feel the safety of you and your family relies on even as much as 50% of your tyres' outright braking grip, you should really take a look at your driving rather than the rubber!
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Will try something different to Avons on the front of my Mondeo this time around, can't afford them at that wear rate and cost, though, as they come to their end, they are better than the prevoius Michelin primacy's approaching slick, but then they lasted twice the distance at least.
An old car of mine had a set of tyres that cost less than a tank of fuel and were probably going to outlast the car out by a long way, would've had more grip just running on the rims though.
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