Well just to spin the annoying what-tyres questions further - I need 2 new tyres up front on my estate. The current tyres have 6mm of tread left, yet both have bulged and started collapsing internally (shake them and they rattle!) and one has stripped a 1x6" section of rubber right to the fabric in a week. They're just collapsing. Cheapo "Doublestar" rubbish the previous owner put on before selling 18 months ago.
So I refuse to compromise on safety and I'm looking for some GOOD tyres, especially ones that grip well in the wet as these were shockingly poor in the wet. I've been looking at the performance expensive ones but they seem to get fairly mixed reviews, however vredstein sportrac 3s and the old mid-range toyo proxywhatsit T1-Rs seem to be well rated across the board. Anyone any further advice? The eco-tyres seem to sacrifice wet grip for fuel economy due to harder compounds.
Also, anyone used anyone like blackcircles? When I've chosen my tyres I dont want to have to ring 10 different places to find which stock which etc, it'd be nice to organise to have them fitted and just turn up.
