[Closed] Car tyres prices....

Mine seem about the same, maybe £10 more (£100-130 a corner, all seasons)

I'm booked in for a pair next week, first pair in 2 years.

£50 for a budget 16" ditchfinder recently seemed pretty standard to me. Haven't found any ditches yet so I must be doing it wrong.

Just looked on Mytyres for the Bridgestones for my car, they are the same price as I paid two years ago. Perhaps it’s the cheap end of the market being hit by higher shipping rates from China etc.

Are we comparing like for like? The cost of tyres is massively variable depending on size and brand.

Aye, I think the OP is comparing cheap shite to something decent.

Motorbike tyres seem to have jumped in price, too. I paid £245 for a pair of Avons last week in the 'normal' sporty sizes.

last time i paid 37 quid fitted for a tire

it was for a 1.8 diesel fiesta and it was 2002

£37? christ I wish. Just looking at winter tyres for my Volvo and it's £270 a corner. Summer tyres are priced at £238 each. Thankfully I no longer do big miles. (I know it's my own fault for spec'ing 21" wheels. I'm not looking for sympathy)

To be honest £135 for two doesn't sound that bad to me

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Disregard, didn't read previous post properly.

Aye, I think the OP is comparing cheap shite to something decent.

Even the cheap shite has gone up. The tyre I paid £37 for 2 years ago is now £57. I've opted for Maxxis at just £8 more per tyre this time. Common size though.... 16" (205/55) for a 2009 Focus.

Thread piqued interest as I have a pair of rather worn tyres needing replacement soon.

The exact same tyre as I had fitted to the other two wheels, in Aug 2019, is now.... £2.50 more.

Falken Euroall AS210 in case anyone GAF.

Goodyear efficientgrip performance 2's are £65 a corner in that size, seems a bargain?

https://www.blackcircles.com/order/tyres/search?width=205&profile=55&rim=16&id=10075

Just replaced 2 front on mine for some replacement all-season tyres, last pair lasted 2 years but they stopped making them so I got the replacements to them. They were about £110 2 years ago each and now £150 each...apparently stock is low and shipping costs are up.

Stop moaning. Our bike tyres are way more expensive considering how much 'materials' you are getting.

Our two Nissans are £150 a corner for Premium (minimum) and £80 a corner for mid range tyres.

My Minions RRP are £60 each.

They have jumped up a bit. Need to replace all 4 of mine and the same Goodyear's are £15 more a tyre than when I bought a pair 18 months ago. The cheaper options are no longer cheap though, used to see tyres starting at £35 but there's no options below £50 now including the Chinese crap. The range for my size used to be £35-100 but it's now £50-140 a tyre!

Brexit adding 20% plus to import costs, and the current logistical issues and demand due to covid will make everything more expensive.

That basically covers the 37 to 57 rise the OP experienced.

My Avon bike tyres are made in the UK ...

I recently bought 4 x 245/40/19’s in Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5’s and they were £138 each. I was surprised they weren’t more - so maybe it’s just the ditch finder end of the market that’s seen the biggest % bump in cost due to the Brexit and Covid double whammy.

Stop moaning. Our bike tyres are way more expensive considering how much ‘materials’ you are getting

The materials cost is only a small part of the total cost for the whole design, manufacture, logistics cycle of the tyres journey to your bike or car. Everything else will be cost similar between a bike tyre and car tyre which explains the cost.

Cost of containers is 10-15x what they were.

I'm still weeping because I got rid of a car with 17" wheels and got one with 19" wheels, they're £160 a corner now and because of a stupid list of stupid reasons, they were lasting 3-5 months at best...

I like how you're all saving time by writing corner instead of tire, sounds much more 'Clarkson' as well.

My Avon bike tyres are made in the UK …

With materials from the UK?

The materials cost is only a small part of the total cost for the whole design, manufacture, logistics cycle of the tyres journey to your bike or car. Everything else will be cost similar between a bike tyre and car tyre which explains the cost.

Someone round here falls for the marketing bullshit.

I bought my son 2X £57* tyres for his Seat for Xmas (yes, I'm a nice daddy), then he had to replace a bike tyre at BPW and paid £85 including sealant 😆
The car ones will last, what? 2 years, 3 years? The bike one...? It's nothing to do with design, it's 'lifestyle' prices.

*Black Circles seems to be the way to go these days for reasonable cost

instead of tire

and tire sounds much more er, Kelly Clarkson? 😀

they were lasting 3-5 months at best…

That's many magnitudes greater than Molgrips can make an entire car last so count your blessings...

and tire sounds much more er, Kelly Clarkson?

I'm starting to tire of you. 😘

I need two Michelin 235/65 r 16 best price 150 to 200. I think the reason Michelin are expensive 42000 miles and the fronts will probably go on for another 6 months
I won't buy a tyre unless I know the brand and avoid the crappy Chinese ****ing or whatever they are called

Someone round here falls for the marketing bullshit.

You think they design them, purchase and maintain the factories, pay staff, ship raw materials and finished product etc. etc. for free? And if you're making a stress purchase of anything that you need NOW, you can't compare that to chipping around the internet for the best price on a similar product that'll be fine in a couple of weeks time.

I’ve just checked, the Uniroyals I fit to mine have actually gone down by about a fiver each since I last bought them.

Now £83 front and £120 rear - that’s not bad at all.

I'll ask this here as the thread's running - we're going to need some winter tyres on at least one of our vehicles. Am I best getting 'all-season' ones and leaving them on, or 'winter' ones and swapping them on and off? It's only for a crappy little hatchback, but we're now living slightly in the sticks where some snow will be inevitable.

I had all season corners tires tyres on throughout last winter-summer-winter and only replaced them quite recently, so I'd probs get them again.

@IHN - the all-season ones I got are doing a sterling job through the hot weather and coped brilliantly with snowy Sheffield hills as well. I'll not be going back to 'normal' tyres.

This thread has actually pushed me to get mine sorted as they're all worn below 3mm and the offside front has had a slow puncture for a few weeks! My normal choice of Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance were over £300 a set everywhere but I've managed to find an offer on some Toyo's for £240 fitted with a £15 fuel card. Money's tight right now so the £75+ difference will come in handy even if the tyres don't last as long as the Goodyear ones do, safety is more important in the wet.

Brexit adding 20% plus to import costs, and the current logistical issues and demand due to covid will make everything more expensive.

No, Brexit didn't add 20%. That was VAT which you always paid in the EU. Import costs maybe.

Call it what you want, but there's added costs now that we didn't have before.

Car tyres are cheap considering the mileage you get compared to the tyres we buy for our bicycles.

Am I best getting ‘all-season’ ones and leaving them on, or ‘winter’ ones and swapping them on and off?

Loads of threads on this already if you want the long conversation but there's no need to take either off. In fact IIRC it was the RAC that recommended winter tyres year round for UK climate if you're only going to use one set, and I'd argue the same from my own experience. The scale is going to tip further towards winter tyres the further north you get and the further you live out in the sticks.

Am I best getting ‘all-season’ ones and leaving them on, or ‘winter’ ones and swapping them on and off? It’s only for a crappy little hatchback, but we’re now living slightly in the sticks where some snow will be inevitable.

Depends on how much snow and how often really. North of England up a hill, Southern Uplands or Highlands I'd be swapping. I've a set of winters but since travel was so curtailed last Winter (no trips to the Lakes or Scotland for me!) I just left the Summer tyres on. But then I live in SW England, and even if the weather's bad I have the luxury of not having to go out unless I choose to.

we’re going to need some winter tyres on at least one of our vehicles. Am I best getting ‘all-season’ ones and leaving them on, or ‘winter’ ones and swapping them on and off? It’s only for a crappy little hatchback, but we’re now living slightly in the sticks where some snow will be inevitable.

How much snow is "some snow"?

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/snow/snow-in-the-uk

We're in a "5-10" days bit.

Last snowy spell, several of the neighbours didn't get out of the (sloped) drive, nor did all the trade visitors to the house having the renovation work done.

Both our wagons have all seasons. We just drove out. Probably could have driven out a bit quicker with special winter tyres, but with a big whole 1 or 2% of the days being snowy..? All seasons win for me.

I’ve just put all seasons on my van partly because they look good but also because I live in Scotland and it will get used up north in the winter and for snowboard trips to the alps.

My fast German whip sensible estate I switch between summers & winters on a second set of wheels. It drives much better on the summers (Uniroyal Rainsports) than the winters in anything other than snow & ice. Better winter tyres would probably reduce the difference.

Goodyear efficientgrip performance 2

The 'efficient' wording could readily be replace by 'lack of'. Bloody awful things they were.

Having bought a car in January, I also bought a 2nd hand set of alloys and put Hankook Kinergy all seasons on. They were awesome and all in the wheels and tyres cost me £500. The car has just died, for the 4th time (long story) and is being returned to the dealer for a refund. Gutted as I now have a set of spare wheels with great tyres on that I cant use as they don't fit me new car.

All seasons on my van, mainly because they're suitable for all seasons. Not as good as summers or winters in their respective season, but a great fit and forget option (I only do 5k/year, if I did much more I'd get spare winters on steels).

I've got brand new summer tyres on the weekend car I just bought, trying to decide whether to buy some spare wheels for winters or not (or just use the van if it snows)

The ‘efficient’ wording could readily be replace by ‘lack of’. Bloody awful things they were.

Interesting... They are consistently well reviewed by multiple sources.

trying to decide whether to buy some spare wheels for winters or not (or just use the van if it snows)

Sounds like @ross980 needs a wee chat with @fazzini to see if a deal can be done...