I'm Tyred

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by Hightower

£170 for a pair of Wranglers, does that seem good?

i think i paid around 28 quid for mine a few years ago

moved over to Tommy Hilfingers now

[Hightower]

I'm surprised they do off the shelf trousers for you?

Bought a pair though BlackCircles.com, so it's a first for me having never bought tyres off the net.

I'll let you know how I get on.

[Hugh Jardon]

if you want to know if you have a good price for tyres then get a quote from micheldiver tyres, if your quote is similar or better then you have one hell of a good price

works every time for me

cheers

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

if you want to know if you have a good price for tyres then get a quote from micheldiver tyres, if your quote is similar or better then you have one hell of a good price

works every time for me

cheers

Already done it, as Micheldever is part of the Protyre group. Blackcircles undercut them by £27, so pretty chuffed at the mo.

The funny thing is, I could have nominated Protyre as the fitting station for my Black Circle rubber, so how's that one work?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by Hightower

how's that one work?

Marketing. That's how high volume business works these days... guarantee a slice of the market at cost + %, then get some more business in at premium price.

Micheldever used give the best deal every time until Tony Todd sold out to the venture capitalists, and now they're working to bring that investment back... at your expense!

Currently, best of the independents is Bracknell Tyres and Exhausts

01344 411323

But they're very small, most tyres are available on order only, and if you thought the queues at Micheldever were long, think again. I had to wait 2 hrs back in April to save £200 on a set of 4 GoodYear NCT5s. But I reckon that £100 per hour waiting is reasonable value!

[David G]

You've ordered now, but next time have a look at ETyres.

They come to you and fit, balance the tyres, usually next day, and have always had good pricing for me.

Had tyres for a Fabia, Mondeo, Range Rover and the boat trailer. A friend used them for his Disco.

www.etyres.co.uk

Cheers,

Orve.

P.S. I used to use Blackcircles too but the hassle of taking the tyres to a tyreplace to be swapped ended up costing a lot in time and travel etc.

[Richard B]

It's still worth ringing round your independents (forget Kwik Fit, National etc) as I've just done a quote on Etyres - they didn't have the speed rating so I had to go lower, but they were still £43.80 more expensive PER TYRE!

Sometimes the old yellow pages can still beat the 'net.

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Marketing. That's how high volume business works these days... guarantee a slice of the market at cost + %, then get some more business in at premium price.

Micheldever used give the best deal every time until Tony Todd sold out to the venture capitalists, and now they're working to bring that investment back... at your expense!

Currently, best of the independents is Bracknell Tyres and Exhausts

01344 411323

But they're very small, most tyres are available on order only, and if you thought the queues at Micheldever were long, think again. I had to wait 2 hrs back in April to save £200 on a set of 4 GoodYear NCT5s. But I reckon that £100 per hour waiting is reasonable value!

thats useful information, i will check them for my next tyres

do they do motorcycles as well?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

do they do motorcycles as well?

sorry mate I don't know as i'm strictly 4-wheeled nowadays! I've heard good reports of Basingstoke Tyre and MOT Centre as well if that helps, although I've no first-hand dealings with them.

[David G]

Originally Posted by Richard B

they were still £43.80 more expensive PER TYRE!

Wow...that's a surprise!

What tyres were you looking at?, and was that a fully fitted price that was £43.80 cheaper?, and at what cost per tyre?

Where was this again?

Cheers,

Orve

[Richard B]

Yes, I found it a very pleasant surprise!

I purchased 4x GoodYear NCT5s 205x50R17 w-rated at £84.50 each fully fitted and balanced. Bracknell Tyre & Battery 01344 411323
Unit 1 Hurst Garages, Longshot Lane, Longshot Industrial Estate, Bracknell, RG12 1RL

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=G...19|rg12%201rl|

[David G]

Yes, very good!
OK, not actually £43.80 a tyre but still £32.20; hope you didn't have to drive too far to get them fitted.

http://www.etyres.co.uk/car-tyres-uk...productId=4510

I find one of the convenient things about ETyres is that they come to you, so you can get on with other things whilst they do the work!

We can't all live in Bracknell either

Orve

[Richard B]

You're welcome.

Sorry I compared the wrong tyre... looks like I got a quote for 205x55 instead of 205x50... anyway I was still pleased at the saving. And it's about 2 miles from where I'm working at the moment.

The point I was making is not to ignore your local / independent supplier when looking at tyre prices. £128 pays for a lot of "getting along with other things".

They aren't all as good - our local Humphries, who used to do great deals and were happy to match Micheldever in their cheap days sucked air through their teeth and said "Oooh, that's an unusual size, it'll be expensive" It's on a Mondeo FFS!

No doubt I'll have more fun and games when it's time to replace the 255x35Z18 Pilot Sports on the back of the Beemer! Would you like me to let you know how I get on, or are you happy to hand over all of your cash to E-Tyres?

[BruceB]

I just ordered a pair of tyres for the Beeza, including delivery for two Michelins £53.95!