Tyres

[HollyFaye]

Just having I look about the market and I thought I'd ask everyone on here what sort of brands you are all using 

I don't need any just yet but it's better to have an idea if I just let ford dealer sort them or shop around ?  Cheers

 

[pragmatix]

Im on Michelin primacy 4 was on Primacy HP, its worth shopping around try Black Circle they do very good prices, tyre can be delivered to a loca garage for fitting.

[HollyFaye]

Thanks have bookmark there page 

[isetta]

Tyreshopper is the same kind of setup as black circles. Also Asda Tyres is same kind of set up.

It is worth looking at all three as some makes/models are cheaper at one, but one company is not cheaper for all.

Also depends on which ones have associated fitting centres near you. eg. Tyreshopper use a National tyres place about 1/2 mile from where I work. But last time I checked they did not have any fitting centre in my home town which is vastly larger town compared to where I work.

 

[pragmatix]

3 hours ago, isetta said:

Tyreshopper is the same kind of setup as black circles. Also Asda Tyres is same kind of set up.

It is worth looking at all three as some makes/models are cheaper at one, but one company is not cheaper for all.

Also depends on which ones have associated fitting centres near you. eg. Tyreshopper use a National tyres place about 1/2 mile from where I work. But last time I checked they did not have any fitting centre in my home town which is vastly larger town compared to where I work.

 

Good points, I never thought of the other as they have no fitting centres near me closest to me is still 25 miles, but i would have to travel that far for tyres anyway.

[HollyFaye]

Thanks 

Adsa tyres use a spot about 4 miles away and blackcircles is about the same but tyre shopper is best part 35 miles away have bookmarked them both so will be ready to order myself as I don't know how much arnold clark will charge we got our car from chesterfield motorstore but we will be using one near home for services ( cumbria) just didn't want to get ripped off with the tyres again many thanks 

[pragmatix]

11 hours ago, HollyFaye said:

Thanks 

Adsa tyres use a spot about 4 miles away and blackcircles is about the same but tyre shopper is best part 35 miles away have bookmarked them both so will be ready to order myself as I don't know how much arnold clark will charge we got our car from chesterfield motorstore but we will be using one near home for services ( cumbria) just didn't want to get ripped off with the tyres again many thanks 

Dont use a dealer espe not Arnold Clark.

[Eric Bloodaxe]

42 minutes ago, pragmatix said:

Dont use a dealer espe not Arnold Clark.

It can sometimes be worth giving them a try. Last time I needed a couple of tyres for the Mrs's car I found our local dealership (not part of a big chain) were actually pretty competitive and they went to some trouble in sourcing an exact match for the existing tyres, so I was quite happy with that.

[pragmatix]

1 hour ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

It can sometimes be worth giving them a try. Last time I needed a couple of tyres for the Mrs's car I found our local dealership (not part of a big chain) were actually pretty competitive and they went to some trouble in sourcing an exact match for the existing tyres, so I was quite happy with that.

My local family run  Ford dealer is like that but I very much Arnold Clark would go to the bother