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SteveW
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as i got a flat tyre up at Maxlive a few weeks ago i needed to get a new tyre as mine got damaged (had to drive a short distance on the tyre and it has fooked it)

i went to 2 local tyre places and each has quoted a nutty price for a new "budget" tyre

£75 fitted
£90 fitted

ATS were the more expencive..

so i have spoken to Jazz at TopGear in StAlbans and he has said £45 fitted for a Nankang...

much more like it

FFS why are these places soo expencive ???
Alex
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because people who dont know where to go otherwise will pay it i suppose!
SteveW
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when my mum was over at costco i asked her to have a look there (cos they are meant to be cheap)

£181 for 2x tyres , not even good ones
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its the same up here, all the bigger well known firms are complete rip off merchants!!

[Edited on 21-07-2005 by a_j_mair]
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try here

http://www.blackcircles.com

http://www.mytyres.co.uk

[Edited on 21-07-2005 by Edd_20]
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r u comfortable putting budget tyres on your car? - u talking about "thunderCorsa" - all the money thats been spent on it and the bit that keeps u on the road ur worried about buying something half decent
ed
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So long as they are 'W' rated or above it's fine. You don't get low profile tyres that aren't rated for high speed really anyway. On a plus note, mine are ZR rated so I can drive my car at over 200mph if I like
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21st Jul 05 at 09:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Steve ring jazz up and ask him to make my exhaust quiet!
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Ask him if he has some flex pipe I can have!
SteveW
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fuk off you lot ring him yourself

im getting a deal off him for some Toyos.. not sure how much they gonna be yet.. will find out when i go down there at weekend
Ojc
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Nankang, don't do it Steve
ed
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
fuk off you lot ring him yourself

im getting a deal off him for some Toyos.. not sure how much they gonna be yet.. will find out when i go down there at weekend
You could get a better deal for Toyos off of Toyo at a guess... Remember mine were only £40 each
SteveW
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Originally posted by Ojc
Nankang, don't do it Steve



only gonna be for a short while mate.. until i sort out the deal with Toyo

Ed, shall see what he offers me then see what deal i can get from Toyo themselves
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Toyo

don;t know whats worse nankang or toyo

[Edited on 21-07-2005 by vibrio]
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21st Jul 05 at 14:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
as i got a flat tyre up at Maxlive a few weeks ago i needed to get a new tyre as mine got damaged (had to drive a short distance on the tyre and it has fooked it)

i went to 2 local tyre places and each has quoted a nutty price for a new "budget" tyre

£75 fitted
£90 fitted

ATS were the more expencive..

so i have spoken to Jazz at TopGear in StAlbans and he has said £45 fitted for a Nankang...

much more like it

FFS why are these places soo expencive ???


you wanna speak to bath road tyres in slough
big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
Toyo

don;t know whats worse nankang or toyo

[Edited on 21-07-2005 by vibrio]

please explain??? I use toyos on ma car and they seem to hold up well to the daily punishment I give them, pretty good in the wet even better n the dry, only gripe I have with them is that they wear abit quickly
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Kuhmo KU31 the new ones £35 each for my 15's
SteveW
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well the best tyres i have had (imo) are the BF Goodridge ProfilerG ones.. they were awesome
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toyos are crap in the wet can tell you from persoanl experience
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
Toyo

don;t know whats worse nankang or toyo

[Edited on 21-07-2005 by vibrio]

please explain??? I use toyos on ma car and they seem to hold up well to the daily punishment I give them, pretty good in the wet even better n the dry, only gripe I have with them is that they wear abit quickly


Same here, me and alot of my mates run Toyos and theres nothing wrong with them!
I also rate BF Goodrich Profiler Gs
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21st Jul 05 at 14:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Mytyres is welllll cheap
jr
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Steve what size are you after, i get tyres trade ???
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will be

205/40/17

what can you do dealman ?
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
Steve what size are you after, i get tyres trade ???


James was a spiv during WW2 in a previous life, like that fella in Dad's Army
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21st Jul 05 at 18:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

proxes are good, the toyo r888 is one the best track day and dry weather tyres out these days!

or goodyear eagles, michelin pilots, pirelli p zero!

Crap tyres is just pointless, it defeats the point of trying to make a car handle better

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