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Tyres

  • 12-08-2011 10:46am
    #1
    scholar007
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    Whats the difference between buying the cheapest tyres (unknown brands) and buying the expensive (familiar brands) of tyres.

    Surely a tyre is a tyre is a tyre and all new tyres on sale in Ireland must meet certain standards in terms of safety etc.

    Do you actually get more miles out of the well known brands?


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  • #2
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Whats the difference between buying the cheapest tyres (unknown brands) and buying the expensive (familiar brands) of tyres.

    Surely a tyre is a tyre is a tyre and all new tyres on sale in Ireland must meet certain standards in terms of safety etc.

    Do you actually get more miles out of the well known brands?
    Nope. A tyre is a tyre no more than a car is a car. A cheap Chinese car is not comparable to an S-Class merc.
    Grip levels are king. The standards the tyres have to meet are pathetic. Cheap ass tyres offer no grip in the wet, making them quite unsafe in certain conditions.
    Go for the best you can afford. A lot of the mid-range stuff like Hankook and Kumho and the like are often competitively priced and quite decent. Cheap shít is just that... shít.


  • #3
    aujopimur
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    As far as I know Ireland does not have any system for tyre standards, other than the E3 mark.


  • #4
    Kategill
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    Cheap tyres have been tested by independent mags all over the place and you can google the results. The cheap tyre is usually from china , however other countries do make them as well. the compound is harder and lasts longer but the grip is terrible especially in the wet. One company did a test recently and brought customers to a comparison test between major manufacturers and Budget manufacturers of tyres.. the customers were not allowed to drive on the budget tyres in the wet as there was too much chance of having an accident... and that would have closed down the test facilities for the day...these tyres can be bought in Ireland today... think that says it all... 20euro extra per tyre or possible major crash... think I would pay the 20 euro...


  • #5
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Whats the difference between buying the cheapest tyres (unknown brands) and buying the expensive (familiar brands) of tyres.

    Surely a tyre is a tyre is a tyre and all new tyres on sale in Ireland must meet certain standards in terms of safety etc.

    Do you actually get more miles out of the well known brands?


    I used to throw any kind of crap rubber onto my Motors. Then I used to slide around roundabouts at 20KPH !!!!

    I was quoted 70 quid for a crappy set of Chinese Tyres the other day. I got Two Firestone Firehawks for 30 quid extra with plenty of meat on them and ( after our weekend weather ) no issues with grip in the wet.

    They're not premium tyres by any stretch of the imagination however I'm not very flush and they're better than sitting in a ditch.


  • #6
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Kategill wrote: »
    One company did a test recently and brought customers to a comparison test between major manufacturers and Budget manufacturers of tyres.. the customers were not allowed to drive on the budget tyres in the wet as there was too much chance of having an accident... and that would have closed down the test facilities for the day...these tyres can be bought in Ireland today... think that says it all...
    Some brands of cheap tyres can be dangerous, but what you've just described is only a marketing stunt.


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  • #7
    Kategill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Kategill


    only reporting what i read... know paper doesn't refuse ink...


  • #8
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Kategill wrote: »
    only reporting what i read...
    No, you weren't:
    Kategill wrote: »
    think that says it all...


  • #9
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    I deal with various tyre brands every day in work but I've always had decent brand tyres on my cars so, to be honest, hadn't got much first hand experience with the difference.

    But I just got a new daily which had two firestones on the back and 2 vee rubber tyres on the front, The thread was reasonable so I swopped the vee rubbers to the back and set about going home friday evening in the torrential rain, Que the back end stepping out twice at worryingly slow speeds on roundabouts, one of which was entering the M50 in heavy traffic and also having a nice squirmy moment on the M2 at 100kmh going through standing water.

    On went 2 new firestones the next morning and the same roundabouts at nearly twice the speed(saturday, less traffic, still in the wet) without an issue.

    I shudder to think what chance people have on these type of tyres if they had to brake hard or swerve at dual carrageway/motorway speeds:eek:


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