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These Tyres cheaper than €175??

  • 13-12-2011 09:18PM
    #1
    mp3ireland2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭


    My uncle is looking for the following size of tyre... Seems quite ridiculous to me @ €175 per tyre... well €170 in second place we tried!

    size is 225/50 R17.

    Any reason why they are so expensive?


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Are they BMW run flats?


    Theyre not a very popular size afaik

    How many is he getting?


  • #3
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    mp3ireland2 wrote: »
    My uncle is looking for the following size of tyre... Seems quite ridiculous to me @ €175 per tyre... well €170 in second place we tried!

    size is 225/50 R17.

    Any reason why they are so expensive?


    Without telling us the brand and model of tyre then the price means nothing.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Camskill will deliver 2 Falkens for 214


  • #5
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    225/45/17 would be a much more popular size surely


  • #6
    mp3ireland2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭mp3ireland2


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Are they BMW run flats?


    Theyre not a very popular size afaik

    How many is he getting?

    For an Audi car but i don't know what model, he's getting 4...
    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Without telling us the brand and model of tyre then the price means nothing.

    Apologies they were Bridgestone tyres that were quoted. but don't know the model of the tyre. He just sent me a text wondering if I knew anywhere that could get them cheaper....
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Camskill will deliver 2 Falkens for 214

    Thanks, Ideally he's looking for somewhere that will fit them too, but these are a fairly good price so might be hard to match!


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Lots of places will fit for a small fee.


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


    mp3ireland2 wrote: »
    Apologies they were Bridgestone tyres that were quoted. but don't know the model of the tyre. He just sent me a text wondering if I knew anywhere that could get them cheaper....

    It doesn't sound expensive to me for premium brand tyres in a large less then common size.

    They are more then €175/170 on camskill and eiretyres so your doing well with those prices.


  • #9
    mp3ireland2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭mp3ireland2


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    It doesn't sound expensive to me for premium brand tyres in a large less then common size.

    They are more then €175/170 on camskill and eiretyres so your doing well with those prices.

    Is there much of performance difference between Bridgestone and Falkens?

    (don't know too much about tyres myself - which may be obvious from the lack of detail in my post)


  • #10
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    mp3ireland2 wrote: »
    Is there much of performance difference between Bridgestone and Falkens?

    (don't know too much about tyres myself - which may be obvious from the lack of detail in my post)


    Bridgestone are one of the best IMO and would likely be the OE tyre on the Audi you said they are for. Falken tyres are very good too though, in the same league as the likes of Kumho and Hankook....which are light years ahead of any Chinese plastic tyres.


  • #11
    Paddy001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Paddy001


    Have a look at 235/45 it would be around the same rolling size and was standard on some Audis and it's probably a bit more common. €170 is not a bad price though all in for Bridgestone in that size, you could probably get something like Vredestein, Uniroyal or Good Year a bit cheaper and are still good tyres.


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  • #12
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The falkens obviously won't be quite as good as the best but there'd be over €200 in the difference


  • #13
    mp3ireland2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭mp3ireland2


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The falkens obviously won't be quite as good as the best but there'd be over €200 in the difference

    yeah i'd agree with ya there! but don't know if he will, have all the info anyway!

    Big change for me I'm used to pricing part worn tyres for my ford mondeo mk2!

    Thanks for all the help and patience lads!


  • #14
    veetwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭veetwin


    mp3ireland2 wrote: »
    My uncle is looking for the following size of tyre... Seems quite ridiculous to me @ €175 per tyre... well €170 in second place we tried!

    size is 225/50 R17.

    Any reason why they are so expensive?

    I recently bought 2 tyres that size for €165 each fitted and they were runflats. Not runflats should be much cheaper. FWIW they were Hankooks and I don't notice any difference to the Continentals that were on the car previously.


  • #15
    Rob C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭Rob C


    If they were for BMW runflats, they'd be 230 Euro a tyre. Bloody ripoff. That's the Goodyear Eagle NCT5. Decent tyre, lasts a long time but it's crazy money. The 5 Series I had before took 245/40 R18's and that was up to €270 a tyre!

    And that was on Eiretyres/Camskills. Though I got a place in Sandyford to do it for €268 fitted. They're an excellent tyre place and can typically get you prices, fitted below that of Eiretyres. It's Atlas in Sandyford if anyone is looking.


  • #16
    ifah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭ifah


    I got 4 part worn Bridgestone 235/65/R17 tyres for 250 all in on Saturday in www.tyreland.ie.

    They are grade A with > 75% tread.


  • #17
    Rob C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭Rob C


    ifah wrote: »
    I got 4 part worn Bridgestone 235/65/R17 tyres for 250 all in on Saturday in www.tyreland.ie.

    They are grade A with > 75% tread.

    *snigger* best of luck with those!:p


  • #18
    ifah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭ifah


    Rob C wrote: »
    *snigger* best of luck with those!:p

    care to explain ?

    and just to be clear - the A is a rating they put on the thread wear not on the tyre itself.


  • #19
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,471 ✭✭✭ofcork


    I was paying 125 a tyre for average brands of 225/45/17 a few years ago for a laguna.


  • #20
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    ofcork wrote: »
    I was paying 125 a tyre for average brands of 225/45/17 a few years ago for a laguna.

    225/45/17 is a much more commonly used size so would be cheaper then 225/50/17 in the same brand.


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