Tyre Prices

AdpRo

Do tyre prices fluctuate much? Reason I ask is I got 2 new Bridgestones (215/55/R16 97W) on my car 5 weeks ago, paid €136 each, got a blow out over the weekend on one of the old tyres and went into the same shop to price the same tyre again, €165..... €30 in 5 weeks is some inflation!

When I challenged the guy on it he said the price of rubber can vary greatly and the very best he could do was €145, when I saw he could drop it €20 in seconds I just said thanks but no thanks.

_Kaiser_

From experience with the same size tyre originally fitted to my last car (06 Passat), they are a harder-to-get, non-standard size that thus is a lot more expensive. Most places I tried didn't even carry them in stock.
I switched to 205/55/R16 and paid <100 a corner after that.

My experience only. Obviously you should check what tyres are suitable for your own car

jimgoose

Umm, from my own experience no. Semperit Speed-Life 225/55/ZR16 haven't changed (from €135 fitted per-corner) for the last three or four years.

bazz26

Is it the exact same model tyre? Tyre manufacturers release new versions of their tyres all the time and this can result in a price increase, it could be that. Or it could well have been that he knew you needed a tyre urgently.


Also did you price the same tyre somewhere else?

BillJ

Inflation in the tyre industry is quite common






:P

biko

The ones I get have increased by €10 per tyre in maybe 4 years or so.