Suggestion for getting tyres

Pat Custard

I drive a Peugeot 207. One tyre is very bald (front passenger side), others are a bit bald. Is there a reason for the difference in this? Car was bought from dealer 2 years ago, everything was in perfect order.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a particular type of tyre?

Does it make much of a difference in fuel consumption?? Like, wold the fuel I am saving be recouped the price of the tyre in a reasonable time fame? I drive 95 km e/w to and from work.

Stheno

COuld be the tracking/alignment is off, could be one tyre is older than the other.

Have you the same tyres from two years ago driving 190km per day five days a week?

If so that's fairly hefty mileage @ approx. 87km, so I'd be replacing ALL your tyres!

It's the only thing between you and the road, if you have an accident!

Pat Custard

Stheno wrote: »

COuld be the tracking/alignment is off, could be one tyre is older than the other.

Have you the same tyres from two years ago driving 190km per day five days a week?

If so that's fairly hefty mileage @ approx. 87km, so I'd be replacing ALL your tyres!

It's the only thing between you and the road, if you have an accident!

Only started my commute since April. Car had 23,000 km on clock when I got ger in August 2012, now has 55,000 km.

Stheno

Pat Custard wrote: »

Only started my commute since April. Car had 23,000 km on clock when I got ger in August 2012, now has 55,000 km.

I'd be strongly considering replacing them all at that mileage.

Bpmull

Just stick with any of the main brands and you'll be fine
Budget: hankook, kumho, uniroyal,
Premium: Goodyear, Bridgestone, Michelin.
The lost goes on and on just avoid any Chinese crap really.
If the tyre is bald your already late / have waited to long to change it so get the tyres changed as soon as possible specially when your driving 95 km a day. It's all fine driving on bad worn tyres until you skid and hit someone or one blows at 100kmh. Not trying to give you a lecturer or anything just worth mentioning they are a very fundemental component of the car.

colm_mcm

Don't fall for the old "they're made in the same factory as "X-Y-Z premium brand"

rusty_racer94

Whatever tyres you get, just make sure you read the reviews before you get them. Just because its a premium brand, it doesn't meant that it will perform as well as you'd expect. Make sure you take in to consideration the conditions that they'll be subjected to.
For example, this Uniroyal tyre is a budget brand tyre but it performs way better than some premium brand tyres in wet conditions and as well as in dry which makes it ideal for the Irish roads: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

colm_mcm wrote: »

Don't fall for the old "they're made in the same factory as "X-Y-Z premium brand"

goodyear, dunlop, sava and fulda all come from goodyear

Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton are all bridgestone.

cant remember them all tbh

quadrifoglio verde

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

goodyear, dunlop, sava and fulda all come from goodyear

Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton are all bridgestone.

cant remember them all tbh

i Think what colm was getting at was don't believe the salesman when he tells you that the cheap kingdongs or whatever chinese ****e they're called are made in the same factory as bridgestone etc.

vectra

Just fit Hankooks.
You can't go wrong.