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New Tyre reccomendation 08 Astra GTC

  • 25-04-2015 2:57pm
    #1
    Idioteque
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭


    Have convinced the missus to get rid of the :eek: mismatched cheapo chinese crap on her 2008 Astra 1.4 GTC.

    She won't cough up for any of the premium category tyres so we're looking around €65 a pop.

    Dry/Wet safety/handling and comfort the main focus.

    Anything worth looking at or do I need to dip into my own pocket to bring her up to the €85-90 mark?

    Should've mentioned they are 205/55 R16's

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Kumho are decent mid-range tyres.


  • #3
    Idioteque
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭Idioteque


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Kumho are decent mid-range tyres.

    Thanks, I'll have a look...


  • #4
    edburg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭edburg


    Use Vredstein Vorti's myself, very good so called mid range tyre, think there better than that though.

    Dont think they do them in 16's but these should do good job

    http://www.oponeo.ie/tyre-models/vredestein-sportrac-5

    Centro http://www.oponeo.ie/tyre-models/vredestein-ultrac-cento

    or wintrac


  • #5
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,481 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Tyre Stop branches were selling Michelin's in that size for between €80-€90 recently.


  • #6
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    €65 would only get you a matching set of Chinese crap to replace the mismatched set so not much advantage.

    205/55 16 is such a common size that the price difference between the cheap crap and premium brands is quite small.

    So spending an extra €20 per corner gets you into something decent (for example Pirelli P7 Cintuarto @€;85 each). You/she would be mad not to spend the extra money IMO.


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