Which tyres?

Sligo1

Hi all,
So I need a set of new run flat tyres for my car. This is the quote I've been given for 3 specific brands:

BRIDGE STONE €375.15 EACH
FALKEN €258.30
GOODYEAR €270.60

The garage have said they are all good brands so if I can help it I would get the Falken or Goodyear over the Bridgestone.

Anyone with any experience or recommendations on which to buy or which are better?

Thanks!

biko

You can look each up on www.tyrereviews.co.uk and get review and prices there.

Do you know what model of each brand?
if you do look them up on

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/

Beaten too it!

kirving

Which model are the Goodyears? I have EfficientGrip Performance and they're excellent. Albeit non-runflat.

biko

Screw runflats and go with Uniroyal RainExperts instead.

Sligo1

Hi, Thanks everyone for the comments! I don't know which model the tyres are? Do you think I should email the garage now and ask?

tossy

What size ? Have you shopped around online.

Out of the three i'd go for Goodyear, it's not just down to brand though there are different models - a top of the range bridge stone could be a better Tyre than an entry level Goodyear.

biko

It's "tyres" btw, unless you're in North America.

Sligo1

biko wrote: »

It's "tyres" btw, unless you're in North America.

I only just copped this! I'm such a dumbass... Or is that dumbarse!

Supergurrier

Ditch the runflats and save a fortune

B00056718

biko wrote: »

Screw runflats and go with Uniroyal RainExperts instead.

I'd second this. Have had the Rain experts on a few different cars. Probably the best tyre for the Irish winter. Also found Vredestein Sportrac3 good but only had it in summer.
Have used the Rain expert even in a quite deep snow and it's surprisingly good for a summer tyre.

sunnysoutheast

Sligo1 wrote: »

Hi all,
So I need a set of new run flat tyres for my car. This is the quote I've been given for 3 specific brands:

BRIDGE STONE €375.15 EACH
FALKEN €258.30
GOODYEAR €270.60

The garage have said they are all good brands so if I can help it I would get the Falken or Goodyear over the Bridgestone.

Anyone with any experience or recommendations on which to buy or which are better?

Thanks!

What size? €375 a corner is...........expensive.

Continental also do SSR run-flats.

We have Bridgestone S001 RFTs on our F30 and I think they are better than the Conti 5s fitted as OEM.

Dr Turk Turkelton

I have a guy does 18" Bridgestone run flats for me for €205 a corner fitted. Pm if you want his details.

AlfaZen

Those quote seem very expensive.

As an example - I got a pair of Michelan RFs (225 55 R17) for about €300. Got 50k on them with about 4mm left.

sReq | uTeK

Hi all, OP here only getting to reply now as I closed my account. Thanks for all the comments and advice. Motors forum always very helpful for this!
So the garage only got back to me today. He couldn't give me a model for the Bridgestone. But the Goodyear is the efficient grip and the Falken is the FK453.

So I checked that review website and the Goodyear ones don't seem great. The Falken mildly better but worse on the wearing. But the FK453 have since been replaced by another model...

However, as I don't really know what I should be comparing this to I'm still at a bit of a loss. My car is rear wheel drive and I want to make sure the tyres are decent in the winter as I've 2 very young kids.

Any more advice welcome as to which of these tyres you think I should go for? Thanks again to all who took the time to reply.

Del2005

I put Goodyear Eagle F1's on my car a few months ago. I've had no issues the last few days with the frosty roads and I've a RWD car, don't know what it'll be like with snow/ice but while winter tyres would be an improvement proper studs/chains are the only way to be able to stop.

sReq | uTeK

Hi all, OP back here on the other half a account again. Looking for some more help! So I ended up going with the falkens as they were much cheaper than the Bridgestone. Only one year later now and the garage have told me they are COMPLETELY bald! I'm actually raging. Went for the cheaper tyres now wishing I hadn't as going to have to pay over a hug sum again to replace them only 1 year later. No excessive mileage or no hard second etc. Drive less than 10,000km per year! And usually only doing school runs and the odd weekend drive etc! It's the rear ones that are bald I believe.

Just wondering if you think there's any come back going back to the garage and trying to get some sort of discount on the next ones I order considering this really shouldn't happen only a year later??? Or just suck it up and go for the lore expensive Bridgestone tyres this time? €800 for 2 tyres! 😮😮

To the poster that said they have a guy that does the Bridgestone for €200... Any chance of a PM with details??

Thanks all!

Lantus

For such minimal driving I can't see the justification of run flat tyres?

Clareman

My car comes with run flats and doesn't have space for a spare, what would the implications for ditching the run flats for a can of gunk?

sReq | uTeK

Lantus wrote: »

For such minimal driving I can't see the justification of run flat tyres?

Thanks. I want to stick with the run flats tho. Esp considering I have 3 young kids (one a new born). Means I don't have to panic too much if I do get a flat.

Lantus

sReq | uTeK wrote:

Thanks. I want to stick with the run flats tho. Esp considering I have 3 young kids (one a new born). Means I don't have to panic too much if I do get a flat.

Probability of a puncture is very low. I've had one slow puncture in 150000km of driving. Mrs lantus has had 3 slow punctures in 200k of driving. On one occasion she called breakdown recovery to resolve. We also have very young kids and are under tremendous pressure each day to drop off and collect with 100km commutes each day at certain times. Still wouldn't get such an expensive tyre for a highly unlikely event.

sReq | uTeK

Lantus wrote: »

Probability of a puncture is very low. I've had one slow puncture in 150000km of driving. Mrs lantus has had 3 slow punctures in 200k of driving. On one occasion she called breakdown recovery to resolve. We also have very young kids and are under tremendous pressure each day to drop off and collect with 100km commutes each day at certain times. Still wouldn't get such an expensive tyre for a highly unlikely event.

Ah yea thanks for advice. It's just what the car came with aswell so I'd be hesitant to change. It's a 131 car and the first time we had to get a change was last year for the full set. So it just seems wierd then that only 1 year later the 2 back ones are bald.

RobAMerc

I've had bridgestone run flats on a couple of cars and never again
The side walls seem much harder than other run flats leading to a worse ride
they are also almost invariably much noisier than other brands although they do last a while to be fair

padyjoe

Garage told you? Can't you just check it yourself? How much thread left on the tyre? What size are they? Ruining a tyre in 10k to me means the car has lot of horses and there were kept on harsh accelerating and braking diet. Or the tracking is gone. I still can be proven wrong but going through a brand new tyre so quick, something must be wrong!

sReq | uTeK

padyjoe wrote: »

Garage told you? Can't you just check it yourself? How much thread left on the tyre? What size are they? Ruining a tyre in 10k to me means the car has lot of horses and there were kept on harsh accelerating and braking diet. Or the tracking is gone. I still can be proven wrong but going through a brand new tyre so quick, something must be wrong!

Thanks very much. That's what I thought. So my husbands mate checked it who's a mechanic and he agreed 2 tears were bald. He said it was uneven wearing tho. So maybe the tracking has gone....

padyjoe

Ok, that clears it up. I'd say when you are getting new tyres, get the wheel aligment checked as well because the tyre should last longer than that you got out of them. There is a trade off with tyres: softer compound wears quicker but gives you more grip, the harder the other way around. It's down to personal choice what you prefer.
All in all, get the car checked too and don't forget monitor the tyre pressure, underinflation causes quicker wear.

sReq | uTeK

Ok thanks. The mechanic didn't say tracking was gone... That's my guess tho if it's uneven wearing.
Will get it all checked out. Really didn't want to have to fork out for this again after only 1 year 😥

bazz26

What size tyre are they?

Also uneven wear can be attributed to more than just misalignment. You could also have a worn suspension part or over/under tyre inflation depending on which section of the tyre was worn quicker than the rest.

sReq | uTeK

bazz26 wrote: »

What size tyre are they?

Also uneven wear can be attributed to more than just misalignment. You could also have a worn suspension part or over/under tyre inflation depending on which section of the tyre was worn quicker than the rest.

I think they are 18s. Could possibly be 19s but will have to check. It's the standard size on a Bmw 520 m sport.

bazz26

Standard size would be 18" but the rear ones would be a different size than the fronts on the M Sport:

Front - 245/45/R18
Rear - 275/40/R18

From owning these cars I can tell you that they do wear tyres fairly quickly and uneven wear is common enough as the suspension ball joints are a weak point on them. I'd have the suspension checked as well as alignment first before replacing the tyres.

As for tyre suggestions, in those sizes and run flats it might be cheaper to source them online and then pay a local tyre fitter to/centre to fit them. You should be paying about €60 or €70 to fit a pair of run flat tyres.

padyjoe

Oh, I've missed the RWD and diesel thing! No suprise then, why the 'baldies' are back again so soon! ;-)

sReq | uTeK

Thanks again guys. I will get all that checked when I go in to get a price quote. I don't feel too hard done by now since you say it can be common enough. I originally thought I had bought a pair of dud tyres and was raging.
Am just still a bit surprised tho that the first tyres I had on the car when I bought it new lasted 4 complete years. And these In comparison lasted 1 year! Seems like a big difference.

Anyway, thanks again and i'll make sure to get the alignment, suspension etc all checked out.