Winter tyres. Discuss.

[campbell]

Wow, Steve, that was quite a find. Where from? eBay I presume?

[Mike Scib]

think they might even look ok when fitted too.

Wannabe Audi driver

[campbell]

think they might even look ok when fitted too.

Wannabe Audi driver

Most Skoda drivers are. Thankfully, with the money we saved buying at the Value End of the VAG product range, one day some of us might get the privilege to actually become one !!

[Stevoraith]

Nah Campbell, a guy on Briskoda.

Wannabe Audi driver

Nah, Audis are just Skodas underneath don't you know

[MacK]

On a side note i've been running on winter tyres since winter and had no problems

Me too, on the van, winter Hankooks are far, far better than the Dong Fengs and other crap that were fitted to it. Still wearing well and no issues with handling etc.
Better traction on wet grass too.

[campbell]

Nah Campbell, a guy on Briskoda.

Of course. Haven't been on there for a while...might check it out in case some others pop up.

[Sanjøy]

Cool let me know when you find a good deal is i am wanting some for my 17's too.....saves me doing the home work

Bought a set of summer 18 inch wheels with RE050 RFTs thank you Mr A4drk

My 17s will be reshod with 235/45/17 Vredstein Wintrac Xtremes thank you Mr Momo and 225/45/17 Marangoni Meteo.

[Mr Momo]

Sanjoy - YHPM

[Sanjøy]

235 45 17 H Pirelli Sottozero Winter 210 x2 6mm £109

[Doc883]

Just ordered a set of 4 All Season tyres for my A4 Avant from http://www.mytyres.co.uk. Decided on Goodyear EAGLE VECTOR EV-2 + 225/45 R17 94V XL AO @ £119.80 each inclusive of vat & delivery.
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?d ... owigan=GAN

I had originally planned to go for pure winter tyres but noticed my current back 2 are near the end of their life so would have to buy 6 tyres (2 summer + 4 winter). Plus the fact that I only have the one set of wheels I plumped for the Goodyear All Season. Reckon I'll get more for my money and they should be ideally suited to the Scottish climate
Will be able to do a good comparison as the wife's S-Max has a full set of Yoko W drive winter tyres ready to go back on, used them last year and hugely impressed.

[Doc883]

Just had this reply from http://www.mytyres.co.uk/
Is that normal for mytyres as on the face of it looks very odd given I ordered with my credit card and the order was accepted, never seen this before when ordering on the net

Dear Mr. Docherty
We refer to your tyre order RD 11742512 dated 05.08.2011 15:30:40. Unfortunately we have to inform you that as per company policy we cannot process your order until you transfer the
outstanding sum of GBP 479.20 into the following account, remembering to include your order number RD 11742512

Account 20737320
Commerzbank AG, London Branch
Sort code 40-62-01

Please inform us if you still wish to continue with this order.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely

Team Delticom
http://www.mytyres.co.uk

[KevD]

yeah mytyres can be a bit weird with credit cards even when you pass it, search on seloc and you'll see if it matches responses other people have had. Can you use a paypal option? seems to go through easier with them.

K

[Doc883]

yeah mytyres can be a bit weird with credit cards even when you pass it, search on seloc and you'll see if it matches responses other people have had. Can you use a paypal option? seems to go through easier with them. K

Paypal doesn't appear to be an option and went the credit card route in case something went pear-shaped and I would have some protection, wont get that with a bank transfer.
"What methods of payment do you accept? You can pay by credit card, cheque or by bank transfer".

[MacK]

I did a bank transfer to them, no problems, and very quick delivery.





Edit to add;

They show paypal as an option on their website, but to clarify why not phone them?

Telephone: 0808 1891233 (FreeCall)
0207 6640702
Fax: 01212-103330
Service hours are: Mo-Fri 6am-9pm and Sa-Sun 8am-4pm.

[Stevoraith]

I've seen this discussed on other forums befire. Basically mytyres won't accept a credit card payment if it's the first time you have ordered from them which seems to be a good way of putting off new customers

Some poeple reckon that if you cancel your order and then re-order you will be able to use your cresit card because you will already be on the system as an existing customer. Don't quote me on that though.....