Winter tyres. Discuss.

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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by alicrozier » Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:56 pm

KennyT wrote: I was pricing up 15 inch tyres and steelies but when these appeared I snapped them up at £550 :thumbsup
Top work Kenny. :thumbsup
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by PhilA » Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:57 pm

well, still not decided

Winters on my current alloys - 16" (just got the car a week ago, 270 miles on the summers) is about £500.

or spend the cash on 15" steels - thats looking about £800.

swapping the tyres each spring/winter on the 16"alloys - not really sure about that.

hmmmmm...
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by campbell » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:08 pm

Find some part-worn winters, stash the summers for spring time. Simples.
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by tuscan_thunder » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:39 pm

4x Grabber ATs ordered for my jeep - price has increased a bit in the last week to 10 days but getting them while I can; 4 stockists out of stock since this time last week with no indication of when they'll be available.

Tawse Tyres in Inverurie seem to have quite a lot of things physically in stock and their prices are on a par with most places, little bit dearer for tyres for my jeep, bit cheaper for tyres for my old man's so works out about even overall. Might be worth a call for the North East guys? Norman @ Tyre Devotion was helpful but simply couldn't get the off road tyres in stock.
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Scotty C » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:42 pm

tuscan_thunder wrote:4x Grabber ATs ordered for my jeep - price has increased a bit in the last week to 10 days but getting them while I can; 4 stockists out of stock since this time last week with no indication of when they'll be available.

Tawse Tyres in Inverurie seem to have quite a lot of things physically in stock and their prices are on a par with most places, little bit dearer for tyres for my jeep, bit cheaper for tyres for my old man's so works out about even overall. Might be worth a call for the North East guys? Norman @ Tyre Devotion was helpful but simply couldn't get the off road tyres in stock.
would you not be cheaper buying a set of 18" wheels and putting winters on them?
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by tuscan_thunder » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:52 pm

Looked at that but would still need something like a 255/60 r18 for the jeep.

they're about £30 a corner cheaper than the 255/55 19s I've got so not a huge difference by the time I get wheels but the 18s on the M Class would look like buttons; even the 19s look small on it!
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by thinfourth » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:12 pm

Its a good time to be selling winter tyres
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Post by rossybee » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:27 pm

thinfourth wrote:Its a good time to be selling winter tyres
Aye.

But then it's also a good time to be selling winter coats... or boots... or anything wintery for that matter :mrgreen:
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Noops » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:05 pm

rossybee wrote:
thinfourth wrote:Its a good time to be selling winter tyres
Aye.

But then it's also a good time to be selling winter coats... or boots... or anything wintery for that matter :mrgreen:
Isn't it an odd time of year, swallows are still here flying about so its still summer/autumn, xmas crap is now in every shop and we havent had halloween or bonfire night yet :shock:
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Mike Scib » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:57 am

campbell wrote:Find some part-worn winters, stash the summers for spring time. Simples.
Not convinced that part worn winters are the bargain that they seem to be after buying a full set of Conti's in the correct size for the BM so much so i bought a new set of Kumho's KW27's.

Will sell the Conti's once it snows for a profit :D
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by thinfourth » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:36 am

KennyT wrote:
I was pricing up 15 inch tyres and steelies but when these appeared I snapped them up at £550 :thumbsup

She's got no excuse for not getting to work this year!
Offer me £550 and i will sell you 4 steel wheels with winter tyres


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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Sanjøy » Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:44 pm

Was looking for a friend who needed a set on the cheep cheep and apparently has no idea about wheel sizes. Grab a bargain, Camskill are listing these at £390 & £366 EACH! :shock:

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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by j2 lot » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:19 pm

I am stumped. Plenty of choice for rear winters for the Europa but can't find any to fit the fronts :?
The rims are 5.5 x 17 and I currently have 195/45 ( standard is 175/55) but it looks like 195 is maximum you can put on 5.5 rims
Apart from buying new rims, which I don't want to do, what would anyone suggest ?
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by ed » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:26 pm

Just bought a set of 16" alloys and tyres for the Xtrail with 7mil of M+S Tyres for £300 delivered.
They are over £100 each for just the tyres so happy with that :thumbsup
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Sanjøy » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:35 pm

ed wrote:Just bought a set of 16" alloys and tyres for the Xtrail with 7mil of M+S Tyres for £300 delivered.
They are over £100 each for just the tyres so happy with that :thumbsup
:thumbsup Panzers rears were shot so a set of Conti M+S have been purchased for them, with both wagons having snow tyres it better fcking snow!
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