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| Thread ID: 136698 | 2014-04-03 02:14:00 | Car tyres | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1371857 | 2014-04-03 02:14:00 | I am just sorting some tyres for my father. Usual Camry etc .. daily vehicle maybe 5km on the urban motorway, never used on open road not even for that annual holiday trip. Currently have the awesome Supercats :p I heard they are alright for daily stuff, but they might not be the best price/feature ratio. Have any of you tried Goodyear Optilife? They seem to not be listed under overseas tyre reviews. I'm thinking about Yokohama Bluearth AE01 and that's quite good reviewed but less harder wearing. I suppose that there may be a equivalent nice tyre with harder wear but it would cost more. Supercats is the same price as some Chinese brand stuff too ... With the larger franchises. It seems that Firestone/Tony's tries to push their Firestone/Bridgestone (and the cheaper cousins) and Beaurepairs tends to push Dunlop/Goodyear (and their cheaper cousins). Cheers. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1371858 | 2014-04-03 03:12:00 | If you love your Dad, DON'T go with the cheap option - period. | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1371859 | 2014-04-03 03:26:00 | See you have been asking on TM and you will get heaps of different answers and here is another one ,Michelin Primacy(Replacement for the Energy) will be similar to the Yokohama BluEarth Got the Michelin Energy's on a Maxima and it's the best tyre Ive bought (2 Maxima's over 400,000km's) |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1371860 | 2014-04-03 03:31:00 | Supercats are pretty good for the $$ for a daily driver. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1371861 | 2014-04-03 03:34:00 | Thanks :) I got a email reply from one place, were able to get $139 Falkins ZE912 assymmetricals usually $170+ :D Then I know people say Tony's will better every tyre by $10 and some says they are cowboys :confused: Yeah the difficulty is what modest $150 price tyre under usual pricing. With $200 with RRP pricing, it's not so hard. He's had Supercats for like the past over 10yrs if you count the standard Firestone as well. TZ700 I believe. He's the type that goes cheap, he always bargains. He would rather take a frozen pie somewhere if there is a microwave instead of buying something at the coffee shop. Like many I guess he just walks into a large franchise but again I suppose most good mechanics probably think people are dictated by money so they just say go to this franchise and kit up some $120 tyres .... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1371862 | 2014-04-03 03:39:00 | Those Falken ZE912's are very good tyres also | Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1371863 | 2014-04-03 03:41:00 | I paid $600 a tyre for the last set but no clue what they are. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1371864 | 2014-04-03 18:08:00 | Then I know people say Tony's will better every tyre by $10 and some says they are cowboys :confused: .. Hmm, I had a look, there are a few negative comments about them. Seems like it depends which branch, and some of it was tyres that came apart. Which can happen with cheap chinese tyres.... We bought tyres recently, phoned around various places and got quotes - cheapish...but no dodgy chinese ones. We got told the brands along with the pricing. Then rang Tonys last. She asked what sort we had been quoted on and I named several including a few we hadn't been quoted on. She did drop it by $10. No hassles having them put on and balancing was included in cost -which is another thing some complaints had mentioned didn't happen at Tonys. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1371865 | 2014-04-06 22:24:00 | Mum just got all 4 tyres replaced by tony's in henderson. Only did it because I popped a valve stem off while cleaning the dang thing. Touched it, pop. They did need replacing though. they were made in '01, had been on the car since we got it 7 or so years ago and they were nearly unwarrantable. Now there's 4 new bridgestones on there that cost about 400 bucks, including balancing and adjustment, plus they gave us a puncture warranty on them and filled them with nitro so she won't have to worry about checking their pressure, which she doesn't know how to do. Nice guys there too. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1371866 | 2014-04-06 23:47:00 | I paid $600 a tyre for the last set but no clue what they are. You have a European car?? |
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