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| Thread ID: 129080 | 2013-02-01 10:38:00 | Car tyres | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1326027 | 2013-02-01 10:38:00 | One of our vehicle may be in need of some new tyres. It's a VW Bora (sedan) and has Perelli P7, it's the first tyres we are getting for this vehicle. Will be replacing all 4, they are all within a 1mm. With the Japanese they just whatever that was cheap ie Firestone or Supercat. I did a internet search the P7s may be assymetricals. I am going to do some phonecalls and get some quotes first. Just normal city driving, the occasional road trip. Do we need touring tyres :confused: What do you suggest? Rather do some work now than just accept what the store person say. :) :thanks: |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1326028 | 2013-02-01 17:41:00 | Pirelli P7's may be quite expensive but no doubt you have been looking at the European Forums You could look at Michelin Primacy or Energy (have the Energy's on a Maxima) and are super quiet and the Primacy are a newer tyre(had 2 Maxima's and done over 400,000km and have had various tyres) Michelin are a premium tyre and you would pay less for Budget tyres |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1326029 | 2013-02-01 19:01:00 | Budget symmetricals have always done me fine. But then again, I'm a pretty light user and not a hoon. I suspect you are at risk of paying a premium for a name, rather than for performance. Also note that 'performance' tyres are softer, and will wear out faster. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1326030 | 2013-02-01 19:09:00 | I have Firestone Supercats. Unless you are Lewis Hamilton any budget tyre will do. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1326031 | 2013-02-01 20:09:00 | Look for NZ made tires if possible rather than imported and especially european ones. The euro ones tend to be really sticky, and not great on our roads. We use a really coarse chip seals whch shreds imported tyres, drops there usability down significantly. | psycik (12851) | ||
| 1326032 | 2013-02-01 20:25:00 | I have Firestone Supercats. Unless you are Lewis Hamilton any budget tyre will do. :) It depends on how much longer you want to use your car. I had my car tested for WOF a month ago and one of the tires (eh, spelling?) did not pass the thread mark requirement. The guys at Tony's suggested that if I want to sell my car within the next half a year / one year, then a budget tire would do. However, if I am going to use the car for the next three years plus, then it would be better for me to invest in a quality tire. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1326033 | 2013-02-01 20:46:00 | I have Firestone Supercats. Unless you are Lewis Hamilton any budget tyre will do. :) +1 with the Supercats. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1326034 | 2013-02-01 21:12:00 | Does any of this change if the spare tyre is also a P7? | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1326035 | 2013-02-01 23:04:00 | It depends on how much longer you want to use your car. I had my car tested for WOF a month ago and one of the tires (eh, spelling?) did not pass the thread mark requirement. The guys at Tony's suggested that if I want to sell my car within the next half a year / one year, then a budget tire would do. However, if I am going to use the car for the next three years plus, then it would be better for me to invest in a quality tire. That depends on how many Ks you do. I only do 4 or 5000Ks a year but if you are someone who dose 50,000ks a year or more then yes. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1326036 | 2013-02-01 23:07:00 | Does any of this change if the spare tyre is also a P7? No not really if you use the spare as a spare and if you have to use it only use to drive to the garage etc and only at about 50kph. My car has one of those funny space saver spares which I wouldn't like to use. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
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