Anyone know a cheap place for low profile tyres in the Midlands , my
youngest got a couple of side wall punctures. An onest dad i wasnt
driving like a idiot i didnt mean to kerb the car moment , followed
by can you pay to get it fixed and ill pay you back ( oh yes like
when)

"steve robinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Anyone know a cheap place for low profile tyres in the Midlands , my
> youngest got a couple of side wall punctures. An onest dad i wasnt
> driving like a idiot i didnt mean to kerb the car moment , followed
> by can you pay to get it fixed and ill pay you back ( oh yes like
> when)
>

I just had my car serviced by Nationwide/Halfords. I needed 2 new tyres to
pass the MOT and their prices for 195/45x16 tyres were very similar to
blackcircles.com and etyres.co.uk - 2x Indonesian things for £135 inc
balancing etc. They had some cheaper Chinese ones but I used my "don't buy
the very cheapest" rationalisation. Anyway, get some online quotes and ring
a few in yellow pages to see if they will beat the prices.

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wessie wrote:
> "steve robinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Anyone know a cheap place for low profile tyres in the Midlands , my
>> youngest got a couple of side wall punctures. An onest dad i wasnt
>> driving like a idiot i didnt mean to kerb the car moment , followed
>> by can you pay to get it fixed and ill pay you back ( oh yes like
>> when)
>>
>
> I just had my car serviced by Nationwide/Halfords. I needed 2 new
> tyres to pass the MOT and their prices for 195/45x16 tyres were very
> similar to blackcircles.com and etyres.co.uk - 2x Indonesian things
> for £135 inc balancing etc. They had some cheaper Chinese ones but I
> used my "don't buy the very cheapest" rationalisation. Anyway, get
> some online quotes and ring a few in yellow pages to see if they will
> beat the prices.

That price is fine but I'd expect a set of VREDESTEIN SPORTRAC3 for the
money. Or perhaps £8-10 more.

I'm a big fan of the V brand ATM

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"Hog." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:4dde818e$0$2514$db0fefd9
@news.zen.co.uk:

> wessie wrote:
>> "steve robinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> Anyone know a cheap place for low profile tyres in the Midlands , my
>>> youngest got a couple of side wall punctures. An onest dad i wasnt
>>> driving like a idiot i didnt mean to kerb the car moment , followed
>>> by can you pay to get it fixed and ill pay you back ( oh yes like
>>> when)
>>>
>>
>> I just had my car serviced by Nationwide/Halfords. I needed 2 new
>> tyres to pass the MOT and their prices for 195/45x16 tyres were very
>> similar to blackcircles.com and etyres.co.uk - 2x Indonesian things
>> for £135 inc balancing etc. They had some cheaper Chinese ones but I
>> used my "don't buy the very cheapest" rationalisation. Anyway, get
>> some online quotes and ring a few in yellow pages to see if they will
>> beat the prices.
>
> That price is fine but I'd expect a set of VREDESTEIN SPORTRAC3 for the
> money. Or perhaps £8-10 more.
>
> I'm a big fan of the V brand ATM
>

I couldn't be arsed to faff about going through the range or taking it to
the "under the arches place" in Roath to save a tenner. The car is only a
125bhp C2, not some snarling V8 so the Indonesian Accelera will do.


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On 26/05/2011 15:07, steve robinson wrote:
> Anyone know a cheap place for low profile tyres in the Midlands , my
> youngest got a couple of side wall punctures. An onest dad i wasnt
> driving like a idiot i didnt mean to kerb the car moment , followed
> by can you pay to get it fixed and ill pay you back ( oh yes like
> when)

TW Tyres in Rugby is pretty good.
http://www.twtyres.com

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wessie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I couldn't be arsed to faff about going through the range or taking it to
> the "under the arches place" in Roath to save a tenner. The car is only a
> 125bhp C2, not some snarling V8 so the Indonesian Accelera will do.

Does a 125bhp C2 have some kind of force field around it that a snarling
V8 doesn't have? - because if you're doing 30mph on a wet road, and
someone steps out / pulls out in front of you, you may find that your 5
quid a corner saving to buy Indonesian **** costs you a **** load more
when your car takes several metres longer to stop than it would on
decent tyres....
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(E-Mail Removed) (SteveH) wrote in
news:1k1weh3.jk43ae1ped26hN%(E-Mail Removed):

> wessie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I couldn't be arsed to faff about going through the range or taking
>> it to the "under the arches place" in Roath to save a tenner. The car
>> is only a 125bhp C2, not some snarling V8 so the Indonesian Accelera
>> will do.
>
> Does a 125bhp C2 have some kind of force field around it that a
> snarling V8 doesn't have? - because if you're doing 30mph on a wet
> road, and someone steps out / pulls out in front of you, you may find
> that your 5 quid a corner saving to buy Indonesian **** costs you a
> **** load more when your car takes several metres longer to stop than
> it would on decent tyres....

Actually, the brakes are so sharp in the C2 that I would appreciate a
little extra time to brace myself before the seatbelt attempts to break
my sternum.

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BMW R1150GS

(E-Mail Removed) (SteveH) wrote in news:1k1weh3.jk43ae1ped26hN%(E-Mail Removed):

> wessie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I couldn't be arsed to faff about going through the range or taking it to
>> the "under the arches place" in Roath to save a tenner. The car is only a
>> 125bhp C2, not some snarling V8 so the Indonesian Accelera will do.
>
> Does a 125bhp C2 have some kind of force field around it that a snarling
> V8 doesn't have? - because if you're doing 30mph on a wet road, and
> someone steps out / pulls out in front of you, you may find that your 5
> quid a corner saving to buy Indonesian **** costs you a **** load more
> when your car takes several metres longer to stop than it would on
> decent tyres....

oh, and this test seems to give the brand the thumbs up, coming ahead of
Dunlop overall in both categories
http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2008...p-summary-6901

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