Seanalf
Active Member
When I bought my car, the previous MoT had said that a couple of tyres needed changing, I raised this with the garage (not a dealer) and they told me they had changed 3 tyres. On collection, the one they hadn't changed was also ruined, so I got them to do that as well.
Obviously they put a cheaper brand on, Accelera on the front, but they put odd brands on the rear, Kustone on one side, Catchfors on the other, not the brands I would normally have, but new tyres are new tyres right? Especially at £200 a corner. I figured I'd live with it for now, but here's te problem...
Fuel economy, I'm getting maybe 60mpg if I drive super careful, I figure cheap tyres, rubbish economy
I was coming back on the M4 Friday, honking with rain, got to the roundabout at Port Abraham, off the roundabout onto the carriegeway and the bum twitching began with a big lump of a back end slide out towards the barrier! managed to catch and return, but also a big twitch with some standing water further down. I'm thinking cheap tyres and a miss-match is more dangerous that I than I realised!
Funds are tight (rugby season has finished for me, so limited income), in the dry these are passable (I wouldn't chuck this around here anyway), but should I treat the rears as a priority to change? Given the fronts are a matching pair, I feel they can wait potentially, will putting a better set on the rears create more problems than answers? I'm not going in the whole "this brand over this brand" debate, I know what I like normally
Obviously they put a cheaper brand on, Accelera on the front, but they put odd brands on the rear, Kustone on one side, Catchfors on the other, not the brands I would normally have, but new tyres are new tyres right? Especially at £200 a corner. I figured I'd live with it for now, but here's te problem...
Fuel economy, I'm getting maybe 60mpg if I drive super careful, I figure cheap tyres, rubbish economy
I was coming back on the M4 Friday, honking with rain, got to the roundabout at Port Abraham, off the roundabout onto the carriegeway and the bum twitching began with a big lump of a back end slide out towards the barrier! managed to catch and return, but also a big twitch with some standing water further down. I'm thinking cheap tyres and a miss-match is more dangerous that I than I realised!
Funds are tight (rugby season has finished for me, so limited income), in the dry these are passable (I wouldn't chuck this around here anyway), but should I treat the rears as a priority to change? Given the fronts are a matching pair, I feel they can wait potentially, will putting a better set on the rears create more problems than answers? I'm not going in the whole "this brand over this brand" debate, I know what I like normally
on the rear to get it through the MOT before he sold it. Replacing them was going to be my first job.....but as they were brand new I though Id give them a chance....so far so good. I've pushed then hard enough in the dry to howl without them letting go and used them for a wet drive to Cornwall with no drama....so unless that changes....or they have the usual cheap tyre issue of poor or uneven wear they will stay there!!
