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[Webby the Bear]

https://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/kumho/kh31/225/55/R16/W/95/m?tyre=33876921&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7I2R_ZCv3gIVg813Ch1yeQqrEAQYASABEgJoFfD_BwE

Maybe there’d be some oddity when I got to check out. But £62 is bang on budget 👍👍👍

Your thread prompted me to search for new tyres last night and I was just about to buy four Michelin Pilot Sport 4 from Black Circles when a FLASHCODE popped up. Typed in the code and saved over £40 in total on that site and £73 against my local supplier so thanks for that. 
My usual local supplier is fitting them on Friday. 

Hahahaha what a result mate 😂😂😂👍👍👍

[TheBoy]

A good gripping tyre by its nature is not going to last well. (Proper) premium brands are better at this than midrange.

Budget tyres are hopeless for UK, due to very poor wet weather performance and generally poor cold weather performance. Universally.



That's not to say that you shouldn't have crap ditch finders on, just be aware your braking distances are longer, and mid corner course corrections are more likely to make you dizzy.




If I was going midrange (I wouldn't ever buy budget tyres), Kuhmo would be high on my list on an Omega.  But they are pretty pricey, and close enough pricewise to a decent premium tyre.

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks for the input TB. I would say though that £62 is much better than £80-110 especially as I’m looking for a full set

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I just buy part worn premium tyres with 6mm tread for about £50 each. Need to buy four in the next week or so.

[Bigron]

Where do you get the part-worns from, Albs - near me? My all new set from Tyre-Smart are only a year and 3,000 miles old, but come the day, I will need some more.....

Ron.

[Doctor Gollum]

Where do you get the part-worns from, Albs - near me? My all new set from Tyre-Smart are only a year and 3,000 miles old, but come the day, I will need some more.....

Ron.

Plenty on Ebay

[aaronjb]

I just buy part worn premium tyres with 6mm tread for about £50 each. Need to buy four in the next week or so.

Thou shalt await your flagellation from TB for suggesting such things.

[tunnie]

I just buy part worn premium tyres with 6mm tread for about £50 each. Need to buy four in the next week or so.

Thou shalt await your flagellation from TB for suggesting such things.

Bull. Red Flag. 

[Bigron]

We ain't all as rich as TB! 

Ron.

[Keith ABS]

 I have previously used Euro Pit Ron.
Three outlets close to you at Heybridge, Hatfield Perveral and Copford.
Albs has suffered very poor service from them, but I have not

[johnnydog]

I just buy part worn premium tyres with 6mm tread for about £50 each. Need to buy four in the next week or so.

It pays to physically check part worn tyres before being fitted. Many tyre outlets will not repair tyres that have got a screw through the shoulder near the sidewall, and fit a brand new replacement. If the damaged tyre has a reasonable amount of tread left, they can end up being sold on, having a vulcanised repair, and being sold again at used tyre outlets. Unless you specifically ask, I doubt many back street used tyre outfits show you the inside of any tyre they fit, so you would never know how many repairs the tyre has actually had until it's too late, and you have had a blow out.
I'd be very wary of part worn tyres, because you never know about unseen damage either. These days kerbs have become an everyday obstacle to be driven up by those that have no respect for their alloys, and that type of damage to the tyre structure would probably eventually only show itself at 70 mph in lane 3 of the motorway.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Until recently I fitted my own tyres, so they always got checked before fitting. Now I will check them myself before handing over the cash.
Ron, if you have a look on ebay there is a place in Braintree that sells lots of part worn premium tyres with approx. 6mm tread on them.

[TheBoy]

I just buy part worn premium tyres with 6mm tread for about £50 each. Need to buy four in the next week or so.

Thou shalt await your flagellation from TB for suggesting such things.

Its simply not cost effective. 5.5mm is half worn in reality (or completely knackered in Germany ), so you're paying a fortune for the amount of life remaining, *PLUS* you then have to find somebody prepared to fit them at somewhere in the region of £15-£20 a corner....   ….so you half worn, unknown tyre ends up costing you £70-£75, when a new premium one is £80-100 fitted...


So ignoring all the issues around a tyres unknown history is considered, it rarely makes financial sense

[amba]

Would you buy "Second Hand Shoes "

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I didn't say 5.5mm and £70 fitted. I said 6mm  for £50 (often less actually)and I get them fitted for a tenner  pair.
A few years ago I would have agreed with you, but my Omega does 3k miles per year. I drive a lot slower than I used to, and I earn 30% less now than I did 15 years ago.
All these factors means it now works for me. 
Example.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x235-45-17-94Y-Michelin-Primacy-HP-Green-X-Tread-6-2-mm-/163330684871?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=y6BJto8m56rYGqjzpY%252FmTDPXpwk%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc

Oh and part worn tyres dont infect my feet with nasty diseases.