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[smithpa7]

Try this site to review the majority of tyres:

www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/

[TheBoy]

Try this site to review the majority of tyres:

www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/

Trouble with that site is it doesn't review against cars. What works for one car will not work for another.

[TheBoy]

got 4 x 225 55 16 95W SUNNY SN3800 on my 2002 2.6 and have no complaints,good in wet and dry.cost was about £140 fitted for all 4 (part worn with 7mm + tread) and i do drive with a heavy right foot and have been known to slide sideways round roundabouts at times ,,that reminds me ,,i need new front disks and pads,,

Price - OUCH!

Those Sunnys are really not for me. Some grip in the dry, really quite poor in the wet

Depends what you are comparing with...

[sticka_v8_init]

got 4 x 225 55 16 95W SUNNY SN3800 on my 2002 2.6 and have no complaints,good in wet and dry.cost was about £140 fitted for all 4 (part worn with 7mm + tread) and i do drive with a heavy right foot and have been known to slide sideways round roundabouts at times ,,that reminds me ,,i need new front disks and pads,,

Price - OUCH!

Those Sunnys are really not for me. Some grip in the dry, really quite poor in the wet

Depends what you are comparing with...   Personally, I'd go for Falkens every time 

Couldn't agree more with that!

[Mv8.com]

as i said before,its all down to the actual tread pattern,load rating and speed rating ,not the actual manufacturer,and all depends how the car is driven..those who want to zoom around everywhere should expect that if the tyres are pushed so far,they will skid...all tyres will do that..regardless of how much they cost...

Tread pattern can be any design the maker wishes, provided the groove per square inch ratio is the roughly the same one tread pattern will shift water much the same as another. That's all the tread pattern does, shift water, if it never rained we'd all have slicks and all our tyres would last longer with more grip. Tread blocks heat up quicker as they move around more. No tread blocks, as in a slick, allows a softer compound for the same running temp and wear rate. 

The structure and compound are far more important.

[cem_devecioglu]

Premium tyres are good tyres, generally soft compounds for increased performance meaning less mileage per set.

Mid range tyres are average tyres, average performance and average mileage generally.

Budget tyres are poor tyres, poor performance but will last longer.

Simple.


People who say good things about budget tyres are just trying to justify their own purchases imo.  There are dozens of tests over the last decade showing that budgets are a false economy.  If people can't afford to have some decent rubber they should own a cheaper car to run imo.

yep.. all agreed.. famous tire companies spend huge sums for developing even a bit better tire .. and tire subject is an area of what you pay is what you get.. I never see a cheapo tire that wins the tests..good quality means high rubber percent which is not cheap..

[TheBoy]

got 4 x 225 55 16 95W SUNNY SN3800 on my 2002 2.6 and have no complaints,good in wet and dry.cost was about £140 fitted for all 4 (part worn with 7mm + tread) and i do drive with a heavy right foot and have been known to slide sideways round roundabouts at times ,,that reminds me ,,i need new front disks and pads,,

Price - OUCH!

Those Sunnys are really not for me. Some grip in the dry, really quite poor in the wet

Depends what you are comparing with...   Personally, I'd go for Falkens every time 

Couldn't agree more with that!

Like hell I'd put 452s or 912s on an Omega. Bloody awful tyre.

[05omegav6]

Currently (and for last 5 sets), and for as long as I can get them, Runway Enduro 225/55/16 M+S XLs, £55+vat each. Never let me down, seem to grip well, with reasonable wear .

Had a puncture t'other day OSR, fortunately both rears were booked to be replaced next day, so put spare on to finish shift. The spare being an Autogrip

To explain, the Enduros are directional, spare needs to be universal, so kept half decent Autogrip as the spare Even with only 1.xmm left on the NSR, the Autogrip would spin up at every chance, not much fun after 10mins...

Friday am, two new Enduros on the back, and normal service resumed. Fronts are about 2k old, and had no problems Friday night with temps down to -6.
They've since gritted round here and roads are a bit slippy Not even freezing yet FFS

[D]

got 4 x 225 55 16 95W SUNNY SN3800 on my 2002 2.6 and have no complaints,good in wet and dry.cost was about £140 fitted for all 4 (part worn with 7mm + tread) and i do drive with a heavy right foot and have been known to slide sideways round roundabouts at times ,,that reminds me ,,i need new front disks and pads,,

Oh dear. Why would you pay so much for a part worn budget set?

I remember picking up our other car about 6 months ago. I had checked everything including tyre depth which was about 6 - 7 mm as they had only been just replaced. On the drive home I gave it some beans through the twisties and I thought I was going to fall off the road. Got home and thought about various reasons for the awful grip and then out of interest had a look at the tyre brand and realised that the rear two were Dunlop something or the other and the 2 fronts were Sunny. Swapped the Sunnys to some SC5 and the car was transformed from a soggy and unpredictable mess to being sure footed and precise. I now feel bad I threw away those Sunnys because I didn't think for a moment that there was a market for budget part worns.

[D]

Like hell I'd put 452s or 912s on an Omega. Bloody awful tyre.

The BMW forums are in awe of them for some reason. IMHO they are awful and evil and should be burnt at a stake.

[TheBoy]

Like hell I'd put 452s or 912s on an Omega. Bloody awful tyre.

The BMW forums are in awe of them for some reason. IMHO they are awful and evil and should be burnt at a stake.

They are a generally well respected tyre, just clearly don't work on Omegas....

[smithpa7]

After much research, reading reviews and road tests, I have decided to replace my two front tyres with Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's.

I will let you all know how they perform

[D]

What are the rear two then? I seriously doubt you can assess the differential handling of the front end vs the rear end of an omega shod with two sets of tyres from different manufacturers with different compounds and tread patterns.

BTW they are very good tyres and really good value for money. They wont perform at their best currently due to the really low temps that we are experiencing.

[cem_devecioglu]

What are the rear two then? I seriously doubt you can assess the differential handling of the front end vs the rear end of an omega shod with two sets of tyres from different manufacturers with different compounds and tread patterns.

BTW they are very good tyres and really good value for money. They wont perform at their best currently due to the really low temps that we are experiencing.

yep.. not a good season to test them..
 

[hit it with a hammer]

OK it seems like im getting slammed for saying sunny tyres....and paying way over the odds £140 fitted, new valves, balanced and old tyre disposal, all i can say is they came along at the right price and the right time,i have no issue with them,,remember the thread topic is BUDGET,,,as i own  2002 2.6 worth about £700 and pay over £1000 per year insurance as i live within 3 miles of the centre of London put on top of that £160 car tax and pay on average £1.37 per liter of petrol i try to run the car on a budget which includes tyres..i think i got a bargain as they came off a 2.2 omega mot Failure that the owner was trying to get some money back on,they cost him £325.98 3 month and 550 miles before i got them,,so i think it was a fair price,these tyres are a hard size to find part worn as only fit a few cars, and you just have to look on flebay to see that people are paying £50 to £70 for part worn with only 3 / 4mm tread,
OK rant over....