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Dec 17th, 2010, 10:45 | #11 |
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this is first year i have bought winter tyres,it`s not been bad up here for years,and there is a shortage of tyrs at the moment in the highlands,so i had to take what i could get,i will take them off and use normal ones till it gets bad again,they will only cost about £70/80 ,local fitter said they will change the tyres each winter for me at no cost,so we will see what the winter brings,malcolmk
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Dec 17th, 2010, 12:46 | #12 |
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I dont mind buying tyres, I get through a fair amount with rallying and autotests. When I changed the wheels on my car I just made sure that I could fit these...
http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.p...=m53b0s99p1667 Camskill seems to be a really good site, had 8 or so tyres off them so far and £30 for a T1R makes me happy.
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Dec 17th, 2010, 13:24 | #13 |
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Expensive tyres!!
I've just had two 205-65-15's fitted to the rear of my 740..the cost??
64quid all in fitted..and they are excellent in the snow! Well that's coupled to having what I think is a limited slip diff as well. Far better in the snow than our front drive Vw. Who said you need expensive tyres..lol!! |
May 14th, 2018, 12:09 | #14 |
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Tyres and insurance are both pricey. I shop around and do stuff to keep them down:
Insurance - I insured my ex police S60 T5 for £200 a year through Tesco with the clubcard discount - 3 years no claims, 51 year old living in Warwick, car parked on road. I moved to the north west. Car parked in a garage at the end of a driveway. It's a S60 T5 Sport I just bought - insurance increased by 95%. So, rather than take the hit I applied as a new customer. I fiddled around with the excess and put a £125 excess instead of £250 - the price came down by £100. Also, check job titles. If I put down Risk Manager my insurance increases if I put down Underwriter (both are the same thing and I do not have a generic title). And I always put my wife down as a named driver - even though we are seperated. It is always lower with her on it. Same with her Audi - with me on it her quotes are lower. Makes no sense but that is insurance. Tyres - there are always offers on, especially online. I bought 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4s last week. Walked into a few places - one said £127 each fitted, balanced. Went online and booked it in. Same tyres, same place for - get this - £87 each. I asked why the difference and the guy said there is an online promotion. Also, tyres of the big multiples are stocked at a central distribution warehouse. The place I went to do not stock these tyres as they are expensive - they have to order them in. Order direct from the central warehouse and it is cheaper. And they threw in a free brake appraisal, cleaned my discs etc etc My tyres were still more expensive than my insurance though. |
May 15th, 2018, 10:12 | #15 |
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Car: v70 petrol non turbo, OU52 reg.
Tyres: 225/45/17 avon zv7. Cost: £130 per2 Fitting: £10 each Total tyres: £300 Insurance: £1200 Hush, you...
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May 15th, 2018, 11:07 | #16 |
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My Insurance came down this year to around £450 which was pretty good
I have 2 sets of tires: For Summer 4x PS4 235/40 18 was around £103 per tire from mytires.com For Winter 4x Pirelli Sottozero 215/50 17 £50 per tire, these are on their 3 year now and doing incredibly well.
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May 15th, 2018, 11:20 | #17 |
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I can usually source tires at reasonable prices but insurance is another thing ,I run a S type Jaguar 3.0 petrol and a 2.7 liter diesel Jeep grand Cherokee.
Where I live the roads are littered with every type of SUV from Dacia to Bentley ,most on hire, and a lot of these go walkies so my insurance is crippling,the Jeep costs me over £800 pa where as the jaguar is less than £400. One of my neighbors had his Freelander disappear from outside his house,never saw it again until whilst in Lagos on business it drove past him,still on UK registration plates. !!!!"
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May 15th, 2018, 12:33 | #18 |
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Wow!
The last time I paid for car insurance like that was for my first car - an H reg Black Escort XR3i. I'd just passed my test and they quoted me £750 - I thought that was bad. |
May 15th, 2018, 12:45 | #19 | |
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My first: "Hello, I passed licence a week ago and I just bought a car, so I need to insure it and so I rang you.." "OK, not a problem, sir, what's the reg number?" "Xxxxxc(I don't remember now)" "Yes, sir, I'm checking.. Oh, here it is, a silver Peugeot 306, 2001, 2.0litre turbo diese... Erm... When did you say you passed the licence?" I paid £2k insurance for £350 "pocket rocket" on my first year..
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`03 V70 Mk2 Auto 2.4 B5244 NA, 170Bhp, 295K miles (Now parts donor) '05 XC70 MK2 Geartronic, 2.5 B5254T2, 210bhp, 129k miles Last edited by ThomasG; May 15th, 2018 at 12:47. |
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May 15th, 2018, 13:16 | #20 |
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Think I need to shop around next time. 2003 v70 D5 costs about the same and I do 4-5000 a year.
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