Hey,
I find my son's car pretty uncomfy at times, and I think it could be down to tyres. It's a year 2000 Escort 'finesse' (not) - I'm aware from my own past that escorts aren't the most refined of vehicles, but I've had the suspension checked out, and it seems it's fine.
There's varying tyres on the front currently, in terms of brand. I thought I'd try a couple of new tyres on the front, only to be reminded by my conscience that 2 new tyres should go on the back. The 'discomfort' I feel is from the front of the car, so changing those tyres makes more sense to me, but I'm ware of the oversteer issue posed by shoving 2 brand spanking new tyres on the front of a car.
I'm not buying 4 new tyres, f*ok that, and I'm concerned with shoving the rear tyres on the front, I just don't think they're going have any effect.
Also, I'm looking at etyres or blackcircles (both .co.uk) for them.
Size is: 195/50/15 speed-rating: doesn't matter, R or V I guess for cheapness.
Firestone TZ 200
Falken ZE 512 £43.35
Pirelli P6000 £44.12
In their 3-tier rating, 'good, better, best', the firestone's are 'good', falken and pirelli's 'best'. Falken's are on special offer at the momento.
I don't trust their own reviews, purely because they might be balls, and google gives conflicting reviews of the tyres. Anybody chose any tyres recently that can offer some advice?
Regards, Dave