What tires to pick up?

This is UK.rec.cars.maintenance, so most people will be used to dealing in sterling. It may be sensible to indicate which currency you're thinking of.

cheers, clive

I would choose Michelin, but I like my safety and long tyre life, some people always buy the cheapest, some read all the reviews and buy the one the reviewer likes (has been paid to praise)

It really is an impossible question, but I do know that Michelins work very well.

Mrcheerful

I have these on my company car - they're not bad at all, a little soft and quick wearing, though.

I have Dunlop SP200s on my Alfa 75, but they're on the front, which doesn't do much on a 75 other than point the nose vaguely in the right direction. They've lasted so well, they've gone off due to age rather than wearing out.

In that size, you have a whole host of choices - I'd tend to buy Pirelli P6000s for everyday use, however, if I wanted a performance tyre, I'd been looking at Yoko A539s.

I don't know the other two brands/models, but I do know that Pirelli Dragos are excellent in the wet, good in the dry and pretty good for tyre life. I found them as good or slightly better than Continental Sport Contacts in the same size, and much better than Dunlop SPs.

For what car type? For Summer, passenger all-year-round, GT, or Winter tyres?

The tyres I'd pick would be for my own requirements.

You have not even given us a clue as to yours...

I run my Saab on Michelin Energy E3As. Yes they *are* expensive. But they are however exceptionally quiet and long lived. Most of the car's mileage is on the motorway where subdued road noise is a plus. I don't bother with back roads any more...

Euros.

For a compact car. A 5-door passenger car and I'm looking for all-year round tires. The power transmission is on the front wheels and it's just 90HP.

You've just narrowed it down to, ooh, most of them.

Depends what you want. For a good all rounder, Michelin is hard to beat. Energy's have good grip, and they're hard wearing.

The turanzas are quite a hard tread, which means they're reasonably well wearing, but at the cost of noise and not quite so good grip until they've warmed up. SP Sports have fairly good grip, but wear fast.

I've not got any experience of the Pirellis though.

What you know about tyres could be written the head of a pin, fancy a carrot ?

Fred > P6000s for everyday use, however, if I wanted a performance tyre, I'd

Sorry, I was forgetting.....

I got these dead good cheapo Korean things in the other day. Best tyres in the world, they are, and only 20 quid a corner. That's what you want, mate.

I thought Donkeys had a good memory?

Well done, Fred.

You can't win an argument based on your supposedly superior knowledge of tyres, so you just start throwing around some pathetic, childish insults which totally discredit your claims to be the owner of an MOT station / tyre fitting business.

You're a Donkey and an argument with you is pointless. fancy a carrot?

p5000 trust me im a tyre fitter. it depend on your car what did you say it was? iv all ways had p6000 and pzeros when i had bigger wheels

Trust you because you're a tyre fitter?