I never understood why people exaggerate this point, because of financial situation for the past 3 years I've been driving on all 4 different tyres, I always get them 1 a piece used from the scrappy..
Yes the car might understeer a bit quicker, and might not brake as hard as in a perfect situation with matched and good tyres, but you can simply drive more calmly, ( as opposed to driving like a hooligan when the car is 100%), the cars I have have bigger issues ( which I don't have money for) than their tyres .
Until I'm rich, I'm not going to spend more than 2 tenners per tyre (tyre+ fitted + balanced) ( I do try to pick the best tyres from the bunch though, atm I do have 2 matched Conti's on the front, one Goodyear summer on the back, and 1 Dunlop winter on the back).
I mean cars function with space savers too ( and thus even worse mismatched with original tyres)... The ''skimp on tyres = child killer'' mentality is absurd... Not everybody can afford 60+ per tyre.
It depends on the car and your driving style IMO.
If you have a high performance car then it would be madness to have anything other than high quality tyres, but if you drive a 1.0 Micra and drive sensibly then I don't think its so important
I'll take my chances , it's not 20 quid per tyre more ( it's 50-60 euros more per tyre, as those 2 tenners get me a tyre + fitting + balancing...), including fitting it's about 200-250 euros ( depending on which car) per car per year-ish ( 50-60.000 km's pj, bout 35k miles).The point is, what's going to cost more, an extra £20/tyre over several years, or your excess and increased premiums for 5 years following a crash which could have been avoided if you'd had better tyres?
I'll take my chances , it's not 20 quid per tyre more ( it's 50-60 euros more per tyre, as those 2 tenners get me a tyre + fitting + balancing...), including fitting it's about 200-250 euros ( depending on which car) per car per year-ish ( 50-60.000 km's pj, bout 35k miles).
I know my tyres are rubbish, this is very obvious when pulling away sometimes in the wet, but I'm used to it...
Haha, well if you're still driving the car in your sig, I doubt it makes much difference since the brakes on them are shockingly bad anyway
The Rolla has been written off already in the past year, bloody truck did a PIT maneuver on me: cashed the money I could get for it, and left the damage ( dent rear left, bumper paint damage and small crack in rear left light).Fingers crossed we don't have a "wrote my car off in the wet" thread from you soon...
Asymmetric tyres have a notably different tread pattern on the inside edge from the outside. One optimised for wet traction and the other dry.
Your tyres are pretty much symmetrical.
Asymmetric tyres will always clearly display which side is the outside.
Directional tyres usually have a distinctive tread pattern, think of the famous classic Goodyear Eagle F1s arrow-shaped tread or a tractor tyre.
Asymmetric tyres have a notably different tread pattern on the inside edge from the outside. One optimised for wet traction and the other dry.
Your tyres are pretty much symmetrical.
Asymmetric tyres will always clearly display which side is the outside.
Directional tyres usually have a distinctive tread pattern, think of the famous classic Goodyear Eagle F1s arrow-shaped tread or a tractor tyre.
Rubbish. If someone pulls out on you on an NSL road then it doesn't matter whether you're driving "sensibly" or not, unless you're implying that driving "sensibly" involves slowing to 20mph every time you pass a junction where someone is waiting?
Good tyres don't matter so much in normal day-to-day driving, it's when you need to emergency stop, or control the car when you suddenly hit a patch of standing water that you realise the difference. The problem is the only time you'll usually notice your tyres are **** is when it's too late
The simple issue many people have with cheap, rubbish, or second hand tires is that no matter how you justify it to yourself you are essentially putting other peoples lives at risk as well as your own. You may be happy in the knowledge that your car is just a tool and you are driving to what you think are those tires limits. But if you did cause a major accident, (for example, resulting in the serious injury of say a young family in the third parties car), that could have been avoided on decent tires, would you still be happy with your choice?
The truth is that crap tires will be fine 99% of the time. But unfortunately that 1% of the time they aren't cant have life changing consequences, not just for you, but for an innocent party as well.