Tyre Value

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Sun 22 May 2005 11:59
Tyre Value - greenhey
I have just put 2 new tyres on my Vectra .
I shoppped around the usual suspects , but also decided to try the web, and found some possibilties .But some price the tyre and then you have to find out the fitting service separately .
However, one , called Event Tyres , quoted the whole deal and were about £20 cheaper than my best conventional place. They came yesterday to my house , did them in about 45 mins and it seems fine.
Plus I was saved the time going to and from a tyre place, which in my experience are unbelievably scruffy .I always hate going to them both because of the surroundings but also because I have a strange sense of feeling guilty that these guys have to earn a living doing this work for me.
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Sun 22 May 2005 12:18
TYRE VALUE - smokie
I'd thought about using this kind of servcice but can mobile techs balance them properly?
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Sun 22 May 2005 12:57
TYRE VALUE - Stuartli
smokie, see:

www.eventmobiletyres.com/
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Sun 22 May 2005 16:15
TYRE VALUE - Robin Reliant
One of my neighbours started a mobile service supplying and fitting a couple of years ago. I got two fronts replaced at a very competitive price, and of course very conveniently too.

Like greenhay I also find tyre fitting bays dirty and depressing places, but unfortunately there wasn't enough work in a rural area for this guy so he has since packed up.
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Sun 22 May 2005 19:02
TYRE VALUE - Happy Blue!
Their testimonials seem to be frequent and very complimentary. I'll give them a try next time I need tyres.
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Mon 23 May 2005 12:41
TYRE VALUE - AR-CoolC
I've just had a look on their site, as I'm due tyres very soon. Unfortunatly neither my work or home address are covered yet by the company.

Kwik Fit it is then.....ho hum.
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Mon 23 May 2005 18:40
TYRE VALUE - oldbanger
If you telephone various places and ask for a price, you may be quite surprised at the difference. When you've got a couple or three prices, if you then telephone and say "Thank you for your quote, I have had a lower price elsewhere, can you meet or better it?" you *will* be surprised. Don't say what the best price you've had is, though, unless they can't meet it!
Make sure that you get prices on the *same brand and size* of tyre from each place, *including fitting, valve, balancing, disposal of old tyre*.

In my experience Kwik-Fit are not usually the cheapest I can find.
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Mon 23 May 2005 14:31
TYRE VALUE - Mike H
It seems so - I had a couple of Dunlop SP9000s fitted on my drive and they seem fine (although the truth may out when I get to Germany in the summer with the higher speeds....). I wouldn't hesitate to have them done this way again.
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Mon 23 May 2005 15:14
Tyre Value - Chas{P}
Just tried their website and checked a few prices.....

Convenient but very expensive (Eg £45 each for a 145/70 12) compared to getting from: www.mytyres.co.uk/ and then arranging fitting for about £10 a corner including valve & balancing with one of their fitting partners.
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Tue 24 May 2005 02:16
Tyre Value - tyrexpert
Having just checked 2 of the most popular sizes in the market,185/60hr14 and 205/55zr16, the site you mentioned was on average £11.00 more expensive than most independent tyre shops and the latter between £10 to a massive £24.00 a tyre more expensive. I also note that they are quoting runflats which most tyre manufacturers require us to have not only specialist fitting equipment but manufacturer training. Few if any of the major independents are dingy holes in the wall,and if you want to be sure of quality of service then check the following websites. Pirelli for Driver and Performance centres. Goodyear/Dunlop for HiQ centres (Hi Q Tyreservices are more expensive than the independent HiQ centres) Bridgestone/Firestone for the First Stop centres, and soon to be announced the new Michelin star rated accredited centres. All these manufacturers insist on standards of cleanliness and Technical fitting capability way above the norm. I sit on 3 of the management/steering committees and I can assure you that that the standards of membership of these organisations are tough and are getting tougher, we are making it so. Ps Did you get a free alignment check from the mobile, on a perfectly level area.........
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