When I had to go Tesco rather than order on the internet I used to be intrigued by the numbers of curious names on tyres, and concluded that some of them must be the same tyre under a different name. Not that I would have contemplated fitting any of them, and had in fact one oriental brand removed from Toad as supplied and replaced by P Zeroes. But perhaps they are good enough for mimsers correction slow "careful" drivers?
Best worn out as soon as possible, I suggest.
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Currently have Acellera fitted to the front of the Porsche whilst I get it sorted out then get a full geometry check done. They were £98 for 2 as against £150 for G/Y GSD3 F1's. They aren't bad, braking wet & dry pretty good & ultimate grip is only slightly less than the Bridgestones on the back & I drive far harder than most, certainly not mimser more like maximiser! So I think it becomes an element of brand snobbery, although once sorted it'll have F1's on the front to match the pair of s/h ones I've acquired for the back.
Who do I complain to with a problem the tyre dealer of course the same as you would if it was a Pirelli, Goodyear, Dunlop etc.
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They also sound a good bet to ruin the handling of the Focus.
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Could there be an element of badge snobbery at work here? After all, at various times, Toyo, Kumho, and even Bridgestone have been regarded as 'inferior' brands, despite performing creditably in independent tests. Lesser known brands have to start somewhere, and over time they produce better and better tyres. Some of the motorcycle tyre brands that were regarded as 'rubbish' in the 1970s are now fitted to high performance machines as standard. Of my three cars, the Jag has Pirelli P4000, the Mitsubishi has Goodyear F1 GSD3, and the Mini has Bridgestones. In each case I got the best I could find. Only on the Jag would I baulk at some of the lesser known brands, so even I am guilty of some snobbery.
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I agree, but Kumho used to be rubbish, now they aren't, (and they aren't that cheap either nowadays) I think most of these budget foreign brands were bought by the big premium brands who were worried they would take too much trade away in the long run.
However, imagine you had a problem with an Event, Dark Horse or Joyryder tyre, who the hell would you complain to?
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Tyres have to meet a minimum (BSI?)standard and I'm pretty sure that a Ford dealership would not fit tyres that didn't maintain the quality expected both by law and customers; no doubt there's a buy-in financial incentive.
Verderstein, for instance, used to be regarded as a "cheap" tyre but most people are aware that they are better than that status.
When I first owned a car in the early 1960s, we used to have John Bull and similar brand names - in fact they were produced by the leading tyre manufacturers, Dunlop, Firestone etc and were basically the same tyre as the main brand name, but at lower cost.
On my last car, a VW Jetta 1.6 TX, because of its mileage and my gradually diminishing UK wide travelling, I used to fit a brand called Sava from Hi-Q.
They were half the price of the big brand names and delivered pretty much similar performance and longevity.
Mind you it would/might have proved a different scenario if I'd owned a much higher performance car.
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we used to have John Bull and similar brand names
>>- in fact they were produced by the leading tyre manufacturers, Dunlop, Firestone etc
>>and were basically the same tyre as the main brand name, but at lower cost.
I used to fit Firestones second brand whos name I do not recall.
They were made at the Firestone factory on the A4 at Brentford.
A good friend of mine literally collected them from the moulds.
They certainly saved me some £££s
On previous cars I fitted Goodyear Club which I think were a slightly older design than the main Goodyear tyres.
They were made in South Africa .
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I think a lot of these oddly-named tyres are produced by the big companies as a 'budget line' tyre - using tread patterns and compounds from older-generations of tyres.
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Just found out a bit more about Sava tyres and others (confirming Aprilia's posting); it's a Goodyear brand name:
www.tyres-online.co.uk/marketing/goodyear.asp
I also recall the Kelly name from some years ago, which is also mentioned in this link.
Other manufacturers are also covered but, unfortunately, most of the Products Database pages are not working properly at present - I've tried both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
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Armstrong tyres which are the favoured budget brand at Ford Rapidfit outlets are to all intents and purposes Pirellis.
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I have to say I didn't buy the car from a Ford dealer,just a local dealer who sells locally owned cars with history.I was in touch with a helpful chap from Event.Mobile Tyres last night.He didn't know who the makers were either.Apparently they buy them in on a 'as and when required' basis from a large warehouse.They have sold lotsof them with no troubles.However should I have any problems to contact him directly.Sounds fair enough to me.The car runs as sweet as a nut,and the tyres aren't noisy,a point I noticed from other users.We'll just have to see.
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OK I had to get some new tyres, I did have Michelin Pilots on, as it was an emergency I has some fitted on the front (I always fit in pairs) and I needed 2 rears as well. I thought they would be Marshalls as they are a main agent, but when I got home they were Events as well.
This is what I have found out so far. They are at: www.Eventtyres.com. Based in Holland have been in business since 2005.
But I don't think they are a manufacturer, as the tyres have P.R.C which is Peoples Republic of China. So looks like they are importing for a manufacturer in China, I have fired off an email to them to ask which one they import from.
As to whether these are stock off their suppliers shelves or made to Events specification i.e. tyre pattern/composition I don't know yet.
I suspect they will not reply, if they don't then do not get them from a premium factory. There are one or two good manufacturers in China like Qingdao or Nankang.
I have seen references of Event tyres being on the Continental website, so this may tie in with this dutch company and this bit of news... the dates do seem to be compatible.
"Conti enters Chinese tyre JV with Qingdao; Signing in China is first stage of tyre manufacturing project for Continental." (News) Publication Date: 01-NOV-04
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I had two front events fitted 18 mionth ago and got 1 year/18k out of them oy audi 80 2.0. No problems at all
Asked for them last time but they didnt have them so got MAXXIS
OK by my standards, not sport tyres but i dont drive sporty
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Hi,
I bought a Mondeo ST TDCI about 1 1/2 years ago and it had two Event tyres on the front and 2 Continental?s on the back. I did not notice this until well into my ownership. But I never had any problems with them and they gave me 25000 miles of fault free service. I have just had all 4 tyres replaced (I do about 30k a year) and got Event to fit them using there own brand tyres as were fitted on the fronts.
They do fit premium tyres but they were approx £100 more expensive. I have done about 5k on these again with no issues what so ever. The tyres fitted to my Mondeo only have a 40 profile and require extra load tyres (which the Event are) so they do have to be quite competent.
Overall as stated above in the thread all tyres have to comply with approved standards and the only concern is life span, which as already motioned on my car was about 25k+ which is more than acceptable to me with a car that puts out 155BHP with 400 Nm of torque.
Carse
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Could there be an element of badge snobbery at work here? After all, at various times, Toyo, Kumho, and even Bridgestone have been regarded as 'inferior' brands, despite performing creditably in independent tests. Lesser known brands have to start somewhere,
To a point this is true, but there are huge swathes of sub-standard chinese tyres out there that are bordering on dangerous, with brand names like Freeway, Fullway, Goodride etc etc. These junky hoops at best are impossible to get balanced properly and at worst bulge and mis-shape in a very short space of time. Toyo and Kumho are accepted brands now, and as for Bridgestone (which I had from new on my A4) they are a premium brand which frankly arent very good in the wear department.
I'm very much a Falken man myself.
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Best tyres I had on my XJ8 - by far - were Kumhos (KH11s if I remember rightly), better wet or dry than the o/e P6000s and lasted longer too. The PZeros on my XJR were simply superb - but then they only lasted about 8K on the rear with my lead right foot so I'm not surprised they were rather grippy.
99% of the tyres out there are good enough these days for the average driver with the average car - yes, even "nasty" Chinese brands - which would beat 10 year-old premium brands hands down in a tyre test. Did you crash and die ten years ago? No? Thought not.
The worst tyres I've ever had (compared to grip expectations of the day) were Michelin Energys on my C5 - lethal in the wet and absolutely no feel - the Chinese “ditchfinders” (according to the rubbish in the press) I've got on now are much better and cost a third of the price. Continental's eco-equivalent were just as gripless but at least they gave you plenty of feedback to let you know you're getting near the limit.
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Interesting. I found michelin Energy ok. My car is lighter than a C5 but probably sitting on narrower rubber. Not the stickiest rubber, but the clue is in the name 'energy'; low rolling resistance and exceptional grip are pretty much diametrically opposed attributes!
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Well the Kumhos lasted well and gripped well. As did the Nexins (sp?) on my C5. I think Korean tyres are pretty much up there with the premium brands but without the premium prices - although they are sneaking up as people realise how good they are.
The LingLonglovemelongtimes on the rear of my C5 have not worn at all in over 15K miles so far and grip perfectly well, I've had one snap-oversteer incident, a combination of very wet conditions and me driving like a tit. The Nankang all seasons on the front gave me outstanding grip in the snow last year and have been more than acceptable in summer conditions.
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