The Uniroyal and Avons you mentioned are as good as anything out there. I'd go for the Uniroyal Rainsport for all-round performance - the Avon is a better summer/performance tyre.

Rainsports are very highly regarded.

I had Toyo T1R's on my car and cannot fault them for grip wet or dry (never used cold as i run winters), but the road noise and harsh ride was dreadful, i ended up removing them with still over 4mm all round, couldn't stand it anymore.

Mytyres are showing your size extraload Nokian V at £97.20 apiece, these and especially the similar Z G2 at £107.00 are wiping the floor with the premium makes in the latest European tyre tests.

Tyretest.com is worth a nose for user reviews, as is Tyrereviews.co.uk

Edited by gordonbennet on 06/06/2012 at 15:26

Wow - why does a Volvo S40 need "W" speed rated tyres? Can it really do up to 168mph?

I'm almost bored with typing this on forums, but I do 22-25K per annum on mostly motorways and have an Audi estate. I dont want to skimp on tyres when some days I might do 400 miles, however have found that without a doubt the best tyres I have come across for the price have been Falkens.

I am on my third set and they tick all of the boxes, ie wet grip, quietness and wear. If I was forces to level any critscism at them at all I would say they need to be used at the upper limit of the recommended pressures, but other than that they are great tyres in every way. If you want a brand name like Bridgestone or Goodyear you will pay at least 35% more and probably get less miles too.

A word of warning about Avon ZV5's I had one of these fail on me when half worn, but they are not too good anyway. Uniroyals are good but tend to be soft compound, dont know about Toyo's apart from that they are not alweays too cheap.

I have no connection with Falken in anmy way other than being a highly satisfied customer.

I've two Pirelli P7 and two Matador Elite3 on my car. One pair is a premium brand, the other is a good tyre.

Hard to beat some of the mid-range tyres like Uniroyal (Continental brand), Matador (51% owned by Conti), Vredestein, Firestone (Bridgestone brand), or even something like Lassa (part owned by Bridgestone).

Uniroyal are good, but they dont last. I had RainExperts on the car, and 6k they were gone, and that was careful town driving on the front of a Mondeo.

I'm planning on replacing the Matadors with the Lassa Impetus Revo, which to all intents and purposes is a Bridgestone ER300, which has just been replaced and looks like it's been shuffled down to their Lassa brand.

Edited by ChannelZ on 11/06/2012 at 00:31