Toyo Tyres

Advantages: great tyres
Disadvantages: Hard to find

...Toyo are a Japanese Tyre manufacturer that not many people have heard of. Yet to me they are the most sexy looking tyre around, if tyres can be sexy! I mean the tread pattern of course! I had toyos all around on my RS Turbo. The grip level was unreal and the depth of tread great. The tyres on my Tub were standard size 195/50/15's and a tyre that low in profile normally loses a lot of its tread in order to cater for the profile. Not the Toyo. It has a very wide tread pattern. Making a lot of contact with the road while giving it enough play to movce around and keep you stuck down. In the wet, the wide tread allowed the car to tip toe through the water rather than slip and slide through it. They dont just cater for quick cars. You can pick up a nice tyre for your family saloon or hatchback too. The range seems to grow...

andycharger 07.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Toyo Tyres

Pirelli, the tyres from the Calendar people . .

Advantages: Very good grip when you need it.
Disadvantages: Just the cost.

...I you shop around, at local tyre fitters as well as on the internet, you will find that there are many places selling bargain tyres, but you must pay for delivery, and fitting, and balancing, Oh and the new valve, then there is the charge for disposing of your old tyres. I decided this saving just wasn't worth the hassle. I therefore went to my local tyre fitting centre. My tyre expert is worth his weight in gold, and he runs his hand across the tread before doing anything else. He then knows if the steering geometry is wrong, in some cases it can save premature wear on your tyres, and can save the customer a fortune, never mind affecting safety. If you want to visit the Pirelli website, take a look see here:- http://www.pirelli.co.uk/web/default.page New tyres need to be run in, and then checked as often as you can...

smudgeybabes 13.03.2009 · Read review
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Michelin Tyres

Advantages: Well known brand
Disadvantages: Go out of shape.

...Over the years, I reckon I have had most makes and brands attached to my car. From this I have been able to be more picky and choosey when buying my new tyres. I now know whats good, whats bad and what is worth avoiding. Michelin boast being one of the 2 tyre suppliers to the Formula 1 world championship. Yet it fails to pass its lessons leared from the track to the consumer. As much praise as people want to heap on the French Tyre giant, Michelin have always failed to meet my expectations. I have had these tyres twice. Once through coming with my new car and once through buying them as a replacement. When we had our new Ford Escort, it came with Michellin XT all around. 175/70/13's were the size we had. Soon we were experiencing problems with ride quality, particularly under braking or at high speeds. After several...

andycharger 07.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Michelin Tyres

Tyred of paying high prices...

Advantages: Quick efficient service and a good price too
Disadvantages: None spring to mind

...I had to finally accept the truth - all four tyres on my car needed replacing, despite the protests from my credit card. I went to my local branch of ATS and asked for a price. They quoted £528 and could have the tyres in and on my car the next day. I went home slightly grief stricken by this amount so got busy on the internet to see what other prices I could find (whilst my credit card hid under the bed, quietly sobbing.) I wasn't particularly hopeful of finding many alternatives, as I live in a fairly remote part of Wales so outlets of any retailer are few and far between. However, I did have a look at Kwik Fit's website www.kwik-fit.com to see if there was a branch nearby, and if so, what price they could offer. I thought that it would be quite complicated and I would need to search through lists of tyres, with weird...

Pip2002 28.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Kwik-Fit Tyre & Exhaust Centres

Pilot Exalto - The Duracell of performance tyres.

Advantages: Excellent wet performance, Good cornering, Not too noisy, Fantastic wear resistance
Disadvantages: Poor initial traction, take 500 - 600 miles to wear in

...When my OEM-fit Bridgeston Potenza RE040s finally made it down to the tread-wear indicator I had them replaced with a pair of the new Michelin Pilot Exaltos. In a 205-45/17 fitting these are fairly intimidating beasties. None of your swoopy curves and slashes that look all sexy. Oh no. These purposeful hunks of rubber have three MASSIVE channels running around the tyre combined with some fairly agressive lugs (sipes?) around the outside edge. The mention of an outside edge indicates that these are directional tyres but maybe not in the strictest sense. The Bridgestones had an arrow indicating the direction of rotation the tyres should be mounted in, which ultimately meant that you could only swap the tyres along the same side of the car. The Pilot Exaltos, on the other hand, have an outside and an inside edge. Obviously you will...

LegendaryMrDude 09.09.2004 (03.01.2006) · Read review
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Review of Michelin Tyres

WHAT ARE YOUR TYRES SAYING TO OTHER CAR OWNERS ..?

Advantages: WILL GIVE YOUR TYRES THAT NEW APPEARANCE
Disadvantages: NONE

...You can spend all the hours you like washing, waxing and polishing your car - but if you don't pay your tyres any attention it totally spoils the overall appearance and makes your car look scruffy. It's a bit like dressing ... you don't pull on an expensive suit, matching accessories and then pull on some dirty shoes do you? When you think about it a car says so much about you - do you really want it to scream "filthy"?, hardly an impressive response for something that is the second biggest purchase that you are likely to make ... Personally I find nothing more satisfying than giving my car a "boot to bonnet" clean and sheen at least once a fortnight. This is possibly made a little too easy for me as I have access to a jet wash and various cleaning materials from the works valeting bay, oh lucky me ... ((yawn - a payrise would be...

Tickly 07.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Carplan Wet Look Tyre Slik

Let's Face it we all need tyres GIVE ETYRES A GO

Advantages: They come to your door and more FREE Puncture repair too
Disadvantages: some areas are not covered by their service yet

...Hi All Let's face us we as British motorists get a pretty grim deal at the moment. In my view every penny I save when running my precious car is a very grateful penny saved. So how surprised have I been lately to find a tyre company who not only thinks of its customers first but also rewards them. "Whats the catch" I hear you all shout out. Well as yet I haven't discovered one. The Product. So what is this wonderful service? It's not new and it's not revolutionary but it certainly is good value for money. The company I refer to is Etyres an online home or work tyre replacement service. It actually does what it say's on the tin but in this case it dose it extremely well, the web site is both simple and informative. With in seconds after entering your tyre size and details you are taken to a list of every tyre available from...

johnny760 22.08.2005 (10.09.2008) · Read review
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Review of E tyres

Buying a new car..don't just kick the tyres !

Advantages: low mileage
Disadvantages: need to very knowledgable of all the ins and out's

...as the equivalent of Police Line - Do Not Cross' ribbons around the site of an attempted robbery. When you're inspecting a car some people think kicking the tyres is a good idea. This does two things: it tells the vendor that you know nothing about cars and tells you that your shoes aren't as thick as you thought they were. Kicking the body panels is strictly forbidden and you can actually be prosecuted for vandalism. If you're worried about a car you can always get a reputable motoring organization to come out and have a look at the car for you. If the cost of this check is more than the price of the car you might want to think whether this is a smart move !...

joeyhey2007 30.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Buying A New Car

  Tyred? Exhausted? Avoid Kwik Fit! *UPDATED*

Advantages: Brake parts insured for life of car
Disadvantages: Very poor workmanship

...a couple of negative reports, they seem to have cleaned up their image. I was greeted at the reception desk by a mechanic, complete with his trademark blue "Kwik Fit" overalls. After explaining the noise, he informed me of the Kwik Fit Brake Check. "It's a complete check of your breaking system, and the cost of the service will be deducted from any work that needs doing." I was also presented with a leaflet explaining all that had just been said. It sounded alright, so I left my car with them. The reception area and visible workshop were very clean, and well equiped to cope with any of the services that they offer. The branch I went to also sell and fit tyres, exhausts, and shock absorbers. About an hour later, I got the dreaded phone call... "Hi it's **** from Kwik Fit. I've got some bad news I'm afraid - the noise you were hearing...

SRowlands 13.09.2004 (17.10.2004) · Read review
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Review of Kwik-Fit Tyre & Exhaust Centres

Travel Conntact - Great commuting tyres!!!

Advantages: kevlar reinforced belt, reflective sidewalls, design, on or off road suitable
Disadvantages: price is quite high but quality, safety and peace in mind costs

.... Introduction If you have problems with punctures, feel like wheel is to heave or something to use on o off road - this tyres are definitely for you. I bought them for my bike about 2 years ago. As remember paid about £18 per tyre. They lasted for over one year where cycling about 160 kilometres a week. I was extremely pleased with them. Honestly can not say anything wrong about these tyres. Rolling resistance is very low, so thanks that you should be more about to achieve higher speed. Continental supplied some models with reflective sidewall to increase your safety during nigh. I got this model and have to say that it really works well. As long as you keep your tyres quite clean they will reflect light brilliantly. The weight of a tyre is: - 640g folding option - 690g wired and reflective option - 670g wired only...

panther23 16.09.2008 (21.03.2009) · Read review
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Review of Continental Travel Contact MTB Tyre With Inner Tube 26 x 1.75