2 budget tyres vs 1 budget and 1 premium
Discussion
Buy two premium tyres and make the lightly worn budget the spare?
Personally, I'd want two matching premium tyres on the front of my car. Pretty much every tyre test I've read shows budgets significantly underperforming premium tyres under wet braking. Mismatched tyres would make the car seriously unstable under emergency braking.
Personally, I'd want two matching premium tyres on the front of my car. Pretty much every tyre test I've read shows budgets significantly underperforming premium tyres under wet braking. Mismatched tyres would make the car seriously unstable under emergency braking.
gdaybruce said:
Buy two premium tyres and make the lightly worn budget the spare?
Personally, I'd want two matching premium tyres on the front of my car. Pretty much every tyre test I've read shows budgets significantly underperforming premium tyres under wet braking. Mismatched tyres would make the car seriously unstable under emergency braking.
Ideally i'd buy 2 premium tyres but it's between 2 budgets or 1 budget and 1 premium. Thanks for the replyPersonally, I'd want two matching premium tyres on the front of my car. Pretty much every tyre test I've read shows budgets significantly underperforming premium tyres under wet braking. Mismatched tyres would make the car seriously unstable under emergency braking.
How budget is the budget tyre you have?
If you do buy one (or two) budget tyres, I would suggest swapping your premium tyres to the front and putting the (presumably) newer budgets on the rear. It is recommended practice to have newer tyres on the rear of your car anyway to reduce the risk of the rear aquaplaning unexpectedly.
If you do buy one (or two) budget tyres, I would suggest swapping your premium tyres to the front and putting the (presumably) newer budgets on the rear. It is recommended practice to have newer tyres on the rear of your car anyway to reduce the risk of the rear aquaplaning unexpectedly.
JZZ30 said:
I'd rather have the same across the axle, so i'd go with same brand budget in that scenario. As long as you drive within the capabilities of the tyre, I don't have a problem with budgets on a daily driver.
This would be my direction of thinking also.Frankthered said:
If you do buy one (or two) budget tyres, I would suggest swapping your premium tyres to the front and putting the (presumably) newer budgets on the rear. It is recommended practice to have newer tyres on the rear of your car anyway to reduce the risk of the rear aquaplaning unexpectedly.
While you're right, in this situation, I'd be inclined to try it both ways round and see how the car feels. The partly-worn premium tyres could still have better wet grip than new budget tyres, and the standard advice on mounting to account for a disparity in grip is made with the assumption that the new tyres will be "better", or at least equivalent to the quality that the worn tyres started with.If you really can't put two mid--range on the front then my preference would be to match the god-awful tyre you've already got on the front.
You'll then have two really cheap tyres on the front and some pretty cheap midrange-at-best tyres on the rear which should at least be pretty benign as long as you stay within their limits. I don't see the benefit from chucking a single premium tyre into the mix really.
You'll then have two really cheap tyres on the front and some pretty cheap midrange-at-best tyres on the rear which should at least be pretty benign as long as you stay within their limits. I don't see the benefit from chucking a single premium tyre into the mix really.
These kind of rubbish tyres are a menace. Of course, when driving "normally" the car will be controllable by an average driver but if a situation placing greater than average demands on the tyres and driver arises then deficiencies will show. Mixing rubbish tyres with decent ones on the same or different axles will make the vehicle less predictable and will cause it to deviate from its default handling characteristics. The driver may or may not have the skills and understanding of the altered characteristics to compensate for this.
I don't know why people try and save money on tyres - shop around and you'll get a decent deal on a reasonable tyre. Unless you're the sort of person who prefers to hitch hike instead of take the bus, eats road kill instead of supermarket meat and uses a bin liner as your luggage bag then why on earth spend thousands of pounds on a car only to put cheap tyres on that will ruin its handling.
I'm not saying you can't get good value tyres but a typical "budget" tyre is for those who care only about making their car legal and nothing else.
I don't know why people try and save money on tyres - shop around and you'll get a decent deal on a reasonable tyre. Unless you're the sort of person who prefers to hitch hike instead of take the bus, eats road kill instead of supermarket meat and uses a bin liner as your luggage bag then why on earth spend thousands of pounds on a car only to put cheap tyres on that will ruin its handling.
I'm not saying you can't get good value tyres but a typical "budget" tyre is for those who care only about making their car legal and nothing else.
try buying tyres from Amazon, i bought two recently, they were a premium branded tyre ( I don't buy cheap stuff they don't last so long, and you have to be lucky 100% of the time, where as you only have to be unlucky once,,,,,,when braking heavily....and your cheap brand don't stop you!)
Each tyre was some £25 cheaper than my local supplier, who charged me £10 each wheel to change them, so i was still £30 better off! ( the tyres came from Italy...in 3 days!)
Each tyre was some £25 cheaper than my local supplier, who charged me £10 each wheel to change them, so i was still £30 better off! ( the tyres came from Italy...in 3 days!)
jamesj197 said:
One of my front tyres needs replacing and the other one is nearly new. The nearly new tyre is a budget tyre. Do I replace the worn tyre with the same budget tyre as the nearly new one or buy premium tyre so one would be a budget and one a premium?
Thanks
No. I would buy two new premium tyres.Thanks
My car had budget tyres on with loads of tread left when I bought it. I binned them all in favour of some Continental Sport Contact 5s.
It's not like Nexens are going to break the bank - my car takes a very odd size and they're £65 a corner. If you're in a budget hatchback you'll probably get below £50 if you shop around a bit. That's about the cost of a tank of petrol or a night out, and it will make a big positive difference to the handling of the car.
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