Tyre prices gone mental!

[jimbo761]

Puncture damn it, last time was back in 2021 when a replacement tyre was only £120. Camskill today has the same tyres for £190 what the hell happened, did Covid lead to some kind of a tyre shortage? I don't remember 60% inflation, can't repair either as nail is on the edge...

[croyde]

Sadly despite the headline rate being 11 percent, that was nothing compared to the real world

[stuckmojo]

2x latitude sport for the Macan were near enough £600. N rated and all that. (and the front ones at that!!)

[LiamH66]

Just bought 4 new Michelin PS Cup 2 for my 981 GT4 for £1367, including fitting. Previous set of the same tyres I bought in August 2021 for £1196, but that didn't include fitting. At very worst, 14% increase over 3 years. I was slightly disappointed they seemed to have gone up a bit, but seeing this thread has made me feel a lot better!

Liam

[ChrisW.]

The problem for classic cars is increasingly becoming tyre choice.

I have a Clio V6 255 with 5000 miles on the clock, now on its third set of tyres fitted a couple of months ago because one should. I couldn't get the MPSuperSports that were last fitted and the best alternative in the required size were Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersports.

Good tyres but very little after that ... and no PS4S / PS5 / Contisport 6 or 7 ... P Zero / Rosso ... ??

[gsewell]

Same problem on 987 Cayman on 17" wheels. Only summer tyres available are Michelin PS2 otherwise I cannot match front and rear tyres.
Winter tyres. NONE that match front and rear. The only all season tyres are Hankook.

[dxg]

ChrisW. said:

The problem for classic cars is increasingly becoming tyre choice.

I have a Clio V6 255 with 5000 miles on the clock, now on its third set of tyres fitted a couple of months ago because one should. I couldn't get the MPSuperSports that were last fitted and the best alternative in the required size were Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersports.

Good tyres but very little after that ... and no PS4S / PS5 / Contisport 6 or 7 ... P Zero / Rosso ... ??

Try finding 205 x 45 R15. Go on, I dare you!
(Lupo GTI).

[ChrisW.]

Would 215 fit ?

https://www.protyre.co.uk/search?productType=Car&a...

A choice of one tyre from one of the biggest suppliers ... if you look at Toyo directly there are sometimes other sizes that Toyo will ship directly to your preferred fitter ... I have bought Toyo 888R's this way ...

https://www.toyo.co.uk/tirefinder/index/width/205/...

I agree with Avon gone, it's getting harder ...

Edited by ChrisW. on Friday 28th June 11:52

[elisered]

dxg said:

Try finding 205 x 45 R15. Go on, I dare you!
(Lupo GTI).

I remember it being difficult to find them in 2007 so must be nigh on impossible now!

[cslwannabe]

https://www.oponeo.ie/tyre-finder/s=1/summer/t=1/c...

[ChrisW.]

So not much choice !

[dxg]

ChrisW. said:

Would 215 fit ?

https://www.protyre.co.uk/search?productType=Car&a...

A choice of one tyre from one of the biggest suppliers ... if you look at Toyo directly there are sometimes other sizes that Toyo will ship directly to your preferred fitter ... I have bought Toyo 888R's this way ...

https://www.toyo.co.uk/tirefinder/index/width/205/...

I agree with Avon gone, it's getting harder ...

Edited by ChrisW. on Friday 28th June 11:52

Yup. Next challenge is finding a stockist. And then it's the gamble of the date stamp - as in, how long they will have been hanging around in inventory.

Apparently 195 x 50 fit, with minor rubbing... :/

[ChrisW.]

Toyo are showing them on their website so hopefully they will be in stock ... agreed on the time in-stock, also an issue.

The problem is, that's why they stop manufacturing them ... so if your existing tyres are deteriorating, buy them whilst you can ?

I thought that my MPSupersports looked good ... probably just a little hard and not an MOT fail ... but once they were off the sidewalls were quite brittle and cracking.

Take a look at these removed from my old 2.4S ...

The inside tyre wall:


The outside tyre wall of the same tyre:

Edited by ChrisW. on Saturday 29th June 09:03

[LiamH66]

Crikey! How old were they Chris? Got a date code?

[stevemcs]

Covid didn’t help as distributors put prices up due to shipping costs, last two years some of the named brands have gone up £30-40 per tyre

[981Boxess]

stevemcs said:

Covid didn’t help as distributors put prices up due to shipping costs, last two years some of the named brands have gone up £30-40 per tyre

At some point Covid/Brexit/Ukraine/westerly wind played its part but I suspect what is more true today is that as retailers have worked out people have accepted 'everything has gone up' it is very tempting to add a bit more on just because you can get away with it.

My home and one car insurance renewals both went up 60%, when I spoke to the insurers one reduced it to only 30% more, the other to only 50% more. Had I been on auto renew (a mug's game) the full quote is what I would have been charged. They are not doing the cover at the reduced rate at a loss, the risk hasn't reduced, which means they could have done it in the first place, basically they are taking it from where they can.

We are being fleeced from every direction, but the good news is our leaders assure us inflation is plummeting

[n12maser]

Last time I went tyre shopping a few months back, Asda had pretty much the best online prices, including fitting.

[darreni]

I bought 4 Michelin ps4s last week.
Black circles had 15% off.

[soxboy]

It’s also worth looking at Costco

[ChrisW.]

LiamH66 said:

Crikey! How old were they Chris? Got a date code?

I can't remember being able to find one ... I've owned the car for ten years and guess that the tyres were not in their first flush of youth at the time. The new tyres are now almost four years old ... how time flies.