I last bought tyres for my car in mid-2016. Two Pirelli Scorpio Verde 235/65 17 cost me about £95 each fitted from KwikFit

Today, the same tyre costs £120 from KwikFit, and the only place cheaper is Halfords at £117.

So that's a 25% increase in 2 years. What's going on in the world of rubber?

I buy mine from Openeo and get the cheapest place I can find to fit them  F2 3.2 i6 for the white stuff
F Type 3.0 V6 AWD for the fun stuff

I do exactly the same but I get them from www.tyreleader.co.uk to be honest the big tyre places you mentioned are rip off merchants

Tried Black Circles? When I last bought four, they were giving triple nectar points, think that worked out about £40/50

try asda online, fully fitted at which ever fitters you want included. Common sense isn't very common.
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Kwik Fit is probably the dearest tyre retailer you could choose. Try a small independent dealer.
I bought 4 x General Grabber AT3 in same size as yours from Mytyres which cost £406 but got a 10% discount on ebay  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Try etyres, reasonable value and fitted at home or at work.

Jack frost wrote:

I do exactly the same but I get them from www.tyreleader.co.uk to be honest the big tyre places you mentioned are rip off merchants

I have used that company several times, first class service

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If the tyres you are looking at have an R rating they are no good for your car, they have a speed rating of 106mph, it doesn’t matter that you might never do it, the tyres have to be rated for what the vehicle can do, if you ere stopped and spot checked that would be a fine and points for each wheel and the car impounded until it was recovered or the tyres were changed.

Not quite true, if they are winter tyres (not tyres you use in the winter) then it is acceptable, but don't get caught with them outside winter months. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

Whilst the subject is slipping (no pun intended) towards the subject of Winter Tyres (i.e. designed with a softer compound etc specifically for winter) does anyone have experience of running Winter Tyres on the 18" rims which they have found to be "wow these are awesome" especially in the wet, close to freezing slippery, thin layers of snow on metalled roads. I'm in Aberdeen and got up to ice on the windscreen for the first time this year yesterday !! F2 3.2 i6 for the white stuff
F Type 3.0 V6 AWD for the fun stuff

I'm not sure why people are so dismissive of KwikFit.

The price of Pirelli Scorpion Verde 235/65R17 is now £116.50 (it was £120 a couple of days ago).

Maybe they read this forum!

Compare that with £126.60 from etyres.co.uk. The price at tyreleaders.co.uk is £97.30 delivered, but then you have to pay for fitting "from £14". I've been caught out by "from" prices before!

So KwikFit it is.

F5JJT wrote:

Whilst the subject is slipping (no pun intended) towards the subject of Winter Tyres (i.e. designed with a softer compound etc specifically for winter) does anyone have experience of running Winter Tyres on the 18" rims which they have found to be "wow these are awesome" especially in the wet, close to freezing slippery, thin layers of snow on metalled roads. I'm in Aberdeen and got up to ice on the windscreen for the first time this year yesterday !!

Cooper Weathermaster WSC

Ran them on my Disco 3 for 2 winters, then the wifes Sport for a bit, and they still have 5mm tread left

Just put 2 onto our Freelander too, ready for this winter

Thanks Mikey - good to get some personal usage feedback rather than the tosh your read on these tire review sites F2 3.2 i6 for the white stuff
F Type 3.0 V6 AWD for the fun stuff