Checked out the difference between the mass market (kwik fit) and a local tyre company.
Goodyear Wrangler 255/60/18 112v XL for £179 at kwik-fit!!! Plus an additional £8 per (old) tyre for disposal Little change out of £750 for four bits of rubber there.
£125.00 each fitted all-in at my local independent dealer
Also got a price for AT2s at the same rate.........The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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27th May 2008 10:34 pm
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Are there no less mainstream manufacturers than Goodyear etc. who may charge less?
We were quoted £106.00 for AT2s for the F1 by the local tyre company today but instead have gone for Colway ATs which are £37.00 a corner and very highly rated on the Freelander forum for what they are 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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Sorry CY, Colways are remoulds and I wouldn't run my D3 on such poor rubber.
Would you wear a previously used condom.......?
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They're fine for the Freelander though admittedly perhaps not up to D3 standards 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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JMC wrote:
Would you wear a previously used condom.......?
Sounds like he would consider it 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
Put another way, why spend £40k on a motor and then £40 on a tyre. It's the only thing you have in contact with the tarmac as you go round that new bend on the A80 towards Kirkliston at illegal speeds....... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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The £40k car has proper boots (new set of Wrangler HPs) whilst the £5k runabout which doddles around in town and the odd Scottish green road or driving day needs something appropriately cheap but more durable (excuse the continued condom connotations) than the standard wheels. They also give a 30mm lift (and again) which the Freelander really needs.2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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30mm lift on used rubber. I think she may be expecting a bit more than that........
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£106 for AT2's is below cost at the mo due to oil prices so its very good indeed go grab them while you can
28th May 2008 7:49 am
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I don't think £106.00 is the price for a 255/60x18 General AT2, must be for another size, our price is £128.07 inc VAT fitted and we have stock. Mail order is cheeper though. We do have four Goodyear Wrangler HP's @ £117.50 inc VAT fitted each.
I don't think £106.00 is the price for a 255/60x18 General AT2, must be for another size
I think CY mentioned that this was for the F1 (Freelander)
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We do have four Goodyear Wrangler HP's @ £117.50 inc VAT fitted each.
Whilst this beats my local chap by £7.50 per tyre, I think the 1200 mile round trip from Aberdeen to Surrey and back might make a severe dent in that saving....... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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Re: Price for Wranglers?
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£125.00 each fitted all-in at my local independent dealer
I wish ! There's hardly any competition on tyres here......lucky to get 10 Quid difference .
Once the tyres were fitted I went to pay the bill......
£125+vat each
Chap says he is positive he told me the price on the phone was vat-exclusive....... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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You only got new tyres at the last lakes outing. Are you doing donuts in the Tesco carpark?!?
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Little change out of £750 for four bits of rubber there. 
It's the only thing you have in contact with the tarmac as you go round that new bend on the A80 towards Kirkliston at illegal speeds....... 
Mail order is cheeper though. We do have four Goodyear Wrangler HP's @ £117.50 inc VAT fitted each.
