Why have gas guzzler if you can`t afford the upkeep,irrespective of how long he has owned or what year it is,his circumstances have changed so he needs to change his priorities
Why spend a fortune on a car to pass the MOT and still need to spend more on tyres part worn or otherwise,on 4000 miles a year for me the car would have gone.
elsa Lad:
Harry Monk:
I put £50 cheapie tyres on my cars, never had a problem with them wearing excessively, going flat or losing traction. I don’t tend to drive like a loon though. I think with premium brand tyres you are paying quite a bit towards some Formula 1 driver’s luxury apartment and yacht in Monaco.Think you got a point there Harry
Absolutely. If you drive sensibly, you don’t need expensive tyres. Go to ATS Euromasters (other tyre fitters are available), and get a pair of budgets. I’ve run budgets on both cars and vans for the last 20 years, and have not had problems. I would stay away from back street part worn, because you have no idea where they came from, or how…
But budgets, every time.
Unless he likes to drive it like he stole it.
the nodding donkey:
Unless he likes to drive it like he stole it.
As the video shows in not about racing around but helping to prevent a rear shunt on a wet day. Even if you reply with “I never drive right up people’s ■■■ on a wet day” the person behind you might be whilst using budget tyres. 
Had a full set of Michelin Supersports on my 2.2 Titanium X Sport (that was bloody expensive!) and only got 12k outta the fronts but held the road well in the wet…put some cheap ■■■■ ones on when the time came and it’s like night & day…always feels like I’m heading for the fields on anything but a dry surface, won’t grip when accelerating hard from a standstill, even in 2nd/3rd and when on anything over a 10 mile m/way journey it feels like they lose their shape and turn to jelly… heading round to Gatwick last year and somewhere after the A3 it started going all over the shop, like it had blown a couple…pulled over to check them but nothing. I’d rather pay a higher price for tyres than um…pay a high price!
elsa Lad:
I know this isn’t about trucks but my step son wants to put budget tyres on his BMW 330. He just brought a house and now broke and ive just emptied my bank account helping him so I carnt (wont) give him anymore. My question is are they any good or a load of crap and only last 5 minutes, he only does about 4000 miles a year
Perhaps he should sell the car and buy something he can afford to run. Putting them on a BMW 330 he hasn’t any need to worry about how long they last because he’s likely to end up having crashed long before they get to minimum tread depth.
National Tyres were running a promo several years ago so I took advantage of it and shod my Ford Capri with a full set of new boots for £130.
Drove to work, nice hot sunny day. Driving back, comes to a roundabout, exits the roundabout and goes to accelerate on this nice hot sunny day with all the gusto a 25 year old Capri with 80BHP can muster and found the back end sliding out. Those tyres stayed on my car another 2hrs, the time to go home, get changed, go to the nearest tyre fitters and get a better set put on.
the nodding donkey:
Absolutely. If you drive sensibly, you don’t need expensive tyres.
All well and good but unfortunately not everyone else around you drives sensibly and you’ll find out the downside of those cheap tyres when you come across someone who doesn’t and you hit the brake pedal or turn the steering wheel to react to their stupidity.
Wet is where they fall down the worst.
Try the Avon tyres,mid price range and I now use them on both mine and the wifes car.
I used to run the michelin pilot sports at £110 each,tyre fitter told me about the avons,same rating but £74 each,getting 5k a year more out of fronts thats a 2.2 mondeo.
Tyres are one area I won’t skimp on. They’re what keep you on the road. Have a Google and see what’s about, you might be surprised.
I run Falken ZE914 on my winter wheels. About £60ish a corner. Fitted to a daily driven Fiesta with 300 hp they’ve been more than adequate through the winter.
Summer wheels going back on at the weekend with some 595RSR for serious grip 
I drive an SLK 350.
Mot last year had advisory for tyres.
Was on budget rears when i bought it, never had an issue at all. I don’t hang about either.
Thought I’d buy Michelins as i wanted to maintain it properly.
£250 for rears and £200 for fronts.
Traction control cuts in regularly now when it didn’t on budgets.
Bloody triangle thing flashes like Blackpool lights now under hard acceleration. Power cutting all the time. Ridiculous. Budgets had way more grip.
The car now overpowers the rear tyres unless its a hot sunny day and the tyres are hot.
For the record, they were Nankang NS2’s on the car when i bought it.
Previous owner may not have been skimping as i thought…
I personally have never fitted part worms to my cars, not becaseu i wont but Im lucky enough to be able to afford new, but not posh new, but always smile when people say they wouldnt use them, BUT what do you get with every second hand car that you buy?
Ive run cheapo tyres on the back of a v8 merc and they are fine most of the time, but when its wet and the engine comes on cam going around a corner it can be entertaining!
Remember when we all bought remoulds…cheap as chips…but as we get older…we get wiser. nothing but michelins for me now…they cost more, but you feel more safer. Ive got a 3.2 litre merc, nothing but the best for me, even the servicing get done at mercs. There will be times when he wants foot to the floor, not good in wet weather in my opinion…if he drives steady, fair enough…get what you can afford…and well done dad for the financial aid too, been there , done it…and boy does it hurt…but thats what we`re for…right… 
I wouldnt bother with part worns, just a waste of time and money really. When i used to work in a garage people just wanted what ever to suit there needs, the primewell budgets was used on many variant of cars, budgets last longer because they are made of a harder compound, which is what gives you less grip alround, and a louder road Noise compared to the mid range or premium. I never fitted premium to any of my cars, they would just wear fast especially the way the uk’s roads obliterate them. I always fitted kumho’s or uniroyals and thats on 2 bmws and 2 mercs, kumho’s are better imo. I think there was only £10/£15 difference from budget to mid range anyway.
Never had a problem with Chinese tyres other than wear, they don’t last like say a continental.
A good way of saving money is to put the quality tyre on the driven axle and the lucky coins on the other.
I also love the names, sunny harmonic and my latest find eco visions
xichrisxi:
Wheel Nut:
Why are they part worn? Because it’s the salvage parts of the other car that hit a tree, kerb, bridge etc.I wouldn’t ever use second hand or cheap tyres,
Not every part worn have come from a smashed car…
I agree, a lot come from Germany where the legal limit is 4mm, and of course they are all taken off the cars with utmost care and stored, no chance of them ever hitting a kerb or having a major repair is there? [emoji14]
xichrisxi:
Wheel Nut:
Why are they part worn? Because it’s the salvage parts of the other car that hit a tree, kerb, bridge etc.I wouldn’t ever use second hand or cheap tyres,
Not every part worn have come from a smashed car…
But you have no way of knowing what it came from, or (more importantly) what level of abuse and/or damage has been inflicted on it by its previous owner. I wouldn’t touch part-worn tyres (or brake parts for that matter) with a bargepole. One of the first things I do when buying a used car is to get some new rubber fitted. It’s simply not worth the gamble.
Trickydick:
I personally have never fitted part worms to my cars, not becaseu i wont but Im lucky enough to be able to afford new, but not posh new, but always smile when people say they wouldnt use them, BUT what do you get with every second hand car that you buy?!
Normally you get tyres that have been on that car from new and not chavelled off with a chisel.
It’s worth remembering that Hankook was regarded as a cheap 'n nasty Korean Mickey Mouse tyre when it first appeared on the market but is now standard fitment to (some) Toyota and BMW cars, and is widely used on commercials.
Wheel Nut:
xichrisxi:
Wheel Nut:
Why are they part worn? Because it’s the salvage parts of the other car that hit a tree, kerb, bridge etc.I wouldn’t ever use second hand or cheap tyres,
Not every part worn have come from a smashed car…
I agree, a lot come from Germany where the legal limit is 4mm, and of course they are all taken off the cars with utmost care and stored, no chance of them ever hitting a kerb or having a major repair is there? [emoji14]
The legal limit in Germany is the same as the rest of Euroland - 1.6mm
Wheel Nut:
xichrisxi:
Wheel Nut:
Why are they part worn? Because it’s the salvage parts of the other car that hit a tree, kerb, bridge etc.I wouldn’t ever use second hand or cheap tyres,
Not every part worn have come from a smashed car…
I agree, a lot come from Germany where the legal limit is 4mm, and of course they are all taken off the cars with utmost care and stored, no chance of them ever hitting a kerb or having a major repair is there? [emoji14]
Fair enough,used to always get premium make part worns after I once had 2 brand new ditch finders put on my old vectra and every slight touch on the stop pedal when on a roundabout/corner seemed to induce a slide!
That was a few years ago,now I am able to put new premium tyres on cuz i’m well rich 