From January to December last year, I covered 43k, a combination of 35k miles in my work van and 8k miles in my private car. My van is fitted with Michelin's and my private car with its winter alloys on, is wearing Continental TS830's.
Now covering that sort of mileage, which to be fair is almost all motorway/dual carriageway miles, I want decent branded tyres on my vehicles. However, if I were only covering 3 to 4k miles a year I can absolutely tell you now, I wouldn't be putting premium brand tyres on my vehicles.
Yes, one can keep going on about safety, braking distances in both wet and dry etc ya de dah, but if you're just pootling around town or doing the morning/evening commute to work and it's only a few miles, I personally can see no point in spending loads of money. That being said, I wouldn't be putting part worn tyres on, and yes I realise some people out there only ever use those these days and sadly those are the people who don't know how to check the tyre manufacturing date on the sidewall of a tyre or who really don't care whether the vehicle they were originally fitted to, has been in a horrendous accident.
Personally, I'd pick a brand new budget tyre and have done with it. They'll be plenty of folk that will prattle on about tyre reviews, worry whether the tyres are so called 'dtich finders' etc. If you're not driving like a prat or over loading your vehicle, braking too heavily etc, then a £30 quid tyre will probably be ok. It's your choice though!
Now covering that sort of mileage, which to be fair is almost all motorway/dual carriageway miles, I want decent branded tyres on my vehicles. However, if I were only covering 3 to 4k miles a year I can absolutely tell you now, I wouldn't be putting premium brand tyres on my vehicles.
Yes, one can keep going on about safety, braking distances in both wet and dry etc ya de dah, but if you're just pootling around town or doing the morning/evening commute to work and it's only a few miles, I personally can see no point in spending loads of money. That being said, I wouldn't be putting part worn tyres on, and yes I realise some people out there only ever use those these days and sadly those are the people who don't know how to check the tyre manufacturing date on the sidewall of a tyre or who really don't care whether the vehicle they were originally fitted to, has been in a horrendous accident.
Personally, I'd pick a brand new budget tyre and have done with it. They'll be plenty of folk that will prattle on about tyre reviews, worry whether the tyres are so called 'dtich finders' etc. If you're not driving like a prat or over loading your vehicle, braking too heavily etc, then a £30 quid tyre will probably be ok. It's your choice though!
