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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 20 August 2015, 20:07:46

Title: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 20 August 2015, 20:07:46
....not that any of you wealthy bastards care. :'(

Four new tyres to be fitted by a mobile Kwik Fit fitter on my drive. Don't worry  I shall check they put them on the right way round. ;)


So 4 x Goodyear F1 Eagle Asy 2......... 225/45/17Y. Cost £75 each.
Assuming £15 a corner to fit, the tyres work out at £60 each. Reasonable.


Some may find them cheaper but it was the best price I could get.
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Terbs on 20 August 2015, 20:18:33
Seems a good price there, matey.
Even Tyre Shopper are £82 fitted, and they are usually very comepetitive :y
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Varche on 20 August 2015, 20:20:44
Gosh you could have bought half an Omega delivered for that price. :o
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 20 August 2015, 20:33:53
Gosh you could have bought half an Omega delivered for that price. :o

Indeed I could, Mr Varche.

I have to say I'm a little disappointed with the longevity of the front tyres on the Signum. :(
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: STEMO on 20 August 2015, 20:37:02
£300? The tears must be streaming down your cheeks  ;D
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 20 August 2015, 20:55:13
£300? The tears must be streaming down your cheeks  ;D

£300 to me is like 30p to you.

You are the Howard Hughes of Barnsley. :)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Webby the Bear on 20 August 2015, 21:00:19
I thought you were gonna say ''brought an omega''  :o

I need 2 new tyres.

£30 ditch finders through work. fitted by me.... unless I can persuade the apprentice to do it.... but then ill be worried he'll scratch them...nah, ill do it  ::)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: tunnie on 20 August 2015, 21:05:28
Good price that  :y

I'm going for Kumo KU31's again if I can source them  :D
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: TheBoy on 20 August 2015, 22:04:06
Good price that  :y

I'm going for Kumo KU31's again if I can source them  :D
(Relatively) Decent levels of grip let down by poor no feedback, so you're never quite sure when they are about to kill you.

Sadly, starting to get pricey for what is, after all, a budget tyre.
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: STEMO on 20 August 2015, 22:05:35
£300? The tears must be streaming down your cheeks  ;D

£300 to me is like 30p to you.

You are the Howard Hughes of Barnsley. :)
Read what you just wrote. £300 means nothing to you. You've finally admitted it.   ;D
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: aaronjb on 20 August 2015, 22:08:20
I was looking at houses up your way earlier, Opti (well, Boston way) .. they're so cheap you must have pots of spare cash rolling around, £300 will be nothing to a fella like you ;)

'course the Internet was 3Mb ADSL so there went my dreams of moving to the countryside  :'(
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: EMD on 20 August 2015, 22:36:23
....not that any of you wealthy bastards care. :'(

Four new tyres to be fitted by a mobile Kwik Fit fitter on my drive. Don't worry  I shall check they put them on the right way round. ;)


So 4 x Goodyear F1 Eagle Asy 2......... 225/45/17Y. Cost £75 each.
Assuming £15 a corner to fit, the tyres work out at £60 each. Reasonable.


Some may find them cheaper but it was the best price I could get.

Make sure he/she puts all the wheel nuts back on  ::)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Rods2 on 20 August 2015, 22:38:25
When I saw the headline I thought that's a cheap laptop where Lady Opti has seen your hacked details online from a well known risque US website, just to read it was about mundane Sicknum tyres. :P :P :P

Did they or you supply the scaffold pole for tightening the wheels nuts to the correct torque settings? ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: EMD on 20 August 2015, 22:42:53
When I saw the headline I thought that's a cheap laptop where Lady Opti has seen your hacked details online from a well known risque US website, just to read it was about mundane Sicknum tyres. :P :P :P

Did they or you supply the scaffold pole for tightening the wheels nuts to the correct torque settings? ::) ::) ::)

 ;D

Jusr torqued up from existing settings from the 5 ton flat bed  ;D
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 21 August 2015, 11:52:20
£300? The tears must be streaming down your cheeks  ;D

£300 to me is like 30p to you.

You are the Howard Hughes of Barnsley. :)
Read what you just wrote. £300 means nothing to you. You've finally admitted it.   ;D

Looks like I got it arse about tit. Still, you know what I mean, Mr Hughes. ;)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: tunnie on 21 August 2015, 12:04:52
Just looking around on their website, that is a good price for the 17's, the 16's do appear a tad more expensive. Perhaps I should put the spare 17's I have on the 2.2  :-\

KU31's can be had for around £60/70, so not the budget price anymore.

Got 4 almost brand spankers KU39's to go on the 3.2 in the coming months, to replace those appalling Nexen N6000's.

The 2.2's KU31's have got some life in them yet, also got the Dunlop Winter Sport 3Ds in the garage, think they will go on over the winter, pro-long the KU31's until next summer hopefully  8)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: biggriffin on 21 August 2015, 12:54:27
I thought you were gonna say ''brought an omega''  :o

I need 2 new tyres.

£30 ditch finders through work. fitted by me.... unless I can persuade the apprentice to do it.... but then ill be worried he'll scratch them...nah, ill do it  ::)

Thought you were the apprentice. :)
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: TheBoy on 21 August 2015, 13:46:37
Just looking around on their website, that is a good price for the 17's, the 16's do appear a tad more expensive. Perhaps I should put the spare 17's I have on the 2.2  :-\

KU31's can be had for around £60/70, so not the budget price anymore.

Got 4 almost brand spankers KU39's to go on the 3.2 in the coming months, to replace those appalling Nexen N6000's.

The 2.2's KU31's have got some life in them yet, also got the Dunlop Winter Sport 3Ds in the garage, think they will go on over the winter, pro-long the KU31's until next summer hopefully  8)
A very budget tyre at a midrange price. Not a patch on the KU31s IMHO
Title: Re: Now £300 the poorer,
Post by: tunnie on 21 August 2015, 14:00:23
Just looking around on their website, that is a good price for the 17's, the 16's do appear a tad more expensive. Perhaps I should put the spare 17's I have on the 2.2  :-\

KU31's can be had for around £60/70, so not the budget price anymore.

Got 4 almost brand spankers KU39's to go on the 3.2 in the coming months, to replace those appalling Nexen N6000's.

The 2.2's KU31's have got some life in them yet, also got the Dunlop Winter Sport 3Ds in the garage, think they will go on over the winter, pro-long the KU31's until next summer hopefully  8)
A very budget tyre at a midrange price. Not a patch on the KU31s IMHO

During their time on the Elite Estate, we liked them. Shall see how I get on  :)