Budget tyres (again no doubt!)

[rovexCDTi]

What even more telling about that is that energy saving tyres are less grippy than the performance versions, which only reinforces how bad budgets are. In my experience virtually illegal Bridgestones were better in the wet than new budgets, which makes a mockery of the law on tread depth.

With regard to the Gerutti tyres ive not heard of them before and there are very few reviews out there. They are a Singaporean company, but little info is available about what end of the market they are aiming for.

[Mark2000cc]

My advice is to go with what you can afford mate.

[rossocorsa]

Originally Posted by Mark2000cc

My advice is to go with what you can afford mate.

Well yes but some of these chinese tyres are truly terrible I wouldn't risk my life over a few pounds extra to buy a mid range tyre instead. Many after market car components from china are equally as bad too no proper QC at all and bad materials

[Weso]

My take on budgets and the varied user feedback is that most motorists rarely exceed 50% of tyre grip capability in the dry, perhaps a tad higher % in the wet.
Given the above owner buys his budget set of Chinese brand tyres and writes somewhere they are great, any tyre will cope with this general style of driving. The only time they will use 100% of the tyre capability is in a emergency braking situation, in the dry they will get away with it, in the wet decidely touch and go.

Obviously more performance orientated drivers will push these percentages higher and some will push the boundaries.

I actually like driving in the wet, can invariably make up time on other cars. (Which is why i want to ditch my tyres soonest...)
I am sure i am not the only driver on here who cannot resist on a wet roundabout at modest speed seeing where understeer starts to set in etc.

Regards

Mark

[Singvogel]

Originally Posted by Weso

My take on budgets and the varied user feedback is that most motorists rarely exceed 50% of tyre grip capability in the dry, perhaps a tad higher % in the wet.
Given the above owner buys his budget set of Chinese brand tyres and writes somewhere they are great, any tyre will cope with this general style of driving. The only time they will use 100% of the tyre capability is in a emergency braking situation, in the dry they will get away with it, in the wet decidely touch and go.

Obviously more performance orientated drivers will push these percentages higher and some will push the boundaries.

I actually like driving in the wet, can invariably make up time on other cars. (Which is why i want to ditch my tyres soonest...)
I am sure i am not the only driver on here who cannot resist on a wet roundabout at modest speed seeing where understeer starts to set in etc.

Regards

Mark

I agree with this post 100%

Drivers with budget tyres who think they are as good as premium brands are fooling themselves - as they are almost certain never to have (yet) had an emergency in the wet.

I don't like this use of the term 'idiot drivers'.

Just wait until some kiddy runs into the road or a deer runs across at night. I know all about driving within the limits of the conditions but there are always situations where one may need to take avoiding action.

Who is the idiot then?

I run Continental ContiSport2s by the way, and if you've never tried a 'real' sports tyre you have no conception of what cutting-edge tyre-grip is like these days.

All these budget tyres are hard compounds and old technology.

Don't people wonder as to why they last forever?

You get what you pay for in this world and for me it's safety that matters.

Singvogel.