car tyres - remoulds

[lee8040]

would you use remoulds on your car?

driving is mainly slow town use with the odd motorway run, speeds would be 70 - 80mph not mega fast on a few occasions are they dangerous for that use ?

[Zimbo]

They're OK for use but are often false economy really in my view, if you plan to keep the car for any length of time you're probably better off fitting budget new tyres, can't be much in it in terms of price?

[Keir]

theres no need. i tried it once, never again. the remoulds wore very quickly so you would probably use 2 sets in the time that a "fresh" tyre would wear.

Tyres keep you on the road, buy the best you can afford.
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[Nb]

Just get a set of marshalls. Remoulds arent very cost effective like has been said.
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[Phil_G]

for the few quid difference it is to go to a new tyre of a cheap brand it really isnt worth it.


Get new tyres. Everyone I know who has driven on remoulds has said a big fat "never again" afterwards.
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[beatnck]

agreed, they dont last very long, much better off getting some budget tyres like marshalls/nankang/bf goodrich etc etc

[Kickstart]

Hi

Would use them and have used them in the past, but given the prices these days new tyres are barely any more money (although don't expect budget car tyres to have any grip either).

All the best

Keith
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[Davo]

My friend usually grabs a set of tyres that have come of a company car recently, as his friend works in a garage that does the servicing on police cars/fleet cars etc..

Usually they've only done a couple of thousand miles with a reasonable amount of tread left (usually 4ish mm).

[0ddball]

Most are total crap but a few are awesome. I used Maxsport RB5 road legal slicks all the time on my fun cars.

But for your use just get a set of Toyo proxes T1-s. They are very good road tyres for the average driver and you can get a set of 4 for around £160 (14-16").

[Black Knight]

Get the best you can afford.

Goodyear Hydragrips are the way to go
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[Keir]

ive found the toyos to be very good but didnt last long at all.
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[TheShaggyDA]

When I ran my own cars, I was quite happy with remoulds (Minis, Astra, VW Van) but once I started getting company cars it was OEM tyres all the way. Now I'm self employed, I stick to tyres for their longevity, so remoulds are off the list.
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[binge]

remoulds, I didnt think they still existed?
I work in a garage, and we get people comming in asking for remoulds all the time. Geez, Dig deep mate and you will bag yourself a 1/2 decent set of tyres. Dont be so bloody Tight!

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[Finglonga]

depends on the car but as a rule I would never touch them as I wouldn't know the history of the carcass. Has it been subject to high temperature from burnouts at the hands of some chav, has it been kerbed. There could be so much wrong with it I wouldn't want to risk it.
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[Dom_]

Grip schmip. I used the cheapest budget tyres i could find on my civic, it doesnt really matter unless you've bought some super duper handling car that you rag everywhere. My car gets ragged everywhere, tyres have bubbles at the edges (well, in the dry they did) and half the tyre wall has been used when the tyre folds over.

All a grippy tyre does is give you that tiny tiny tiny bit more braking distance and prehaps a slightly higher corner entry speed. Something not really that important on a road car tbh, unless you regularly race on the road.

Some may disagree, but i aint paying £70 a corner or whatever it is for super sticky tyres when i can get ones for £25.

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[michael j]

Just picked up a couple of part worns for my wifes V40. Loads of tread and only 20 quid each, fitted.
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[owdamer]

Years ago I guy I worked with had this old granada coupe,
https://www.americancarsuk.com/Previous_Cars/Ford_GranadaGhiaCoupe_RWO450R/granada02.jpg

a right oddball thing it was, i'd never seen one before, and never seen one since. Anyway, one day he comes into work raving about these french tyres he'd bought. They were really cheap he says. We presumed he had bought some michelins, but when he told us the price we knew they couldn't be. What are they we asked?
"RE Mold" he replies, with a bit of a french accent. "The guy at the garage told me they were rebranded michelins".

[Dom_]