Last weeks tyre hell

[pergau]

The missus and I went to Dingle last week for a few days but it turned out to cost me quite a bit.

We had calles into a friend in Enfield and were going cross-country to get to the N7. The roads are terrinle and it was only when we got to a good road and I got the car up to 100Kph that I realised that something was wrong. I pulled in and realised that I had had a puncture and that I'd driven too far on it and ruined the sidewall.

Did I mention that I replaced my tyres about 3 weeks ago with Goodyear Eagles

I put on the space saver and crawled into Naas and tried to find a tyre place that had something to fit my car. I got to the Advance Pitstop at ten to five and they had a "budget" brand tyre which cost me €100. It was either get that and continue to Dingle or turn around and crawl back to Dublin, find a Goodyear the next morning and then drive to Dingle. So I fitted the cheapie and went on - having given Advance €100.

Now I have a car with 3 good tyres and one crap one. I suppose that I should replace it with another Goodyear but that gets expensive and I don't like having mixed tyres on the car so what should I do?

[pergau]

Note to self: Proof-read things before you post them.

[kevinod]

Sounds nasty... what brand is the budget tyre? You could probably leave it a while, I doubt it would make too much difference to handling unless you're pushing the car on a good bit but having said that I haven't tried driving with 3 tyres of one type and one of another, been lucky so far! (knock on wood)

[pergau]

I think it is a "campino" although that sounds more like one of those Kinder lollipops that the continentals keep thinking we'd like.

I haven't noticed any handling problems but it is annoying when you see the two back wheels and the tyre patterns don't match.

[Myfeckin FTO]

I think it is a "campino" although that sounds more like one of those Kinder lollipops that the continentals keep thinking we'd like.

I haven't noticed any handling problems but it is annoying when you see the two back wheels and the tyre patterns don't match.

Champiro??

Cheap and nasty rubber. Very mediocre on small hatchbacks - not suitable for sports cars. Bin them.

[Muad_dib77]

I can vouch for that I've had two of those bad-boys on my P&J when I bought her... Really not a good tire in the wet..

Relatively cheap to buy though...