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Offline Ron Jeremy

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Buying tyres in france
« on: August 07, 2004, 03:56:41 pm »
going to france for holiday and tyres require replacing

internet site in gb suggests a cost of £225 each for replacing the tyres all in

internet site in france suggests a cost of £97 each for the same brand/size (fitting/balance/valve ??)

have sourced Speedy and Euromaster as outlets are there any other tyre outlets particularly in the quimper/brest area ?

I appreciate that retail they won't be £97 but they do appear considerably cheaper than here.

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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2004, 05:47:33 pm »
I did same, once, on a visit to parents (who lived in Switzerland at the time). I stopped en route and had all four tyres on my Camaro replaced and saved about 400 quid.
I recently sent 4 Goodyear Eagle F1 EMT's over to England for a friend, who runs a (dare I say it) C5 - and even including shipping (UPS) and duty, saved 150 pounds per corner.
I've also just re-booted my car with Eagle F1 GS D3's - which are absolutely fantastic tyres, at a cost of $950 (about 425 quid). I believe they cost 375 pounds each in England!
Send me your orders!!!  
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2004, 06:25:08 pm »
Noted with great interest Matthew
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2004, 06:40:57 pm »

Matt,

if the offers there,

Dunlop 3000 A 225/45/17 94V

the A bits is important as its a different tyre to the 3000, so i was told, but as i'm not  tyre expert wouldn't know if i was being fleeced

thanks

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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2004, 07:17:08 pm »
Quote from: Ron Jeremy on August 09, 2004, 06:40:57 pm

Matt,

if the offers there,

Dunlop 3000 A 225/45/17 94V

the A bits is important as its a different tyre to the 3000, so i was told, but as i'm not  tyre expert wouldn't know if i was being fleeced

thanks

ron

OK - what car are they going on? Would you accept an alternative to Dunlop (which isn't a particularly popular brand here in US)?
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2004, 07:34:55 pm »
Here's what I (well, not me personally - www.tirerack.com) can do on Dunlops in your shoe size.

SP Sport 9000 225/45/17 ZR ........$169.00
SP Sport 9090                   YR ........$148.00
SP Sport 2000E                 WR........$135.00
               8080E                 ZR.........$133.00
               FM901                 WR........$100.00

UPS surface shipping is around $80.00 for 4 tyres (3 weeks) UPS Air service is $140.00 (4 days)
Hope this helps.    
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2004, 07:36:49 pm »
Quote from: powermite on August 09, 2004, 06:25:08 pm
Noted with great interest Matthew
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I suspect a bundle can be saved on your T/A tyres Hi-PoMite......
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2004, 10:14:14 pm »
245/45x18" front and 275/40x18"rears

Michelin or Bridgestone S03s or any other mega quality would be nice
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2004, 11:07:32 am »
Quote from: powermite on August 09, 2004, 10:14:14 pm
245/45x18" front and 275/40x18"rears

Michelin or Bridgestone S03s or any other mega quality would be nice
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what's the price in UK for such tyres...
... I gonna check and compare with French price...
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2004, 04:38:54 pm »
Hi all !

How could tyres be more expensive in England than in France ???  :o  ;D

I know a very good website selling tyres online :

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

This is the UK part of a European website selling tyres at very low price... I've already ordered Bridgestone SO2 and SO3 for my 911, the price for 4 tyres is almost 250 euros less than in any tyre shop in France...

Hope you'll find what you need !  :)

Truffette : o)
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2004, 06:55:29 pm »
Quote from: powermite on August 09, 2004, 10:14:14 pm
245/45x18" front and 275/40x18"rears

Michelin or Bridgestone S03s or any other mega quality would be nice
PM

Hey PM - 245/45/18 Pilots are $246.00 at Tirerack. So3's are $224.00
Dunno why, but Tirerack don't carry anything in 275/45/18 - sorry..
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2004, 07:05:45 pm »
Quote from: Matt Harper on August 10, 2004, 06:55:29 pm
Quote from: powermite on August 09, 2004, 10:14:14 pm
245/45x18" front and 275/40x18"rears

Michelin or Bridgestone S03s or any other mega quality would be nice
PM

Hey PM - 245/45/18 Pilots are $246.00 at Tirerack. So3's are $224.00
Dunno why, but Tirerack don't carry anything in 275/45/18 - sorry..

Whoops 275/40/18 - not 45 - sorry.
So3 is $275
Pilot is $318
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Re:Buying tyres in france
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2004, 07:23:34 pm »
Quote from: Truffette on August 10, 2004, 04:38:54 pm
I know a very good website selling tyres online :

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

Yes, I've used MyTyres for Pirellis for the cob.  Very efficient and an extremely competetive price.

The tyres were with me within a week.

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