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GATOOTILL

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I only cover around 1,500 of summer use in my 1988 3.2 911, the side walls of my tyres are cracking and I’m reluctant to replace them a with Michelin product, I’m informed budget tyres are a reasonable alternative and much less expensive, any thoughts ???
 
This goes against your thinking but for me a quality car deserves good tyres which are properly rated. I would always opt for a good brand and for me Michelin always get my vote and last for years no matter the mileage
 
Bridgestone S-02 are the 'correct' tyre for the 3.2 with Fuch wheels. They're not that expensive. If you're only going to do very low miles and drive the car sensibly (ie not on the limit) and in the dry budget tyre makes a degree of sense. I'm not a tyre snob and will base my choice on how I'm going to use the car and what value for money I can get. In the 80s/90s I used to put remoulds on my daily :ROFLMAO:

In terms of longevity Michelin for example state that their tyres should last 10yrs (subject to annual inspection by a professional annually after 5yrs - ie an MOT) before they need to be changed due to age. Porsche say 6yrs so clearly don;t know what they're talking about.
 
I've run my daily 996 on Falkens for 10 years of my ownership now and covered 71,000 miles in that period, mainly spirited driving in all weather conditions. Can't fault them at all.

This is my local place I use, whack in the size and see the prices (all inclusive of fitting, balancing, old tyre disposale, valves, etc.):

Ribble Valley Tyre & Autos Limited | Longridge Tyres

Ribble Valley Tyre & Autos Limited supply and fit tyres for Longridge and the surrounding areas. Same day fitting. Tyres near me. Longridge Tyres
www.longridgetyres.co.uk
 
On a side note - With modern day tyres, I think they'll ALL exceed the handling capabilities of a 37 year old sports car and tyres that came with it.
 
I would second Alex’s view, the only slightly obscure tyre I inherited on a car were Falken 452 tyres and at the time I think were on par with the Conti sport I replaced them.
 
For me a premium car requires a premium tyre and as much as it's a cliche you can't undersell the importance of those four contact patches of rubber.
 
If you just cruise around, nowhere near the limit then you're never going to notice you're on budget tyres, if you like the odd 10 min blast now and then you most definitely will!
 
Another point worth considering is modern tyres seem at lot more prone to cracking, I was talking to my MOT man recently and he said he now fails more tyres due to cracking than being worn out, he also said the premium brands are no better or even worse than budget. The last vehicle I bought had 5 year old Michelin cross climates which were heavily cracked.
My drive gets the sun on one side for most of the day so I alternate which way I park my daily so I'm not just aging one side!

My Porsche spends most of it's time in the garage and I only do 2k a year so it takes a while to wear them out and I've never had the tyres (PS2s) crack on that!
 
I've got no issue with Nankangs, I've got a set of AR-1s on the track car and there's no way they'll last 50k. But putting Linglong Ditchfinders on your 911 seems a bit mad to me even if they last forever. But since it's not my car, I'll say no more.
 
The biggest differences between budget and premium tyres don't become apparent until you need them, unfortunately then it's probably too late.
 
I'm not trying to be a keyboard warrior but I am a bit of a tyre nerd. For example, I just threw away a set of two year old Nexen N'fera OE fitment tyres (on a BMW) with max 40k km on them, as (i) there was some unusual wear and (ii) they were ranked 'good' 'for noise and comfort and price and at best average for anything useful such as wet braking, aqua planing or dry grip. They were replaced by Goodyear F1 Eagle Assymmetric 6 (UUHP) tyres and I also had the alignment checked to mitigate the wear issue.

Edit, sorry I did say some more.
 
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GATOOTILL said:
I only cover around 1,500 of summer use in my 1988 3.2 911, the side walls of my tyres are cracking and I’m reluctant to replace them a with Michelin product, I’m informed budget tyres are a reasonable alternative and much less expensive, any thoughts ???
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it's not a case of fitting a budget tyre, as that would be irresponsible
there are lot of recognised brands that make quality reliable tyres that are good enough for daily use
Hankook, Uniroyal, Toyo, etc
and there are options from the premium brands that are not UHP tyres
 
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