LOOK! I just bought myself for Christmas: Winter Wheels & Tyres.

[am1w]

mytyres have just reduced the price of the Pilot Alpin PA3s from £318 to £239.30 per tyre.
I paid pneus £246.90 per tyre.
I've asked them to price match.

[Snoopy]

The vredestein are quieter than the BRIDGESTONES
Winter tyres in general are often more noisy. 

Which means you consider your summers to be noisier than your winters?

Merry Christmas Geoff.
Hope you have a wonderful time and thanks for all your help and support.

Asker

Yes, its why i know what make my summers will be when i ware the bridgestones out or go mad and buy some 18s.

Merry Christmas Asker.

[Snoopy]

I now have a set of VW golf 16" alloys for winter use that i will be fitting with tyres for next year.

Winter tyres prices have gone crazy  So how much were these tyres you have got Asker before prices went crazy?

[am1w]

I now have a set of VW golf 16" alloys for winter use that i will be fitting with tyres for next year.
Winter tyres prices have gone crazy  So how much were these tyres you have got Asker before prices went crazy?

I paid £246.90 per corner from pneus for the Michelin Pilot Alpin PA3s. These are the cheapest they have been since they were available 2 weeks ago. They had not been produced by Michelin until then in 225/40 R18 92W XL. Prices have been all over the place, especially from mytyres. At one time they wanted £3818, then the next day the price from them dropped to £239.30 and now to £264.70 today.

They are only slightly more expensive (by approximately £33 per corner) than the V rated Conti 830Ps.

[Rolfe]

Good grief!  My Hankook Icebears were £120 a corner, ordered and fitted (just) before the snow hit.

I know some have said they're not a "premium brand", but heck, the car in running like it grew caterpillar tracks.

Rolfe.

[nadlad]

I got the same wheels absolute mint condition for 350 off the bay with bald tyres i got 3 conti csc3 tyres part worn for 85 quid delivered each with 6 mm no repairs or punctures heres soem pictures.

I will be runnign them with 10mm spacer up front and 15mm at the back

cheers

[am1w]

Good grief!  My Hankook Icebears were £120 a corner, ordered and fitted (just) before the snow hit.
I know some have said they're not a "premium brand", but heck, the car in running like it grew caterpillar tracks.
Rolfe.

More like good God! And now I am in a bit of a quandry: space wise.

Just before October the Conti 830P winetrs were available for £164 from Kwikfit. mytyres were around the same price. Now they are £213, though p3eps managed to find them with some help from me for £202 from pneus. pneus have now run out!

I have now been told quite categorically by my family that there is no way I am allowed to store the Monzas in the house. So they will have to be stored by the tyre fitters which I am most unhappy with. At present, the fitters have no room. Maybe my ex-wife's garage? Well, I re-negotiated today, and will be able to store the wheels only in certain designated places. I want to fit the winters to the VMRs, sell the Bridgestones and in March '11 fit the Monzas with Continental 5P tyres.

It is slowly dawning on me that I can, in the final analysis, only really have one set of wheels and two sets of tyres. Now, if I am really lucky and if the new Michelins prove not to be a big disappoinrent for summer use, then I will end up with one set of tyres and wheels which would make things simple. Though I simply doubt it.

What will, be will be.

 :embarassed:

Oh, I walked into a wall and broke my third toe.

[The Doc]

You have a complex life, there's space in my garage if need it 

Hope your toe recovers quickly 

[Hartside]

What about somewhere like this: http://www.safestore.co.uk/storage/london/earls_court/earls_court.aspx

I've no idea how much it costs, but it might be worth a look at as they do from a locker up to a huge room, depending on what you need

[Snoopy]

Buy some wheel bags and im sure they maybe more willing to let you store them in house. Most people look on them as smelly and dirty but if there in wheel bags they are not. Just stress its your saftey they are risking not letting you have two sets of wheels. 
Just hide them under beds when in wheel bags.

Or make a feature of them with http://www.reifen.com/de/accessory/ShowTyreStand but i don't think they would go for that.