Any Interest In An Ao48 Group Buy?

[fatony1 17]

Not sure if this is the right section to post this in so sorry in advance, but i can get hold of 195/50/15 Yokohama AO48's for £105 each + VAT, sound good to anyone?

 

Thanks

[Cameron 16]

Sounds very good! Shame you couldn't have done this a couple of months ago!

[welshpug 1,657]

not a particularly great price that really, where's that from?

[fatony1 17]

Im currently covering a staff memeber in the tyre department of my work so im in regular contact with the tyre suppliers, it's a price from me

[Cameron 16]

It's a good price, they retail in that size for around £125 each. 888's go for that sort of money so when you consider A048's are the better tyre it's a no-brainer!

[welshpug 1,657]

well Cameron got some for £107 from Tweeks about a month ago, and Polleysport are about £105 inc vat.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Do the hard compound last long enough for a daily ?

[timb1046 1]

so thats £420+VAT for a cars worth? or is it £105 for four?

[welshpug 1,657]

spot the comedian

[Cameron 16]

I really hope you're joking.

 

There must be room to reduce the price thinking about it, Tweeks offered me £107 each after I mentioned I'd be getting them elsewhere so there must be room for a pretty decent reduction on that if you're going to be buying several sets at once. I think £90-£95 each would be a very good price, and not too unachievable with a bit of haggling.

 

Why would you want them for a daily though? You'll have a nightmare as soon as it rains, especially on the hard compound.

[dumbiron 0]

spot the comedian

Two posts up ...

 

what do i win ?

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Why would you want them for a daily though? You'll have a nightmare as soon as it rains, especially on the hard compound.

 

I wasn't sure how bad it would be as I know a couple of people who ran them on minis without too much trouble in the wet.

I guess they're worse than I thought.

[welshpug 1,657]

they wont be that bad, we run the softs in snow and rain on a rallycar, mediums when its dry, there's a few people using them on daily drivers (cameron included )

Edited June 4, 2010 by welshpug

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Heheh, well that's a good thing to hear I guess. Do you have any experience with the hardest compound ?

[welshpug 1,657]

yeah that's what we use when it's not wet, the softs just melt

[Cameron 16]

Mine isn't a daily!

 

Softs aren't that bad, mine lasted pretty well on the last 'ring trip. I only went for medium this time because they had run out of soft.

[fatony1 17]

The price will come down to £100 per tyre if 5 people want a set

[fatony1 17]

Still looking to do this if anyone wants them

[pip470 61]

Interested in two softs in 15" and two in 16" if thats possible. will have to wait till payday mind. Let me know if this goes ahead.

[Cameron 16]

According to Camskill softs are going to be out of stock for a good few months, Yoko didn't make anywhere near enough this year!

[pip470 61]

Okie dokie thanks cam, mediums it will be then.