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Title: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: flashp on March 03, 2016, 06:10:25 pm

Am I imagining this or have these gone up in price lately?
My local tyre bay wants £160/tyre fitted. Tyre leader have them at £125.64, obviously not fitted.
I'm sure I recall these being just under £100 a short while ago. Or am I having a moment  :rolleye:

Title: Re: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: fab5freddy on March 03, 2016, 06:26:18 pm

https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/michelin/pilot-super-sport/225-40-zr18-92y-435203 (https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/michelin/pilot-super-sport/225-40-zr18-92y-435203)

Back down to £110 a corner Ash  :happy2:

£160 is crazy, though not surprised, there was a thread the other day about how they seemed to have vanished from all the tyre sites all together.

I'd be buying up at that price and hit my local fitter at £15 a corner fitted

Title: Re: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: flashp on March 03, 2016, 06:45:31 pm

Quote from: fab5freddy on March 03, 2016, 06:26:18 pm

https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/michelin/pilot-super-sport/225-40-zr18-92y-435203 (https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/michelin/pilot-super-sport/225-40-zr18-92y-435203)

Back down to £110 a corner Ash  :happy2:

£160 is crazy, though not surprised, there was a thread the other day about how they seemed to have vanished from all the tyre sites all together.

I'd be buying up at that price and hit my local fitter at £15 a corner fitted

I'd agree on that. Thanks for the link!  :drinking:

Title: Re: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: kr15h_ED30 on March 03, 2016, 07:10:16 pm

Thanks for the link  :party:, I was looking for a set, couldnt find them on a 92Y. They wasn't on tyre leader 2 days ago. Going to order a set as my PS3 are very low.

Title: Re: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: ed30Lewis on March 04, 2016, 10:39:57 am

Quote from: flashp on March 03, 2016, 06:10:25 pm

Am I imagining this or have these gone up in price lately?
My local tyre bay wants £160/tyre fitted. Tyre leader have them at £125.64, obviously not fitted.
I'm sure I recall these being just under £100 a short while ago. Or am I having a moment  :rolleye:

I managed to get mine at £99 a corner from tyreleader in around June last year so you're definitely not imagining it! They seem to be fluctuating in price a lot recently... around two months ago they were £136 per corner and now they are £111 on the above link :signLOL:

Title: Re: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: pudding on March 04, 2016, 10:42:43 am

They were showing as £135 a corner (fitted) on Black Circles the other week, but I've just pulled the trigger on 4 x Pilot Sport 4s as they're £108 (fitted) each at my local ATS.  I'll try and wangle Michelin's £50 petrol voucher deal from them as well  :grin:

I was going to go for the Super Sports but they're getting on a bit now and I've read mixed reviews on them.  It must be due for an update soon?  I wonder if that's where the mixed reviews come from, the fact older design tyres can sit around in stock for ages before being fitted to a car?  Are there any sidewall markings to indicate when they were made?

Title: Re: Tyres- Michelin PSS gone up in price
Post by: bacillus on March 04, 2016, 12:54:04 pm

Quote from: Pudding on March 04, 2016, 10:42:43 am

Are there any sidewall markings to indicate when they were made?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11