Fishmonger, thanks big fella for keeping us up to date with your thoughts on the matter

Reviews are good overall with main complaint being the wear rate - http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm

Had 2 of these fitted this afternoon at Leicester, Abbey Road branch. Booked in at 1.30pm, back on the road by 2.00pm. Staff were chipper and polite. Didn't try to sell me anything else or tell me there were problems with my car that needed fixing.

I thought it was a character from the childrens books, Biff, Kip and Chipper

Great tyres, Swore by these on the last car. Good price for this size too. Aqua planing goodbye.

Agree with the comments about wear rate. I got four of these last year and they haven't worn well. Grip is superb though.

I had to get two of them refitted as F1 hadn't scrapped the fitting compound from the old tyres away so tyres kept going down.

And Topcashback used to.

Still cheaper than Black Circles. 175/65/R15 84H £56.60 then discount, still good deal, thank you

£56.60 says for me.

good price no centres in scotland

used F1 for first time this week, they were cheapest for the tyres I wanted, ordered on line, got a call from customer services a couple of days befoew my appointment to say that the tyres were being shipped and they might not arrive on the day. but If I wanted they would book be in for the next day. tyres fitted in about half an hour no hard sell of extras. would happily consider again.

wished they had for 17" too :disappointed:

Would never take my car back to f1 leicester auto (abbey lane) again, after i reserved 2 tyres online they said they didn't have the tyres in stock and the similar tyres they had in stock they refused to price match their own online price. After I agreed to these 2 tyres as I just wanted it all over and done with they then got the car up the ramp and said all 4 needed changing with wheel alignment/tracking and gave me an absurd price of 300 pounds plus tracking on my tyres! I was told the alignment was 60 pounds and that I would need this as there is no point getting brand new tyres without alignment. I really felt quite bullied by the price and the staff were very abrupt and quite rude. Not only did they note come down on the price but their service I found to be appalling. I took the car back and ended up at a competitor - Speedys tyres, they gave me the exact same tyres for almost a 100 pounds cheaper and their tracking/alignment was only 15 pounds. After changing my tyres Speedys said I didn't infact need the tracking after all and saved me a lot of grief.

I'd take my car anyone else other than F1 auto centre, only after the money there.

intended to get Rainsports from F1 for a while now but ended up getting Michelin EnergySavers for just £4 more per corner from Costco as they have £60 off a set of 4 until November 20th.

Good price if you are lucky enough to need this particular size. This company is quite expensive otherwise.

fantastic price!

Have used F1 a few times- good price and decent service. Always buy online from them though.

Have had a full set of these on my Audi A3 for the past year. Best tyres I've ever had - they just grip in all conditions.

The wear rate is higher as people say, but its not awful. The tyres are a soft compound for grip, but of course wears quicker. I rate safety higher than wear rate - I don't care if I have to replace the front tyres 24 months down the line. After 12 months I've worn down 3mm with 10,000 miles and that's a lot of cornering on the same road to work.

Just don't do doughnuts or fly round hard corners and they'll be fine.

£74.50 fitted for my car.
Comparing prices with blackcircles (who I find are usually cheapest), they are £6 - £8 cheaper on many brands.Hot deal.

Have a nice day then,smile,you woke up breathing.I know its an old tradition but still works :-)

you may have a point there lol but luckliy i stay glasgow area which is pretty mild compared to north and south of scotland

These have good grip but as people have stated, the wear rate is an issue due to the softer compound. I personally have not found a better tyre than Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2/3 and have have tried many others including Pilot Sports etc.

Never tyre of these deals....need to tread carefully folks as getting this deal could be exhausting!
Sorry....I will get my coat on the way out.

Morning ..Is this tyre can be replaced for 205/50/R16 WXL (having now in my Toyota celica 2002)? Any suggestion for reasonable just fitting charge garage in Cambridge area?

Wear rate will be higher if they are good in the wet, good wet tyres are made of softer rubber.

Yes, you are being miserable - definitely not very chipper at all :smirk:

F1 will never touch my car again.

Super deal for decent tires fitted.

great! I need a pair... bought

I thought it was a character from the childrens books, Biff, Kip and Chipper

I got my tyres from F1 as well

Fishmonger, thanks big fella for keeping us up to date with your thoughts on the matter

What does chipper mean? Oh I looked it up definitely doesn't define me, I hate archaic words, anyway carry on, I'm just being miserable, chipper urgh horrible word.

I voted hot on this deal just to negate the mood.

got these on my car. just ordered them in 215 45 17 for my missus from camskill.co.uk at 55 ish each mail order. (having them fitted when her wheels are refurbed)

Great price, heat added.

I paid £131.86 for 2 195/45/16 in June from black circles.

All good so far :laughing:

got these on my gti ed 30. best tyres I have ever used.

I've replaced them for Dunlop Sport BluResponse at Halords good few months ago for around 50 each and to be honest i prefer Dunlop ones in dry condition. As for the wet condition they're pretty much the same.

Does anyone bother with precision balance?

any good deals on bridgestone?

Just what i was looking for

Reviews are good overall with main complaint being the wear rate - http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm

Had 2 of these fitted this afternoon at Leicester, Abbey Road branch. Booked in at 1.30pm, back on the road by 2.00pm. Staff were chipper and polite. Didn't try to sell me anything else or tell me there were problems with my car that needed fixing.