"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Had the first one for ages the other day - which scrapped the tyre as it
was just above the shoulder on the side wall. No idea what caused it as it
was on the inside of the tyre. It went down very rapidly. The tyres were
all near new too. I'd bought them mail order and got five - but not used
the 5th one as the spare is perfect.
So took the wheel and the new tyre to my local place for fitting/
balancing and they charged me 20 quid plus VAT. Is this the normal price
these days?


Seems a little high. I usually buy tyres from mytyres.net and get them
fitted/balanced with a new valve for £12 each at our local tyre fitter.
Kwik-fit will do them cheaper if I catch the right man at the right time - a
fiver a piece (cash only wink wink).

Mike P