To get budget tyres?

I've got Falkens that have done nearly 40k miles and still going strong.

I buy cheaper ones as they have rarely lasted long enough to wear down, punctures due to the rather bad roads!

I'm the same. We live in an area that tends to get a lot of snow. When my tyres needed replacing we got Michelin CrossClimate 2s due to their excellent traction on wet and snowy roads. When my daughter's car needed new tyres we got the same ones. They're not cheap, but neither is a car accident.

I always buy the best ones offered. They are the only thing keeping your car in contact with the road.

A couple of years ago, when still in the "cheap and cheerful" era of life, I had cheap tyres and ended up spinning on a roundabout during wet conditions. It wrecked my steering, and since then I've been hyper paranoid about tyres, and driving in the wet.

PS - it's not my tyres that are responsible for my username.

Being buying budget tyres for 40 years. Perfectly happy with them.
The only thing I don't do is buy part-worn or re-treads etc.

This is the reason not to buy budget tyres. It’s always good to look at the Auto Bild tyre tests, this is from the 2023 summer tyre test. Wet braking from 62mph to a stop. 30% longer stopping distance for the worst performing and that’s before you get into all the other metrics. Decent mid-range tyres will usually be much higher performing and not a lot more expensive than budgets plus will last longer as well. Never scrimp on brakes and tyres.

So you will be mainly driving around or below 30mph then, so mid range tyres will be fine

At 18k a year, you must be slugging up and down the motorways every day. I wouldn't skimp on your tyres in that situation. 4k a year on local roads it probably wouldn't matter what was on as long as the tread was good...
I would spend the money in this instance. And get your tracking checked too.

Tyres now have a standardised performance rating. Check that, but like others if I am am travelling at 70miles and hour on the motorway I like to know that my tyres are decent

I agree. Especially as you are doing 16k miles a year

If money is tight, nothing you can do, but I would still take the best ones possible. We had very expensive repair this year and couldn't buy our very good tyres and had to keep in mind to be more careful in the snow with our decent tyres. They're not bad, but not excellent as our old ones...

As previosuly mentioned, a tyre is the only thing between a car and the road. More expesnive doesn't necceasry mean better, but often in this case is - the most important thing is the tyre rating.

The difference between a G rated tyre and A one when breaking in the wet is 30% travelling at 60mph....

Lots of people saying they never had a problem.... sure, but why risk it?

There’s a place near me that does part worn good quality ones. It’s worth asking around if you have a local (reputable!!) source. Mine last between the length of time budget and good ones do, but cost less than the budget options.
Id only go on recommendations though if you take this option, there are certainly dodgy options out there

I only do around 4K a year in my little car. I get the cheaper tyres. I'm going to stop doing it because I always seem to get a flat. I now bring a pressure tyre pumper up with me wherever I go as this is the norm for me. Sorry for the silly name.. got brain fog !

Buy cheap buy twice.

Tyres are the only think between the road and your car. Don't skimp on them.

Better tyres are safer, more efficient, harder wearing and more cost-effective and quieter generally too.

Infact, the most recent one I had that needed replaced due to wear was the £130 Pirelli so it only lasted about 15k miles so I don't think that's any better than a budget one from experience.

I have Pirelli’s on my car. The last set lasted nearly 40k miles. On a big two ton saloon car. They were replaced by more Pirellis.

Better tyres usually give you better fuel economy as well. It's called "low rolling resistance".

We've always gotten Michelin tyres. They're not cheap, but they're great in bad weather and we typically get 30-35k miles on them before they wear out.

I always buy from Black Circles.com or MyTyre.com and get a local garage to fit them. Its worked out cheaper for me doing that.

I think I paid 120 a tyre. I find they last me 2 years + where as when I used to buy budget they last one year if that. I think in the long run I save money. Have actually put a reminder on my phone to see how long they past

Used to be but it disappeared, it was mentioned recently that people wanted it back

I usually opt for the cheap ones. Never found any issues with them at all. I don't do lots of miles but maybe 7-8k a year or so.

I now have to buy the branded ones as my car is leased and it's in the agreement I need to replace like for like. I was shocked it was £130 last time I got a branded one it's usually about £60ish for budget.

I always seems to end up with punctures rather than the tyres wearing away.

Infact, the most recent one I had that needed replaced due to wear was the £130 Pirelli so it only lasted about 15k miles so I don't think that's any better than a budget one from experience.

I also have not noticed any difference in general performance.

i usually get low to mid range as I do a very low mileage mainly to the local shops and not a lot on faster roads, I see you do a fairly high mileage so I would get better ones