Your article on comfy cars what tyres would you suggest

My present tyres are 205/55/r16 91v Pirelli p7, but they seem noisy. Could you suggest a tyre with better ride quality and less noise, ideally budget or midrange prices?

Which used car should I buy?

I do a lot of motorway driving from Midlands to London at least twice a month, and back and fourth from Birmingham to Leicester. Have seen two golfs, one is petrol 7,000 miles one owner, the other is...

Tyre choice for a Hyundai i10

I'm torn between the three main tyre choices for my i10 - Continental Eco Contact 3, Goodyear Duragrip and Michelin Energy E3B. Which would you recommend and why?

Bolting wonderer

I recently purchased a set of black steel wheels with winter tyres from mytyres.com for my SEAT Exeo. The car came with silver-headed wheel bolts, presumably to match the alloy wheels, although they are...

Softening a SEAT

I find the ride on my SEAT Leon FR TSI really hard - much harder than my previous Leon 1.8 Turbo. The car has Pirelli PZero Rosso 225/45R 17 91W tyres fitted (excellent road holding but noisy). Could...

Excessive Tyre Wear

I bought a Renault Clio Dynamique S 1.2T new three years ago. It has been correctly serviced by the dealer since. I have just had to replace three tyres due to the inside tyre walls showing exposed reinforcement....

Are there any performance benefits from using H-rated tyres over V-rated tyres on my Saab 9000?

I always fit replacement Michelin Energy 195/65 R15 Tyres on my old Saab 9000 CSE and have been asked whether I require H or V rated tyres. I do understand that 'V' is geared to higher speeds and, although...

Different tyres front rear

I have a Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI DSG (18 months old/16k mls) which needs suspension modification to rectify noise. Skoda will fit new tyres to rear only and of a different make but will not renew front tyres....

Why are the front 21-inch tyres wearing strangely on our Audi Q7 Quattro?

I bought an ex-demo Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro at the beginning of 2011 from Audi Beckenham. It was registered in Sep 2010 and had around 500 miles on the clock. We have now done 7500 miles, mainly my wife...

Winter driving in Germany

I want to hire a car in German this Christmas. The hire firm is telling me winter tyres are extra. Hasn't the law changed in German making winter tyres compulsory? So if the hire firm gives me a car without...