Talk:20 percent of Victorians drive on worn tyres

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You are an absolute legend - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 03:26, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Original Reporting

As the original source of this article was very short, I thought it would be interesting to look into the penalties of driving on unroadworthy tyres and the cost of replacing them on the three popular kinds of cars in Australia.

I compiled a list of vehicles which are considered to be popular (or well known) in each category.

Large sedan

• Ford Falcon
• Holden Commodore
• Toyota Camry
• Mitsubishi 380

Small sedan

• Toyota Corolla
• Hyundai Accent
• Nissan Pulsar

SUV

• Nissan Patrol
• Ford Territory
• Subaru Forester
• Toyota Prado

I then looked up the tyre sizes of the vehicles on their manufacturer's website and contacted local tyre retailers and asked for the price of their mid-range tyres by size. Interestingly, despite slight variations in sizes between makes and models (in each group), the tyre models and pricing are the same.

Here's what I found:

Large sedan

• Bridgestone ER30 $90
• Pirelli P6 $149
• Goodyear NCT5 Eco $139
• Dunlop Monza 200 $138

AVERAGE $129

Small sedan

• Firstone Firehawk 700 $109
• Goodyear NCT5 Eco $109
• Yokohama S306 $99

AVERAGE $105

SUV

• Territory and Forester:
  • Bridgestone ER30 $165
  • Goodyear NCT5 Eco $175
  • Goodyear Fortera $195
• All (including Territory and Forester):
  • Bridgestone D840 $229

AVERAGE $191 --Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 03:34, 7 June 2006 (UTC)