Hi folks

Have a few choices on tyres

AVON ZT7 70.99 X 2 -£10 £131.98 total

GT RADIAL FE2 61.38 X 2 =£122.76 total

PirelliP1 Cinturato 76.06 X 2 -10 = £142.12 total

Any idea which or all on par

GT Radial?, is that a brand?. If so, never heard of them and as such I'd have expected them to be a lot cheaper than the other two!.

GT Radial are a very budget brand, probably Chinese owned.

They are neither a budget brand or Chinese. See here:

OEM Partnerships with Top Auto Manufacturers Showcase Trust in Giti Tire (gtradial.com)

They are from Singapore and supply OEM tyres to a lot of well known makers.

That was quite a surprise to me - I've never seen a new car fitted with Giti (GT radial) tyres. Sure, some much older cars (8-10 years old and more).

I had a look on the Tyre Reviews website, and their listed amongst the mid-range brands (not budget as I first thought - perhaps because of the following), and from memory, they tend to come nearer the bottom of the list in group tests that are listed there (many of which are external, but they do conduct their own a well) when actually tested.

www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/

But then I think that at least a few mid-range makes such as Toyo, Yokohama and Khumo are used for OEM - I know that the former are used on a good few Mazdas.

Even so. those GT Radials are still quite expensive, which fits with my theory about the commoness (such a word?) of the size combo and availability.

The OP only does 2700miles per annum. He might just as well put budget tyres on as age will get them before wear.

It depends upon how safe they are. Some are just not very good in the wet. Besides, well over £100 a corner is hardly a low price. TBH, what they should do it depends on how long they intend to keep the car and what options they may have, say, for changing eother the wheel and/or tyre sizes as well, e.g. a smaller wheel, higher profile tyres that may be vastly cheaper.

When I downsized my cars wheels and fitted the appropriate size tyres to compensate, the overall cost to change (above what I would've spent replacing one wheel [corroded and casuing the tyre to leak] plus 4 new tyres that needed changing anyway) was around £100, and I would (then) be quids in to the tune of around £100 every time I subsequently changed tyres due to the smaller (inner) diameter ones being a good bit cheaper. Payback in one tyre change cycle.

I've used Michellin Crossclimate , They have Fantastic grip and steering far better than the tyres I had before they are abit noisier but after awhile i got used to it. Overall would definitely recommend.

Whilst I changed to them in 2018 from Dunlop SP Sport Fastresponse summer tyres (which were excellent), all season tyres are normally somewhere between 25-40% more expensive than summers, particualrly for 'sportier' sizes.

Mine have also lasted well, but then I don't do much mileage, and I tend to change tyres based on age / condition. Newer tyres are seemingly designed to last longer time-wise for low mileage users), and Michelin seem to make a big play for that.

I've heard that they're designed to last 10 years instead of the 6 or so previous generations did (and mine is the CC+, technically the second gen one, though the 'third' generation version is called CC2!)

Whether that is of any use to the OP depends on their annual mileage.