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Honda Civic Winter Tyres

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Honda Civic Winter Tyres

Honda Civic Winter Tyres

Honda Civic Winter Tyres
Honda Civic Winter Tyres

2024, General tyre update

Unfortunately, General tyres have become unavailable on the European tyre market. In a commercial decision, Continental, the mother company, has decided to withdraw the product from the European and UK tyre markets.

Some products will be available. Including their range of 4×4 tyres.

Here at Pellon Tyres in Halifax, UK, we first became General tyre retailers earlier in 2016. For this reason, I became disenfranchised with some of the other tyre companies.

If we promote and sell a product, then we require a little loyalty. In my 40 odd years in the tyre business, I have been let down by many tyre companies. However, this is an unusual way to break up a business pact between companies.

I can only suspect. Honda Civic Winter Tyres

Continental had too large a product range and so decided to ditch the General Tyre brand.

Normally, tyre companies suck us in by making promises of special discounts and pricing schemes. When they have sucked you onboard, they then offer your competitors the same deals in your local area. Apollo tyres were a good example of this.

However, if you have your finger on the ball, then these broken promises are easily found and action can be taken.

They seem to accept that when you build their product base in a certain area. They then flood their tyres into your area. Its as old as the hills!

The latest tyre company to do this was Yokohama Tyres. Honda Civic Winter Tyres

We became dealers in the Halifax area. Accordingly, we sold thousands of their tyre products, including many winter tyres. The next thing we knew. Yokohama was selling their tyres online at a highly discounted price.

I was not worried about being let down by Yokohama Tyres because we were able to buy them from a large tyre wholesaler at the same price!

To bring things up to date in 2024, we now have a good working relationship with Falken Eurowinter HS01 Tyres. Honda Civic owners wanting good winter tyres can be confident with this product.

https://www.pellontyres.co.uk/TyreSearch/Details/107138/General+Altimax+One+S
Eric Roberts is a keen blogger about all tyre subjects

Having some fun in my ’07 Civic LX riding on Falken snow tyres. Awesome tyres, awesome price.
Let it snow!

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Continental Winter TS850 Tyres

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Continental Winter TS850 Tyres

Continental Winter TS850 Tyres

I have made extensive inroads into the perfect winter tyre. Of course, I mean that they are most suitable for larger and sportier cars. Hence, such as BMW’s and Mercedes.

Continental is, of course, a German company.

Thus, they are interlinked with the German tyre manufacturers. This is, of course, a natural thing to do. Mainly because of their close proximity to each other.

Therefore, it makes sense to cooperate with each other. Naturally, in the compatibility of interlinking products,. Of course, this could be just seen as progress. Indeed, it probably is.

Car design and manufacturing are fast-moving sciences. Therefore, tyres have to keep up with the pace. The tyres of yesteryear would be no good for the modern fast coupe. Of course, that is produced in Germany.

Tyre buffs, only have to look

At the Conti Contact range of tyres. Each new car that is developed now requires a tyre to match. Continental has always been at the forefront of tyre development. This meets all the qualities of the large German car manufacturers.

This tyre development also includes winter tyres.

Germans and other Europeans have an urge to head to ski resorts during the winter.. This means that these large cars require tyres that will go down the Autobahn at over 100 MPH and then drive up mountains to reach the snow slopes.

This is where the Continental Winter TS850 tyres come into their own. These tyres were tested by the German car magazine Auto Zeitung The ContiWinterContact TS 850 defended its title and again finished best in the test.

The Continental Winter TS850 tyres offer exceptional traction on snow and ice due to their distinctive tread pattern and compound, providing a stable and safe driving experience at snowy ski resorts.

Superior Braking Performance:

These vehicles possess outstanding braking capabilities on wet and slippery ground, which is a vital attribute for safely manoeuvring over winding and potentially treacherous mountain roads.

Enhanced Fuel Efficiency: These tyres are designed to minimise rolling resistance, reducing the workload on your engine and resulting in fuel savings over your extensive journey across Europe.

Minimised Aquaplaning Risk:

The tread design efficiently disperses water and slush, decreasing the likelihood of losing control on wet roads (aquaplaning) and ensuring your safety in unforeseen heavy rain.

Extended Lifespan: Renowned for their robustness, the TS850s exhibit superior resistance to harsh winter circumstances compared to numerous other tyres, rendering them a prudent and enduring option for frequent winter travellers.

The tyres are specifically engineered to minimise road noise

providing a serene and pleasant driving experience. This allows you to fully appreciate the picturesque European landscapes without any bothersome tyre noise.

http://www.pellontyres.co.uk/Tyre/Details/Continental/Winter+Contact+TS+850+P

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Michelin Formula One Bid

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Michelin Formula One Bid

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Michelin race tyres

Michelin Formula One Bid

Michelin put forward their bid to be the sole tyre supply starting 2017. Read more about it

Michelin Formula One Bid looks to be on the cards

Pascal Couasnon. Has hinted on many occasions about the Michelin F1 bid. For this reason, their interest in making a bid. Hence, for the coveted supplier of tyres to the F1 racing series.

He does, however. I want to make changes to the tyre sizes. also to the method by which the various F1 teams choose the tyres. it is very strongly rumoured. That is the giant French tyre maker. Michelin has been testing F1-type tyres.

Consequently, in the Le Mans race series,

Thus, an event that comes very close to F1. The Le Mans series operates with similar cars and speeds, making it easy to test similar tyres in real-time racing conditions.

A Michelin F1 bid does look likely to be on the cards. Almost all other types of motorsport vehicles use Michelin race tyres, but at the moment, the Pirelli tyre company does not supply the F1.

Pirelli does seem to be fully committed

and after a bumpy start with differing compound problems, they appear to have come up with the correct formula.

In my opinion, Pirelli will not want to give up this prestigious position. I believe that the Michelin F1 bid will have a battle on their hands when the competition for tyre suppliers begins.

Michelin Formula One Bid: What will Michelin do with BlackCircles?

We at Pellon Tyres here in Halifax are at the moment a BlackCircles fitting station. We will shortly be reviewing the situation? The first point is that we are not getting the correct fitting charge for some of the vehicles that we are now getting in for their tyres fitting. To do a good and proper job we have to spend too much time for the fee that we are now getting, this is putting strain on our own customers, who are having to wait longer.

Also, we believe that Michelin will be diverting

the fitting jobs to ATS, their own retail tyre network. This would be a perfect and natural thing for them to do, but I feel that it would be time for the independent retailers to pull out before they remove the plug and perhaps leave gaps in your business plan. These are just my own opinions, but I feel that we should react to them.

Eric Roberts

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Tyre Industry Responsible for Poor Tyre Knowledge-Tread Reader on Twitter

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Tyre Industry Responsible

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Michelin survey: 36% of respondents unsure of legal min. tread depth; 62% don’t know the penalty for illegal tyres. pic.twitter.com/FceWAbI36i

This Tyre Industry Responsible survey does not surprise me at all?

Tyre are the last thing on most drivers minds, as drivers are still under financial pressures and the young drivers would rather buy expensive clothes or spend their money on a good night out.

Sometimes I think that we in the tyre industry moan too much about what the customer knows and should know?
I think it is a good idea to carry out tyre research and we all have to thank Michelin in this instance, but are the results really so surprising?
Many of us in the trade (and that includes me).

 Are to blame for this. Over the years,. We have constantly launched tyres at the public. Hence, most motorists today just see tyres as a consumer product that they buy when they are told that they need one.

Many people who read my blogs are in the tyre retail industry and this means that we can all relate to the same or similar problems. For some reason, the tyre industry have failed to educate the public in the safety aspect of their tyre products.


Each manufacturer brings out a new tyre and promotes it the same as skin cream or perfume, but never really explains exactly what a tyre is all about. Take a recent innovation: run-flat tyres. As far as I know, they were just brought out and fitted to cars as original equipment. Nothing was explained what the tyre safety features were?

Tyre Industry Responsible

I remember the days when “features and benefits” were a buzz word in the tyre industry, but now it is more about market share. Would it have hurt the industry to put out informational facts in the press or on TV,

Even such programmes as “Top Gear”, could have done a piece about run-flat tyres. The majority of tyre manufacturers will be producing new styles of safety tyres, and some new car models will come with them. Things like this would have educated the public as to why these tyres were so expensive.


We, as tyre retailers, have all this to put up with?
To be truthful, we don’t really mind. Consequently, I do think that the tyre industry. Particularly the manufacturers. Hence, it should play a bigger part in helping to educate motorists. what tyres are really about. Therefore, they should be looked after more carefully. I am thinking about tyre pressures and how to check their tread depth.

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Bald tyres like these that were changed on a very nice BMW really make me angry, but are now commonplace

We here at Pellon Tyres experience these problems on a daily occurrence.

Drivers have very busy lives and should be made more aware. Thus the importance of their tyres. Cars are getting bigger?

I am thinking about SUV’s here; more and more young drivers, including many ladies, are now drivers.
Should we be targeting this age group and gender group? Who are the drivers of the future?

Tyre Industry Responsible

It does concern me about the number of our customers who do not even know their tyre size. But worse of all the large number of tyres that we are removing that are worn down to the steel cords,.


I do appreciate that we have now got Tyresafe working on this problem, but the tyre manufacturers are leaving all the hard work to the tyre retailers, and most of them have staff that are not trained and, in some cases, know practically nothing about tyres except how to fit them?
But that’s another story.
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Goodyear Innovations

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Goodyear Innovations

Goodyear Innovations

Goodyear Innovations

At Goodyear we’ve been driven by innovations since 1898. Find out more about our work at the leading edge of research and development.

Goodyear Innovations have always been at the leading edge of tyre technology, including the development of the futuristic tyre, the “Biolsoprene” concept tyres.

Goodyear Tyres have always been a favourite of mine, mainly because I worked for them for a number of years, managing some of their retail tyre depots.

“We’re also working hard on more environmentally-friendly products, with the BioIsopreneTM concept tyre—a tyre made of renewable biomass”—unveiled at the 2012 Climate Conference in Copenhagen.
Goodyear innovations. Have always kept the giant tyre company in the world’s leading positions.

Goodyear Rubber Company history.

So, it shows that they were there right at the beginning. Thus, when tyres and the vulcanization of rubber were in there early stages,. Consequently, in 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally discovered how to vulcanize rubber. Which could be later made into tyres. Of course, and other rubber products.
In more recent times,.  Goodyear introduces two notable advances in tyre design. Hence,Tiempo. The first all-season tyre and the revolutionary fuel-saving.  Elliptic tyre.

Goodyear Innovations

Goodyear Ultragrips were developed from their involvement with the rally car scene and in the 1970’s they came out with the Goodyear Grand Prix X tyres, famous for the new word out at the time “aquaplaning”.

This made drivers aware of the dangers of driving on wet roads and the need for their tyres to be able to get rid of the surface water to allow the tyre tread to grip the road. In 1992, Goodyear introduced the first run-on-flat tyre for the Chevrolet Corvette.

allowing the driver to continue the journey after a puncture or other tyre deflation.
In 2004, assurance tyres featuring TripleTred and ComforTred technology were introduced. These are just a few of the Goodyear innovations over the years.

http://www.pellontyres.co.uk/Tyre/Brand/1258/GOODYEAR

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