The great quality debate and paying extra.

[greg1953]

Back in the mid 90s we had a 205 diesel doing 25,000 per year, I fitted a set of Polish " Stommel " tyres as they were very cheap however they weren't great in the dry but in the wet they were plain dangerous, locking up on braking and sliding on corners. Since then I've used all sorts of tyres on my A4 & Golf with no issues and Stommel  seem to have vanished from the market, thank heavens.
Greg