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
AVERAGE $129
 * Bridgestone ER30 $90
 * Pirelli P6 $149
 * Goodyear NCT5 Eco $139
 * Dunlop Monza 200 $138

Small sedan
AVERAGE $105
 * Firstone Firehawk 700 $109
 * Goodyear NCT5 Eco $109
 * Yokohama S306 $99

SUV
AVERAGE $191 --Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 03:34, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Territory and Forester:
 * Bridgestone ER30 $165
 * Goodyear NCT5 Eco $175
 * Goodyear Fortera $195
 * All (including Territory and Forester):
 * Bridgestone D840 $229