Summary
Is it worth paying more for premium car tyres?
There's a huge range of car tyres to choose from and the price differences between them can be significant. So do you really need to pay more to get a good tyre?
Listener Ian runs a car maintenance business and wants to know if the budget tyres he's been fitting are the right choice. Will they last as long and be just as safe? What do the different ratings on the labels you can see online mean? And as he moves towards electric cars he's also keen to know whether they need a special sort of tyre.
With the help of two experts in the field, Greg Foot 'treads' through the studies and the science to find out more. It's how he rolls (we'll stop now).
As ever we are still looking for your suggestions of products to look into. If you've seen something promising to make you happier, healthier or greener and want to know if it is SB or BS please do send it over on email to [email protected] or drop us a message or voicenote on Whatsapp to 07543 306807
PRESENTER: GREG FOOT PRODUCER: SIMON HOBAN
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
| 0:03.0 | Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party. |
| 0:06.7 | We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July |
| 0:09.0 | for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival. |
| 0:12.8 | We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting, |
| 0:15.3 | including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane, |
| 0:18.4 | and some bloke called Greg James doing his radio four show called Rewinder. |
| 0:23.2 | You can watch live shows of your favourite podcasts, |
| 0:25.3 | and the best part is free. |
| 0:28.0 | To book your free tickets, |
| 0:29.3 | go to crossedwires.orgive, forward slash fringe. |
| 0:34.1 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates the wonder products, promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. |
| 0:55.3 | Each episode, I run one of your suggested wonder products through the evidence mill to find out if they are indeed the best things since sliced bread, or marketing BS. |
| 1:01.0 | And for this new batch of investigations, I have the pleasure of being in a studio in |
| 1:05.3 | Salford, sitting alongside a slice bread listener with two expert guests ready and raring to explore and discuss |
| 1:11.8 | the wonder product of choice, which is being brought to us this week by Ian Gibbs from Woking. |
| 1:21.0 | Hello, Ian. |
| 1:22.0 | Hello. |
| 1:22.7 | What is it then, Ian? What do you want us to investigate today? Why would you like to know if it's S.B. or BS? |
| 1:34.3 | Tires, Greg. I own a car maintenance business. I look after about 60 cars. And we replace two-thirds of the tires before they get to the end of their life, before they're worn out due to damage, such as punctures that can't be repaired. |
| 1:43.3 | So I've been choosing budget tyres, but is that the |
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