Well ordered two Avon ZZ5 225/40R18 tyres today at a cost of £175 fully fitted! and so far first impressions of tyretraders are very good. I spoke to a chap on the phone to see if the tyres I wanted were in stock and could be at the garage for Friday. He said yes, but while going through the booking process online, the garage wouldn't let me select Friday. The next day convenient for me would be the Monday so the chap on the phone said just select Monday so that the order process could be completed and then he would ring the garage to see if they could fit me in on Friday. So I completed the order online and gave him the order number. About 5-10mins later he called me back and said he'd spoke to the garage and they said Friday would be fine. The tyres should arrive at the garage Friday morning and they will fit them in the afternoon - result!
Fingers crossed it all goes to plan. If it does then I'll definitely be using them again soon as my front tyres are nearly dead as well. I just don't understand how the arrangement works with the garage, cos like I said in my first post, if I bought the tyres through the garage that are gonna be fitting them, it would've cost me £260!