It's more about wet grip than price for me. Very little difference in grip in the dry with most tyres on the road. But in the wet there's a huge difference when you start to push on or have to make evasive action. Can pretty much drive the same in the wet as in the dry with A rated wet grip tyres like Dunlop Sport BlueResponse or Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (not the same as the slippery old non-performance version!).
T1Rs always used to be recommended on here but they are horrific in the wet, almost as bad as the OE P6000s - but remember the P6000s were OE 20 years ago and tech moves on. The old Goodyear Efficient Grip were also not as grippy as their name would suggest. So as I say, just paying more doesn't make a tyre better, some of the big brands are also ditch finders unless you drive like an old lady in the rain...
T1Rs always used to be recommended on here but they are horrific in the wet, almost as bad as the OE P6000s - but remember the P6000s were OE 20 years ago and tech moves on. The old Goodyear Efficient Grip were also not as grippy as their name would suggest. So as I say, just paying more doesn't make a tyre better, some of the big brands are also ditch finders unless you drive like an old lady in the rain...