Tyred out....

[tooSavvy]

  .... Tyres or, errr, lack of?

 

I have had a persistent slow, N/S/R, and have looked for a nail or the like.

 

...nothing obvious so, wallet in hand, I went to the local tyre place for a test.

opinion being 'porous rim/white alloy corrosion'     

 

 

The tyre was 1.8 - 3 - 2.5mm, outer to inner, proving it to have run low for a long time [and it is old!!]

 

O/S/R was 3 - 3 - 3mm, so due to be replaced none the less.....

 

I got a pair of 'Lithuanian liquorice ditchfinders' fitted @ £90     

 

 

We will see how they wear off.......

 

 

TS

[twosmoke300]

What make are they ?

[Partridge]

Lithuanian liquorice ditchfinders, didn't you read the post

[twosmoke300]

Set of fates ?

 

Bangalore tiger grabbers?

 

Kajagoogoo white walls ?

 

Dai yungs ?

[Jim Bell]

Lithuanian liquorice ditchfinders, didn't you read the post

 

I bet he tried Allsorts before deciding on them.

[tooSavvy]

House Special - Lithuanian liquorice ditchfinders - @ North Eastern tyre & ex.

 

185/60-14 'EVENT' GL695 82H

 

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Event/GL695.htm

 

 

.... wonder what 'event' they portend??   

 

 

TS

[twosmoke300]

I bet he tried Allsorts before deciding on them.

 

Just ........................Terrible

 

 

Ive got Events on the front of the Saab , seem to be lasting ok but quite noisy and dont cope with 235bhp in the wet very well . They came with the wheels and were nearly new but I will be putting Cunti-mentals or Michelins on when they wear out.

[Partridge]

Can I play?

 

LongShlong AquaPlane Sport

[fordperv]

Splishsplash aquadrifts

[twosmoke300]

Ta - Kuhmo Satos

[twosmoke300]

Forgot about LingLongs

[wackywacerwill]

I swapped over the very well worn set of michelins on the leon for two pair of pretty much as new events and good years off a mondy estate before selling it to a banger racer. They're alright in my estimation, I've had far worse. Like yourself I put the events on the back and it hasn't tried to kill me yet.

[Formula Autos]

Tyres are one of the few things I'm not a tightwad about. About a decade ago my daily driver was a SEAT Arosa that I bought used with Ooomba Goomba Rubber Co. Widow Makers or somesuch already on it. The car drove OK, but wandered a bit in the wet. I got a decent deal when they were due for renewal on a full set of Uniroyals which shifted so much water off wet roads that you could see rooster tails of spray behind the car. This was on a fairly light car as well, which was surprising to me. The car felt so much more sure-footed in the wet - especially under braking - that I have always bought quality tyres for my cars since.

 

Cheap tyres are OK (there's pretty good minimum standards that they have to legally abide by these days), and will, when new, probably feel better than any nearly worn-out tyres that you take off a vehicle. But quality tyres are better still, and no doubt help to avoid accidents in some extreme cases - stopping in less distance and having sharper steering in the wet isn't a bad idea, after all.

 

Both cars I currently have are running on Goodyears, which have a good compromise of wear, dry grip, and water shifting ability in the wet. I've also found Pirellis and Yokohamas to be pretty good. Bridgestones have performed well on a Mondiesel I had recently, but seemed to wear quickly. Michelins seem to wear slowly, but dry grip isn't that great - chirruping a bit when pulling out of junctions.

 

All personal choice, of course - but I prefer to spend a bit more for a bit of a safety factor.

[Rusty Pelican]

Forget Lithuanian liquorice ditchfinders  There is a Tyre company called Di Yung , I kid you not   .

[twosmoke300]

they used to make small m/c tyres

[sierraman]

Worst i ever had was some god awful make called 'Road Star' they were that bad I got them changed despite 5mm of tread. Handling was terrible wet/dry, felt like they were made of plastic

[spike60]

I bought a car last year with Achilles tyres on, oddly they weren't too bad though you do wonder what they were thinking of. A previous purchase came with Accelera's on, comedy level lack of wet grip.

[Taff]

no bikers on the forum? I had a set of Itchifannis on my old Kwak thou...

[rml2345]

"Corsa" are the best ones I've had. Some have been nondescript Wing Wong Plastic Round Wheel Skirt and Forced Induction Puppy Concern (No2) Unilicorice Teflon Grips or something which may be why I fell off and terminally buggered the late Leyland Yaris. 

Tyres are worth spending proper money and time on.  

[Station]

Not seem much difference in cheap tyres, but had Kuhmo Ecsta's on the Impreza and they were really, really good in the dry.

Have no idea about tyres, and I too am a tight wad when it comes to them. If I get my part worns with about 5mm of tread, I am on a high for the rest of the week. Annoys me when part worn garage assume you're a tight arse who doesn't care what they put on, I've have a really decent Pirelli or something, and then a Schlong-Mong winter tyre with barely 4mm of tread on the other side and had it go flat. Money is still money.

Don't understand how people pay 500 quid for four tyres.

[Lord Sterling]

I like how you look like you are doing some sort of 'Savvy' dance by the car:

 

LS

[DodgyBastard]

I've got a pair of Belgian RoadHogs on the 18. I normally buy partworns from the scrapyard for around £8 each, It's common for me to have a different brand of tyre on each wheel with the same size and profile.

[UmBongo]

I like Ching Chong Chungs, me.

[Sloth in a bowl]

I have Khumos on the V40 and for traction they are better than the previous Goodyears, noisy on motorways though.

[Taff]

Not seem much difference in cheap tyres, but had Kuhmo Ecsta's on the Impreza and they were really, really good in the dry.

Have no idea about tyres, and I too am a tight wad when it comes to them. If I get my part worns with about 5mm of tread, I am on a high for the rest of the week. Annoys me when part worn garage assume you're a tight arse who doesn't care what they put on, I've have a really decent Pirelli or something, and then a Schlong-Mong winter tyre with barely 4mm of tread on the other side and had it go flat. Money is still money.

Don't understand how people pay 500 quid for four tyres.

 

I had a full & frank exchange of views with a bloke about this. He was adamant, no second hand tyres, ever. He got a proper shitty-on when I asked him if he had gone straight to the tyre fitters to change his tyres after buying a second hand car.

 

I get the whole "they are the only part of your car touching the road so don't scrimp" argument. And I am happy paying a tenner for a £200 tyre that has 5mm of tread left on it. win-win.

 

BTW, my old company Accord had 19" rims on it with tyres that were made specifically for that car. £227 a corner, and it used a set every 20,00 miles (every 6 months in my case). I used to get christmas cards of the tyre fitter

[tooSavvy]

 

.... I recall Lydden AutoCross, 70's Grandstand, and the MiNis were running 'full house' wide grip/knobblies on the front and plain road 'part worns' at the back.

 

Made the stance rather odd....

 

..and who will ever forget the 'toast rack' screen washer debut >>> "... this contraption has been designed to enhance visibility in this filthy weather...." >>> Bloke, 5 seconds later, T-bones the bank..

 

Pure TV Gold 

 

 

TS

 

* mebbies he should have tried my Bleachbottle screenwasher mod?

[derskine]

I always buy kumho tyres. Theyre not expensive but they're pretty good, great in the wet.

[tooSavvy]

^^^ I got 4x steels, from the scrappie, with brand new Kummis £40.... swapped them onto my PROTON MPi

 

Were fine

 

 

*** boring aside alert ***

 

My Savv came with steels fitted with obscure size 14" circles.... 165/60R14.

 

I got these CompactSprint PROTON alloys + 4x ATS 'Riken' brand new tyres, and all fitted.... for less than the cost of finding new replacements for the originals > PhAkT.

 

TS

[fordperv]

I laughed when local tyre places told me that my sapphire has an odd ball tyre size as pretty much most cars of the era of similar size had the same fitted 195/60/14, maybe I'm stuck in the past

 

I bought 4 brand new for it as I'm not planning on the car going anywhere soon

[tooSavvy]

When ATS fitted the tyres for me, off the rack, fella commented that 185/60-14 was a popular tyre 'back in the day' on sporty Frauds...

 

TS