Daft tyre names

[Datsuncog]

^^^ Still waiting to see Flintstone brand fitted to something... there's bound to be some far-eastern company banging them out, right?

 

[Shirley Knott]

I had a set of 'Mowhawks' on my first ever MX5, they went bald on the sides *Badum-tish*

 

Joking aside they weren't great, Uniroyal Rainsports worked far better IIRC.

 

At present I have Toyo NanoEnergy 3's on the Golf and Vredestein Ttrac 2's on the Lupo, both seem ok for budget options.

 

I've just fitted a set of Barum Brilliantis 2's to the 940, the jury's still out on them but they seem ok thus far.

[Partridge]

^^^ Still waiting to see Flintstone brand fitted to something... there's bound to be some far-eastern company banging them out, right?

 

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My tyre place of choice when I lived down South used to be called Flintstones.

[chodweaver]

Why are a lot named after stone, I mean stone is hardly known for its adhesive qualities.

Trying to invoke the success of Firestones? But what the significance of Firestone is escapes me. Greek mythology?

[chodweaver]

Firestone. Another name for flint, apparently.

 

I'm none the wiser...

[Pillock]

I mean, who doesn't know that the Firestone Rubber Co was founded in 1900 by Harvey Firestone and is thus simply named after him?

 

I mean, who else other than Wikipedia.

[MorrisItalSLX]

There is also Bridgestone Tyres

[Wack]

I know a guy that bought a Maserati Granturismo , the dealer had fitted new rear tyres , Talon Triangles , they were on the car for the few miles to the tyre shop

[martc]

There is also Bridgestone Tyres

 

The Bridgestone Corporation was started by Shojiro Ishibashi, Ishibashi means 'stone bridge' in Japanese.

 

'Goodyear' would be a daft name for a tyre but you hear it so often that you become 'blind' to it.

[chodweaver]

 

'Goodyear' would be a daft name for a tyre but you hear it so often that you become 'blind' to it.

Fair point. But I'm still not prepared to accept LingLongs or DoubleHappiness products as serious.

 

Or safe.

[bunglebus]

Local car park and a hire van once again provides me with a set of winners, with what as far as I'm concerned is the daftest name of all;

 

 

20180601_075154 by RS, on Flickr

 

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Luckyland Happygalop!

[Datsuncog]

^^^ I think that's a full house in the shite tyre spotting game.

 

Look at the varying amounts of tread left on each, let alone the differences in tread pattern. Then imagine driving this fucker briskly on some twisty stuff during a sudden rainstorm following two weeks of dry weather.

 

I'd want to have taken out the insurance waiver option at the van hire place...

[martc]

There's five tyres on that van! Are the Gowind and Sunny tyres 'all-weather' tyres?

[bunglebus]

Could be - but they were on someone's car I happened to walk past. Tonight's is cheating a bit as it's the name not the brand, if you see what I mean - they're HiFlys. On the epic paint Bentley from my spotting thread;

 

20180606_182906 by RS, on Flickr

[Broadsword]

Why are a lot named after stone, I mean stone is hardly known for its adhesive qualities.

That's hardly as silly as calling your tyres Triangles!

[Justin Case]

Anyone ever heard of Davanti tyres? it's a new one on me, but the service manager at the Mazda place I was in earlier today said they were OK and they fitted them to some of their secondhand cars. However I went to my regular tyre place who recommended Hankooks, which had an A rating for whet grip. I think that they were worth the extra £12 a corner over the C rated Mohawks (about the same price as the Davantis), which I believe were not greeted with great enthusiasm in this parish, so a pair of Hankooks now adorn the rear. I'm a bit of a tightwad in some things but always fit decent tyres.

[iainrcz]

I'm sure I saw the words Kinforest on some tyres earlier.

 

Is that what they punt you into on the first greasy corner you attempt.

 

"Where are you?"

 

In a 'kin forest.

 

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[stonedagain]

Anyone ever heard of Davanti tyres? it's a new one on me, but the service manager at the Mazda place I was in earlier today said they were OK and they fitted them to some of their secondhand cars. However I went to my regular tyre place who recommended Hankooks, which had an A rating for whet grip. I think that they were worth the extra £12 a corner over the C rated Mohawks (about the same price as the Davantis), which I believe were not greeted with great enthusiasm in this parish, so a pair of Hankooks now adorn the rear. I'm a bit of a tightwad in some things but always fit decent tyres.

I always choose tyres with good wet grip ratings, wet weather sorts the good tyres from the crap. Even cheap tyres aren't too bad on dry roads, but add a bit of rain........

[Skut]

Anyone ever heard of Davanti tyres? it's a new one on me, but the service manager at the Mazda place I was in earlier today said they were OK and they fitted them to some of their secondhand cars. However I went to my regular tyre place who recommended Hankooks, which had an A rating for whet grip. I think that they were worth the extra £12 a corner over the C rated Mohawks (about the same price as the Davantis), which I believe were not greeted with great enthusiasm in this parish, so a pair of Hankooks now adorn the rear. I'm a bit of a tightwad in some things but always fit decent tyres.

I've got one on the MG. It was an emergency purchase to get it through an MOT as the other choice was a sailun. Not terrible but the other tyres are Dunlop and Kumhos so its hard to isolate its performance. Sold as a Uk tyre but in reality its just a UK distributor getting a chinese factory to add their brand name to a tyre.

[iainrcz]

I have 2x Davanti tyres on the rear of my RCZ.

Not my choice, although they seem to perform as well as the Continental on the front.

 

Which seem to enjoy nothing more than a good wheel spin pulling out from a damp junction.

 

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[Tadhg Tiogar]

Why are a lot named after stone, I mean stone is hardly known for its adhesive qualities.

Maybe it's their ability to crack and crumble?

[Shep Shepherd]

Spotted on a neighbour's 2009 Focus today, a pair of Rosava Itegros, which hail from Ukraine. 

 

Daft name, at least to me, but the company seems legit:

 

http://rosava.ua

[clayts450]

If you've got a few hours have a read of the Davanti Tyres topic on Pistoltwats. It soon became a standing joke over there for shit tyres.

 

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1569032&i=0

[Skut]

Happened across a couple of Phoenix branded tyres in the workshop.  Assumed it was a remould but seems to be a Chinese tyre with a slightly questionable associations with death and rebirth.  Almost nowt about them online in the English language other than a few ebay ads.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

This morning I went to an Afghan-run tyre fitter, and am just after having my first encounter with a "FARROAD" tyre. "FARROAD" because China. Might be clever play on German Fahrrad or, given that this is an Afghan tyre shop, a play on "Farhad".

[motorpunk]

Landsails on the font of my big, fat, BMW estate. They haven't worn out in 20k miles but sort of wander about a bit at speed. Might spend a few quid more on decent ones next time. 

[cobblers]

Because I'm essentially a complete fanny, I've spent £300 of my own money on a set of 275/35/20 Jinyu Gallopro YU63s for my van:

 

 

They seem alright TBH. Maybe a little noisy, but a damn site better than the 4 year old Dunlop Wintersports that I took off because they were falling apart.

[twosmoke300]

Now that really grinds my gears ! Big expensive wheels but cheap shit tyres ! Would rather see standard steelies wearing premium rubber .

[cobblers]

Like I say, I'm a fanny and really do know better. These have 50% more rubber on the road anyway, so if they're only 2/3rds as grippy as a stock tyre, I'll be reet.

[twosmoke300]

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