Daft tyre names

[quicksilver]

Even trucks aren't immune from the bizarre brands. Saw one today with a right mix of ditchfinders: Doublecoin on the front, Aeolus on the middle and Fastlane on the drive axle. I've never heard of any of those.

[bunglebus]

20190104_105117 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

More hire van cack;

 

20190126_162123 by RS, on Flickr

 

20190126_162131 by RS, on Flickr

[SierraMikeHotel]

Some serious budget rubber on the side of the Merc that I don't usually see.

 

[bunglebus]

Nice

20190526_085136 by RS, on Flickr

20190526_085140 by RS, on Flickr

[chaseracer]

That last one is poetic.

[somewhatfoolish]

On 1/27/2019 at 1:17 AM, bunglebus said:

 

20190126_162131 by RS, on Flickr

 

[Lord Sterling]

Road Champ:

[martc]

On ‎5‎/‎27‎/‎2019 at 9:27 AM, bunglebus said:

Nice

20190526_085136 by RS, on Flickr

20190526_085140 by RS, on Flickr

Headway Horace used to appear in rep as an understudy for Chuffer Dandridge. Both are now resting.

[bunglebus]

Just to show the Headway Horace is a real thing

 

20190528_142017 by RS, on Flickr

[Skut]

The Harmonic Aptany 

[martc]

5 hours ago, Skut said:

The Harmonic Aptany

As featured in 'Sing Something Simple'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYlrgNyGUqI

My ears, my ears make it stop...etc etc

[louiepj]

Frun one?

[sutty2006]

Gettin Giti with it........ 

 

na na nah nah na nah nah.......

[bunglebus]

20190613_103307 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

20190614_144818 by RS, on Flickr

[martc]

21 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Gettin Giti with it........ 

 

na na nah nah na nah nah.......

I had to look up Giti - apparently its pronounced GT. They are a Singaporean company with factories in Indonesia and China and they are building a new one in the USofA. Their test centre is here in Blighty, based at MIRA.

[bunglebus]

20190615_104349 by RS, on Flickr

 

A set of four, no less - on this;

 

20190615_104405 by RS, on Flickr

[sutty2006]

We sell quite a lot of delinte tyres, I think they’re quite reasonable 

[bunglebus]

[New POD]

In another thread. For sale a spare wheel and new tyre for a Nissan or Dacia.

THUNDER 

The place I bought it was more than a little dodgy. 

[busmansholiday]

That last pic makes it look like they are made out of plastic....

[bunglebus]

20190703_110750 by RS, on Flickr

20190703_110754 by RS, on Flickr

[TataBobu]

On 6/26/2019 at 8:02 PM, bunglebus said:

Isn't this a Pirelli winter tyre? Pirelli Sottozero? (under zero degrees Celsius)

 

Anyway, I used to have a set of four of these beauties:

 

 

[Asimo]

[martc]

^^^ Suitable for Ponies, Mustangs, Starrions etc (add your own and yes I know I put Starrion - you must be familiar with the story by now).

[bunglebus]

Sure some of these have appeared before, but I was looking my closely at my friend's cars (and his neighbours 4x4) and found many strange names in one place.

The Headway wasn't a Horace, much to my disappointment

[Bertie]

Don’t have any pics but, a guy I once worked for came into the workshop positively beaming (very unusual for him) and announced that he’d found a new tyre firm who would improve on the current one. A few days later one of the lorries suffered a puncture, we all waited eagerly to see the gleaming new tyre when it returned. The old Double Coin had been cast away, and replaced by a Double Happiness! Such a romantic name.

 

in fairness they were skip lorries, and working in London all day meant they rarely got above 30MPH. I wouldn’t be splashing out on Bridgies or Michelins either.

[bunglebus]

A stroll through Asda's car park revealed some gems;

 

20190731_151737 by RS, on Flickr

20190731_151625 by RS, on Flickr

20190731_151606 by RS, on Flickr

20190731_151615 by RS, on Flickr

20190731_151544 by RS, on Flickr

[martc]

Zeta, Infinity and Excelon where all characters in the obscure, short lived, Czech 80's Sci-Fi series 'Windforce Fullrun'.