Daft tyre names

[bunglebus]

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[bunglebus]

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[5speedracer]

Aye I’ve seen a few Double Coin tyres on trucks. Mainly tippers and bin wagons.

I drove a shonky Daf artic 4x2 back in the late '90's and the boss put Double Coin on the steer 'cos cheap. One let go coming down Shap, luckily in the evening as I used half the lane to my right fighting it.
Told boss I didn't rate them!!!


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[martc]

On ‎3‎/‎16‎/‎2020 at 9:17 PM, bunglebus said:

 

HiLo - refers to the air pressure retention in relation to the owners manual. Also, coincidently, the accuracy of the equally cheap tyre pressure gauge purchased at the same time.

Or, does it reference the mental state of the owner. Hi cos it's a bargain init M8 saved loadsa bunga, lo when recovering the car from a ditch.

[bunglebus]

A few new ones spotted on essential shopping trip

 

[bunglebus]

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[rusty998]

This was on a Megane

[Cavboy80]

A guy who worked at the same cab firm as me fitted a set of Daisy tyres to his Mercedes. 

He reckoned they were fine but at £55 a corner (2016) I'm not so sure. 

[greengartside]

On 11/19/2019 at 1:31 PM, Hard on Equipment said:

MAZZINI 

That’s one of my ancestor’s surname! Nice to see they’ve made it onto a tyre.

[phil_lihp]

I usually seem to end up replacing technically legal but otherwise slightly lethal tyres on old crocks shortly after buying them.  My old XJ40 came with a set of ancient Hero tyres on the back which had to go in a skip immediately as the only hero they inspired was the one to come and tow you out of the ditch you'd driven in to.

My Focus ST170 came with a set of Autogrips which were shaped like 20ps and I can confirm were ambitiously named.   You certainly knew they were on there though, plenty of road noise and wheel shake to remind you what you'd bought,

[bunglebus]

A couple of beauties on the FIL's A-Class

 

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[Keymaster]

Alba Sport

Presumably the cheapest tyre available in the argos catalogue

[bunglebus]

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[LightBulbFun]

On 6/7/2020 at 1:41 PM, Keymaster said:

Alba Sport

Presumably the cheapest tyre available in the argos catalogue

maybe its the tyres this chap use? LOL

[warch]

19 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

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I thought they made bog roll? 

[TheXUDfiles]

I had a Laguna with one "Uniglory" tyre once. No info was around online at the time, or any reviews, making me wonder if I was the first to survive them.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 3/20/2020 at 10:28 AM, bunglebus said:

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Yeah....errm....no....

[martc]

20 hours ago, warch said:

I thought they made bog roll? 

It's to remind you to take a roll with you. Just in case.

[bunglebus]

You need Charmhoo for your

 

[bunglebus]

Yes this was the brand, not the model

 

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[sutty2006]

Whoaaaa you crept up on me there! Doing disks n pads on Mrs suttys uncles mondeo. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 7/27/2020 at 8:13 PM, bunglebus said:

Yes this was the brand, not the model

 

20200727_165535 by RS, on Flickr

More like Torquemierda

[Tenmil Socket]

1 minute ago, sutty2006 said:

Whoaaaa you crept up on me there! Doing disks n pads on Mrs suttys uncles mondeo. 

That's got to be the winner!

[sierraman]

I’ve got a pair of Boto Genysis on the front. Not very good in the wet, ok in the dry but they’ve got something like 5mm of tread so they’re stopping for the meantime. Unlike me in the wet!!!

[bunglebus]

3 different makes on the same Citroen next to me at Asda yesterday 

 

[sutty2006]

All these daft tyre names make my full set of Landsails look like premium brands in comparison 

[Wgl2019]

I apologise profusely for the lack of pics or even remembering the brand however....

Wife's old Hyundai Gets was purchased with about 25k miles on the click, a receipt showed new front tyres at about 10k. The replacements were made from similar plastic to the dashboard and made it feel like driving on ice as soon as it even looked like precipitation was a possibility. After 15k miles they still looked unworn.

Absolutely the most dangerous pieces of shit I have had the misfortune to drive on. Iirc they cost around £20 each!

The premium brand that went on about a week after buying the car were three times the price and worth every penny.

[quicksilver]

Six-cylinder's new field van has a fine set of Achilles brand death rings. Not the most confidence-inspiring choice of name when you consider what happened to Achilles, especially as one of them quickly developed a nasty bulge.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Michelin Primacy

[sutty2006]

I have bit the bullet last night and bought 4 new tyres for the Disco 3 off tyreleader for the grand total of £380 but I did buy Goodyear Eagle F1s.....  I accidentally clicked on “all brands” and was shown hundreds of dodgy brands of tyres! It was hilarious. Was glad to get away from buying ditch finders for my landy