Daft tyre names

[bunglebus]

I don't do ditchfinders after my experience with plastic Chinese tyres, a wet road and a field next to the A414 in my Sierra

[5speedracer]

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

Who the fuck thought "Sailfish" a suitable tyre name !!!

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[PhilA]

On 3/20/2020 at 7:16 AM, martc 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.

They're only allowed to be used in Hawaii.

[bunglebus]

51 minutes ago, 5speedracer said:

Who the fuck thought "Sailfish" a suitable tyre name !!!

I think the two best so far are Triangle and Achilles. Neither are really something I'd want to associate with round things that need to work well

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, 5speedracer said:

Who the fuck thought "Sailfish" a suitable tyre name !!!

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Are they implying you can guide them in the wet ?

[sierraman]

I find Roadstone tyres don’t inspire much confidence, Stone isn’t known for its adhesion properties. 

[sierraman]

On 9/13/2020 at 8:55 AM, bunglebus said:

I don't do ditchfinders after my experience with plastic Chinese tyres, a wet road and a field next to the A414 in my Sierra

Those old Sierras weren’t noted for their handling prowess. 

[Grumblespeed]

Found this on the back of my latest Panda when I got it home. Name doesn't sound too bad but some of the rest of the writing doesn't inspire confidence.... Other side was a pretty respectable Kumho which was more promising until I noticed it was a different size to the other 3. Honestly, what some people do to their cars!

 

[bunglebus]

Oh I don't know, a GLS Saph with decent tyres was pretty hard to unsettle.

That was the last time anything without a well know brand went on any of my cars

[bunglebus]

Perfect for your MK5 Escort

I suspect the performance will be less than A+

[maxxo]

month or so back i went on a date, i was acting like a normal person

that was.......until i spotted a linglong! i got all excited

might have to start looking for the daft names, i know for certain my neighbours 2010 nissan note has some interesting ones

[maxxo]

Only real photo i have of the tyres on the picasso when i got it

this was a "dextero"

it did a 5 mile journey to a tyre place to be replaced straight away, being driven extremely carefully

i just don't understand how people can let their tyres get this bad, my fronts are almost at 3mm and they will be getting replaced in the next 2 weeks

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 9/15/2020 at 3:25 PM, sierraman said:

.....Stone isn’t known for its adhesion properties. 

Dunno. There are loads of castles and stately homes that have been stuck together quite well with stone.

[bunglebus]

On 9/18/2020 at 10:53 PM, maxxo said:

month or so back i went on a date, i was acting like a normal person

that was.......until i spotted a linglong! i got all excited

Did your date love you linglong time?

[martc]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Did your date love you linglong time?

No, she left him in a ditch...

[Fumbler]

Fellow student's Seat Arosa has just had these lovely specimens fitted on all four corners!

I wonder how well it does going round corners.

[bunglebus]

I'm going to have to pop into Queens Park Tyres and see of the still have the Yokohama tyre from years ago, it had the blurb from this wheel advert written on the sidewall. Can't find any images of one online

[willswitchengage]

On 9/18/2020 at 10:53 PM, maxxo said:

month or so back i went on a date, i was acting like a normal person

that was.......until i spotted a linglong! i got all excited

might have to start looking for the daft names, i know for certain my neighbours 2010 nissan note has some interesting ones

Is that on a Kinglong bus?

[Hogie]

I had some linglongs on the BM not long ago, they came with some wheels I bought.....when I initially got them and stopped laughing at the name I looked them up on tyre reviews or some website......a chap who had purchased  a set and subsequently reviewed them summed them up perfectly....."if you want to live long, dont by linglongs".

I can confirm his findings.....they are widow makers.

 

Speaking for crap tyres I had some "Matadors" on a Mk1 1.2 clio....I was broke at the time but had two very close ones where I nearly went up the rear  of a transit and nearly through the front door a dentist......I found the money for some Pirelli's very quickly.

My Corolla T Sport came with some tyres call "Corsas".......I went full lock understeer at a wet roundabout doing like 25 mph, I decided they were not very sporty and binned them for some vredestein sport 3.....they were an excellent tyre.

 

[maxxo]

oh no! the sun is wide!

[LightBulbFun]

5 hours ago, maxxo said:

oh no! the sun is wide!

amusing/ironicly? so is the thumbnail image on my end LOL good ol cavcraft-o-vision

compared to its actual aspect ratio

[maxxo]

33 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

amusing/ironicly? so is the thumbnail image on my end LOL good ol cavcraft-o-vision

compared to its actual aspect ratio

Yes, i had a feeling it would be like that

my own doing, as i am far too lazy to plug my phone into the PC i sent myself it through facebook and copied it from there

[Hard on Equipment]

WESTLAKE

You would probably end up in a lake.

[bunglebus]

You know you want some Chengshan tyres on your ride

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

You know you want some Chengshan tyres on your ride

Full set of non matching Chinese ditch finders all round then? WCPGW? 

[bunglebus]

Four more lovely ditchfinders. Saw an Apollo and an Achilles too but we've already had those

 

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

I wonder if some of these names are translation related for the European market? 

[martc]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

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I call foul on the Lassa tyre, they are a cut above the Chinese non-brand ditchfinders.

Lassa are a Turkish tyre manufacturer (who make their tyres in Turkey). They are in a joint venture with  Bridgestone who provide a lot of technical input to the design and manufacture of these tyres.

(Brisa is an old trade mark and Sabanci is the Turkish corporation that owns Lassa)

[maxxo]

3 minutes ago, martc said:

I call foul on the Lassa tyre, they are a cut above the Chinese non-brand ditchfinders.

Lassa are a Turkish tyre manufacturer (who make their tyres in Turkey). They are in a joint venture with  Bridgestone who provide a lot of technical input to the design and manufacture of these tyres.

(Brisa is an old trade mark and Sabanci is the Turkish corporation that owns Lassa)

dads civic has some "lassa driveways sports" and i must admit they are pretty damn good

we thought it was a ditchfinder and nearly didn't buy the car due to it until i did a quick google search and found out they were in the joint venture with bridgestone

must admit they have an excellent resistence to aquaplaining and seem to grip very well indeed in all conditions

[Popsicle]

Daughter No 1's recently acquired Beetle had this fine selection on. Luckily had a full set of wheels from our lasses Beetle to swap over.

Capturar, Gremax, Sunitrac & Hero!