Daft tyre names

[Lord Sterling]

On 17/04/2022 at 13:18, Skut said:

Have we had Saferich yet?

Lol. Saferich sounds like a chav greeting on an estate for people called 'Richard' i.e.

Safe Rich, *fist bump* wha' ya sayin?

[Heikin Matsuda]

Spotted these on a Mk1 mx5

 

[quicksilver]

A whole truckload of Winda's finest Chinese death rings. Surely not that premium as I've never heard of them.

[bunglebus]

15 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

A whole truckload of Winda's finest Chinese death rings. Surely not that premium as I've never heard of them.

I saw a lorry full of Goodrides yesterday. Amazing that they're popular enough to have their own fleet

[Erebus]

Another wagon load of cheap rubber...

[bunglebus]

[Skut]

Comforser. On a PT cruiser. Grim.

[Lord Sterling]

On 29/05/2022 at 17:54, Heikin Matsuda said:

At first glance, that looks like it says "mr" Sava which sounds like some dodgy foreign bloke or a mid-1980s small time shop chain.

On 02/06/2022 at 16:10, bunglebus said:

I'm pretty sure there is a warehouse or "business park" near the M6 called "iLink". Yeah pal, you ain't 'linking' anything. 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

At first glance, that looks like it says "mr" Sava which sounds like some dodgy foreign bloke or a mid-1980s small time shop chain.

I'm pretty sure there is a warehouse or "business park" near the M6 called "iLink". Yeah pal, you ain't 'linking' anything. 

If you look quickly it says “junk”, which probably wouldn’t trouble the trade description act.

[bunglebus]

Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd makes four tyre brands - Grenlander, Ilink, Fronway , Sailwin.

[Tenmil Socket]

Dropped my car off at the main dealers this morning for a service. Whilst waiting for my lift I browsed the ‘Approved Used’ cars. I approached a car for sale (25k ish) and noticed it had new tyres… Joy Road ! 

[bunglebus]

[Metal Guru]

On 13/06/2022 at 23:36, bunglebus said:

Question is , is it Century or Sentry that they had in mind?

[bunglebus]

Yum

Quite a slick website tho

https://www.torquetyres.com/cartyres

[warch]

Only tangentially related to tyres, but Indian tyre giant CEAT have branched out into cricket goods. Check out this new plank, modelled by India captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma.  

 

[bunglebus]

Compasal Roadwear with bonus Ka 3 spoke. Might start a good/bad 3 spoke thread, hard design to get right

[warch]

Have we had any of these yet? The snappily named Lanvigator.  

[Metal Guru]

Do you think there’s a thread on an equivalent Chinese site that laughs at tyre names like Dunlop or Michelin?

[bunglebus]

"Dunrop" and "Micherin". Other cheap digs at pronunciation by non-native English speakers available.

[warch]

I rather like the sound of Toledo tyres, it reminds me of the 70s and 80s when Spain was considered a bit exotic and aspirational

Rockblades on the other hand, the rubber of choice for the sort of bloke who is a bit of a maverick, is his own boss, likes unprotected sex (probably with himself) and prefers a tyre with attitude.

Lastly  a twofer featuring Firemax and RoTalla. Need I say more? 

[junkyarddog]

Have we had HiLo  yet??

[cobblers]

I've probably posted this before in this thread - but a lot of the time, these insanely named Chinese death hoops aren't even that much cheaper than a branded tyre!

For my wifes car we could have had some "Luckyland Happy Galops" for £71 a corner, or Uniroyal Rainsport 5s for £74! 

[bunglebus]

5 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Have we had HiLo  yet??

Aren't they a) adjustable suspension for Minis or

2) the inflatable bed thingies you put in the sea?

[Erebus]

4 hours ago, cobblers said:

I've probably posted this before in this thread - but a lot of the time, these insanely named Chinese death hoops aren't even that much cheaper than a branded tyre!

For my wifes car we could have had some "Luckyland Happy Galops" for £71 a corner, or Uniroyal Rainsport 5s for £74! 

I've often thought that.  Why would you bother when you're not even saving much?

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 7/19/2022 at 4:50 PM, warch said:

Had these on the Fabia. TL1000s. Not bad. Little noisy tho.

[Metal Guru]

7 hours ago, Erebus said:

I've often thought that.  Why would you bother when you're not even saving much?

Don’t you know they’re an old Michelin design made in a factory that also makes decent tyres? Also I’m such a great driver I can anticipate anything , so a 50% longer stopping distance doesn't really concern me.

[martc]

It's not just the Chinese -

A North British Clincher Tyre. As I headed towards the ditch I felt a clinching feeling in my undercrackers...

(shamelessly nicked from SiC's Cae Dai 1950's museum thread)

[bunglebus]

[PhilA]

On 7/29/2022 at 11:30 AM, bunglebus said:

Aren't they a) adjustable suspension for Minis or

2) the inflatable bed thingies you put in the sea?

Somewhere in the Pacific that may spontaneously erupt into panic, fire and general screaming at any time? (suitable description of operation of the tires also)

[Jamie]

On 7/29/2022 at 5:44 PM, Erebus said:

I've often thought that.  Why would you bother when you're not even saving much?

The gap widens as you go bigger/lower profile. 

 

Pour examplé 

265 30 19 rear tyre for my bmw 

Landsail £64 

Michelin pilot sport5 £219