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7 minutes ago, mcmolloy1 said:

Just got 2 tyres fitted, asked for budget ones which the guy said were called 'imperial'. Went back to collect and the tyres have no name on them whatsoever! Guy I dealt with was nowhere to be seen so went on my way. 

Can anyone guess what these are

It is a Z tyre, made by Zenises who appear to be a UK firm, but I guess they just put their logo on any old tat - there's a website here but the work IT system is refusing to allow me to look at most of the pages due to 'malware' so beware. - https://www.zenises.com/about-zenises/

 

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12 minutes ago, martc said:

It is a Z tyre, made by Zenises who appear to be a UK firm, but I guess they just put their logo on any old tat - there's a website here but the work IT system is refusing to allow me to look at most of the pages due to 'malware' so beware. - https://www.zenises.com/about-zenises/

 

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That sounds very much like the blurb for Davanti tyres as well. Designed in Europe but made in some state of the art cheap factory in China.

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14 hours ago, leakingstrut said:

Walked past a Chinese Takeaway today called the Golden Crown. Which is also a brand of tyre on one of the bin lorries at work. I don’t know what the thinking is with the council buying tyres - sometimes they get premium brand and other times they get ditchfinders, on the same vehicle. 

Presumably you have a buyer who knows something about tyres and another who thinks they’re all just the same rubber rings.

Where I used to work, the purchasing manager was a nightmare , always justifying his decision to buy the cheapest possible items with the line , they’re all the same.

Star items were non stick masking tape and dissolvable rubber gloves. 

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15 hours ago, leakingstrut said:

Walked past a Chinese Takeaway today called the Golden Crown. Which is also a brand of tyre on one of the bin lorries at work. I don’t know what the thinking is with the council buying tyres - sometimes they get premium brand and other times they get ditchfinders, on the same vehicle. 

Be prepared for a traffic jam of bin lorries stranded by their cheap black rings of fear, following the lead of Putin and Co.

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1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

Where I used to work, the purchasing manager was a nightmare , always justifying his decision to buy the cheapest possible items with the line , they’re all the same.

"The fact that you believe that to be true means you're really not competent to be a purchasing manager..."

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16 hours ago, leakingstrut said:

Walked past a Chinese Takeaway today called the Golden Crown. Which is also a brand of tyre on one of the bin lorries at work. I don’t know what the thinking is with the council buying tyres - sometimes they get premium brand and other times they get ditchfinders, on the same vehicle. 

Usually it's just due to a contract with a maintenance company that chooses whatever is convenient/in stock/highest profit margin at that moment

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On 25/10/2023 at 12:37, 5speedracer said:

That sounds very much like the blurb for Davanti tyres as well. Designed in Europe but made in some state of the art cheap factory in China.

That's an interesting* job designing tyres. Unless we're talking compounds and stuff like that, most of the groundwork has been pretty much laid out; shape 'yep', size(s) 'yep' colour 'any colour as long as its black haha'. Just invent some grooves to go on the outside and a silly name to go on the sides and we're in business.

ETA, I imagine 60% of the designer's time goes on coming up with a suitable name, Manfat, Faststone, Clitway etc.

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2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Those remind me of the attempt by Benetton in 1986

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You can get tyres that give of coloured smoke

 

The drift girl on Bangers: Mad for Cars put some of those that make pink smoke on her MX5. Bought from eBay, naturally.

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