Daft tyre names

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

 

HAPPYGALOP

Do they make them for horseboxes?

[straightSix]

Got myself some tracmax. Over promise and under deliver I suspect 

[bunglebus]

An MRF Savari on an electric converted Piaggio Ape or similar 

 

[bunglebus]

A Kapsen Papide no less!

[D.E]

 

[bunglebus]

Banoze

Novaforce

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Banoze

Novaforce

Banozes are named after a relatively new and not widely known process that produces a synthetic rubber.

Waste banana skins are reacted with Ozone and the fibres toughen but at the same time become very stretchy and can be formed in the same way as other types of rubber.

The inventors from the Dominican Republic presented a paper to the American Chemical Society in 2015.   

[bunglebus]

You couldn't make it up

[bunglebus]

Rental van Bingo, three Maxtreks and a Roadcruza 

[bunglebus]

I think I'd be a little upset if my brand new Mini came with a set of Gitis

[bunglebus]

[Christine]

I've  just  ordered 2 x   175  70  13  tyres from F1 autocentre website   for 26 quid each !  Paypal had a tenner in it  already , so 2  brand new tyres for  only  .. 43 pounds .! Fitted .. inc.  new  valve  , balanced , vat , old tyre disposal   . Excellent eh?    Sierraman , looking at you!  

 They're gonna be grim  , i wonder what they're called ? 

Fuel effic..G

Grip... G

Noise 72db 

[willswitchengage]

21 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I think I'd be a little upset if my brand new Mini came with a set of Gitis

I would be more upset with those taillights

[MantaGTE85]

On 22/06/2024 at 18:07, bunglebus said:

A Kapsen Papide no less!

That's a serious filler repair on that Corsa D's wheel arch.

[Metal Guru]

7 hours ago, Christine said:

I've  just  ordered 2 x   175  70  13  tyres from F1 autocentre website   for 26 quid each !  Paypal had a tenner in it  already , so 2  brand new tyres for  only  .. 43 pounds .! Fitted .. inc.  new  valve  , balanced , vat , old tyre disposal   . Excellent eh?    Sierraman , looking at you!  

 They're gonna be grim  , i wonder what they're called ? 

Fuel effic..G

Grip... G

Noise 72db 

175x13? Are you from the 70s?

[Christine]

175  70   13   .... 1996   Civic 

 

 

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, Christine said:

175  70   13   .... 1996   Civic 

 

 

I remember when my Dad got a Cortina mk3 in 1976, it had 165x13 tyres and they looked really big and wide. Today they’d look like they belonged on the bottom of you sofa.

[Tenmil Socket]

Here's a pic off of the internet but I spotted a car with these on recently... FastMove 4!

 

[bunglebus]

No idea

[MrGTI6]

On 22/07/2024 at 21:30, bunglebus said:

I think I'd be a little upset if my brand new Mini came with a set of Gitis

That looks more like a Chinese copy of a Mini. Never seen one like that before! 

[Tenmil Socket]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

No idea

Accelera?

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 22/07/2024 at 21:30, bunglebus said:

I think I'd be a little upset if my brand new Mini came with a set of Gitis

Giti Tire - Wikipedia

20 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

I would be more upset with those taillights

[Christine]

A 2 ton proper  Range Rover was shod with 205  80  16  , handled  just fine too .. A Meriva my dad had , i noticed that was on 205 16  albeit much  lower  profile

[EyesWeldedShut]

Firehawk - shitehawks maybe

[Christine]

My 26 quid Civic  tyres are fucking ace  ....!     L-Grip 55..is the name . 

its pissing down here and they stick good  to the road ..i left some 11's outside the autocentre , to get the mould  release agent off ,  first ..   happy , so i'm ordering 3 more !   

[bunglebus]

Did you have your hat on around the wrong way too?

[Christine]

I got , "needs tracking up  mate , only 49 quid..."

  FUCK OFF .  

However , i was looking through the window   ,and the fella lifted the bonnet afterwards .. and started poking around under  . WTF ?  Watching carefully , i thought he was sabotaging sommat.... turned out the battery went dead on him ,and put a jump pack on it !   I had to go get a new battery from Curds   Autoelectrics ..90 quid 

HOW MUCH ..?  If you fit it yourself , 60 quid ...

Yeah   i'll fit it meself  ta 

Just a new  windscreen tomorrow..  already paid .

 

 

 

[MantaGTE85]

On 24/07/2024 at 12:43, bunglebus said:

No idea

Accelera 'Kerb'-finders.  

[IronStar]

Marangoni Trio

[martc]

On 22/07/2024 at 21:30, bunglebus said:

I think I'd be a little upset if my brand new Mini came with a set of Gitis

Oi! My Ora has Giti tyres and they are perfectly acceptable, no ditches found! Smiley face, wink.

@MrGTI6 I've a feeling that those EV MINI's are made in China (by GWM, same as Ora's, hence the Giti tyres) although mainly for the home market they are/were? being imported here until the factory in Oxford is/was geared up for the new EV model.