Daft tyre names

[junkyarddog]

Check out this balding and cracked beauty on a BMW. 

Radar!!!

 

[Simon_punto]

I’d like to add these, owned by a work colleague who has on numerous occasions ripped the piss out of me for driving a Kia cee’d as my daily driver, and for owning 2 old fiats.

The old Audi blew up, and when it come to replacing it, it had to be another Audi because they are the best cars in the world apparently, this one looked after meticulously by the looks of it.

 

[bunglebus]

ZEETEX should only be fitted to Fords Shirley?

Anyway you shouldn't be Laufenn at his tyres

[Cheggers]

I come not to resurrect this thread, but to win it.

How about a Galaxy "The Beefy Baby III" tyre for your JCB 😂

[IronStar]

2 hours ago, Cheggers said:

I come not to resurrect this thread, but to win it.

How about a Galaxy "The Beefy Baby III" tyre for your JCB 😂

Made by Yokohama's Off-Highway Tires division apparently 

[Cavcraft]

The car has packed up, you'll have to take the 

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

The car has packed up, you'll have to take the 

There’s no F in van. 

[5speedracer]

On 20/04/2025 at 17:09, dozeydustman said:

A hire freighter turned up on Friday. It had this quality rubber fitter.

BandagHotread

The truck retread division of Bridgestone no less. Back in the 80's it was regular to see a truck sporting an "I'm running on Bandags" sunstrip.

[straightSix]

Stolen from one of the advert for some Chinese EV on the Moderns section 

[aotb]

Weirdly not a Chinese brand, Indonesian/Singaporean. More commonly seen over here as GT Radial. 

[junkyarddog]

Spotted this bald beauty today!!

Sailun!!

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Spotted this bald beauty today!!

Sailun!!

Sailun straight into a ditch!

[mat777]

Spotted on a pretty powerful looking Mustang at a meet the other weekend. Lots of money for the engine, less so for the bit that grips? 

[aotb]

One of the high quality* Tyres that came on the Mini. 

[bunglebus]

Tried to take a sneaky pic of this as the Mrs knew the owners -  Iota

 

[Pauly.22]

I’ve got some Le-gripps or something on my car. Just ordered some new tyres though now. 

[HMC]

My ropey saab 9-5 has some interesting brands. “Royal explorer II” sounds like a boat’s name which somehow doesnt inspire much confidence. 

Ditch ahoy!

[HMC]

My friend still has some ancient “TIGAR” covers on his little used triumph stag. He said its tail happy (!)

Apparently owned by michelin since 2010. His tyres are definitely from the earlier Serbian owned days.

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, mat777 said:

Spotted on a pretty powerful looking Mustang at a meet the other weekend. Lots of money for the engine, less so for the bit that grips? 

Maybe going to do burn outs. Not much point in buying premium.

[AndyW201]

Our 74 plate MAN TGE van at work came with Giti tyres from new. Boss wasn't impressed at first, as the Sprinters have always come with Continentals. It's on Michelin Agilis 3s now anyway, as they're what the boss always gets on our vans. The Gitis lasted about 40,000 miles mind, not bad for one of our vans.

[horriblemercedes]

On 30/07/2025 at 15:58, straightSix said:

Stolen from one of the advert for some Chinese EV on the Moderns section 

Which is the bad bit? 

[IronStar]

16 hours ago, HMC said:

My friend still has some ancient “TIGAR” covers on his little used triumph stag. He said its tail happy (!)

Apparently owned by michelin since 2010. His tyres are definitely from the earlier Serbian owned days.

Sigura, 620 or 621? 😄

[D.E]

Smart Chaser

[martc]

My Ora has Giti tyres as standard. They have acted perfectly in ice, snow and heavy rain. No loss of grip on rapid acceleration. No ditches have been found.

[horriblemercedes]

Giti is not a ditchfinder company. They're good tyres. Maybe they're not quite Michelin, but they're among the better tyres out there

[straightSix]

Giti is a slightly amusing name though 

[martc]

On 08/08/2025 at 18:12, straightSix said:

Giti is a slightly amusing name though 

I call them jit-ees, but I suspect I should be calling them gee tees. Here's a skin crawlingly awful publicity film of theirs where they seem to pronounce it ji te, a quicker version of gee tee, to avoid the complete and absolute bollocks fast forward to 35 sec. I was surprised to learn that they are actually a Singaporean company.

 

[Erebus]

Have we had Antyre?  Perfect for an car:

[dozeydustman]

The hire company fit some absolute crackers to their trucks.

Tegrys?

[bunglebus]