New tyres

The message from petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Peter) contains these words:

Don't worry - proper clutch control and machine sympathy come with time

- if you've the capacity to learn 'em.

It comes with four brand new tyres?

What because of the aqua planing? I did post on here a while ago about the lack of traction in wet weather. I came to the conclusion that there were two options, drive slow or get new tyres.

I have thought about rotating them, but I'm worried about my rear tyres aqua planning and spinning my car :-o.

I think I'll go for some cheaper ones then. Probably Uniroyals, but maybe continental's. I've got continentals on the front at the moment.

The message from petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Peter) contains these words:

Why would it need a service after 800 miles?

You won't be living at all if you drive around with bald tyres.

The message from "AstraVanMan" contains these words:

Not to mention the kid you run over. My wife hit one on Monday - got away from his mum and ran out right in front of the car. Luckily - unlike many drivers on that road she was going very slowly 'cos she'd seen the pedestrians on the island and dropped to about 15mph. By the time it happend it was more a case of him running into her than the other way round[1]. However if it'd happened on a wet day she'd still probably not have stopped in time and even if she'd not injured him the police would still have looked askance at the bald tyres.

Recently, it's becoming very very hard to tell.

On the bright side, I missed the ongoing saga of the f*cked Fiat, gave me a warm glow of familiarity when I got back online :)

Water condensing in the oil from all the short journeys?

Peter

You know, that's probably exactly how she thinks about it!

Why doesn't the lazy cow just walk if it's only 2 miles?

The message from Rob contains these words:

Not everyone can walk two miles!

Prolly cos they've been using their cars when they should have been using their legs! :-D

or wait until you've killed someone

Explain its 3 points on your licence per illegal tyre.

Gosh, you need new tyres.

When it's wet and you're stopped at a junction do you feel that you have a binary accelerator & clutch?

--Nick.

The message from "Dan405" contains these words:

Ain't the fine up to a thousand per tyre - or is it two thousand?

Up to UKP 2500. Per tyre.

Nah, don't think I've been over 50mph. It happened once at a little over 30mph (less than 35mph) going over a roundabout. It was straight over, not around it, but there was still a bit of steering to go around it. I may've hit a small puddle though. Usually my car just understeers badly in wet weather though. It 'bounces' at junctions if I take them fast. I know this isn't aquaplaning, and it's probably normal actually. Oh yeah and aqua planing's when the steering goes as light as a feather and the car just goes straight.

No, my clutch control is quite often pretty good and I am sympathetic toward my car. When I wheel spin on wet roads it's just normal driving, not heavy acceleration.

My dad thinks wheel spinning in wet weather's normal, he says it can happen to him too, but his clutch is very dodgy though. Every time he pulls away the whole car jolts and the engine labours. Halfway through a trip I told him to stop doing it because it was really annoying. He told me that there's oil on the clutch and it's not his fault. I asked him why he doesn't sort it out, and he said 'why would I want to do that? :-o. It's unbelievable!

Peter (petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

And you're worried about whether anything less than top-spec branded expensive tyres will be suitable?

You really need to get a grip on reality.