Tyre Shine

When you say 'cooler' are you stating your tyres could become over heated?

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I think he's saying that he uncritically believes advertising copy.

I'd get through a pair of fronts in 12k, and a pair of rears in 25k. Tyres were Eagle Touring or something like that (the OEM tyres on the car).

All twisty NSL country roads though!

Pete.

Do you get a pool of electrons in the footwell?

And cars with shiny tyres (shinier even than new) look a bit Kevvy, IMNSHO. Besides, if you're right, then you ought to get on the phone to Bernie or Max, and let them know all those F1 cars looks pikey...

WTF does "spiv" mean? Or is it yet another Bazzashazzatossa term for making a car look like a baby pimpmobile with little power and even less driver intelligence?

I think he's stating he thinks tyres need to look pretty before considering if they actually grip the black stuff. I've never managed to overheat a tyre, unless you count driving on a flat. And I've tried, best I can get on a hot day is still little warmer than my hand. I *know* there's more grip to be had if only I could get them up to temp! ;)

Tyres do crack with age though, and maybe something good at blocking out UV, or keeping the rubber supple, would be an idea for some people. That Jeep I've been working on needed 2 new tyres at 50k and 5 years old, not because they were worn, but because the sidewalls were crazed.

I'd like to point out in no way am I posting in favour of something referred to mysteriously as "spiv", just saying there might be products out there for the purpose of protecting the sidewalls that do work! :)

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Private Walker from Dads' Army was the archetypal spiv. Not really something anyone would want to aspire to - unless they're really odd.

Guy King wrote

Commonly applied to Black Marketeers during and after WW2.

I understood that it came from a reversal of the letters "VIPs".

Didn't know the last bit, but I remembered vaguely Dad's Army. I always thoguht the "spiv" was one of the best characters too.

But I can't for the life of me see how something can be, or is good to be, spiv.

I think this could be a sign I'm getting old, dammit :(

Stuffed wrote

Ha Ha!

There was an expression "Spivved up", which could mean slicked back hair, Teddy Boy suit, or it could mean fitting a motor with white-wall tyres and leopard-skin seat covers...

Not so much good, more vulgar looking...

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Perhaps it's a corruption of spiffy?

Definitions of SPIV on the Web:

An individual who lives by his wits (rather than having regular employment).

a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

A "Spiv" is the archetypal sharp suited, clean shaven, slicked back hair, spat wearing cad.

Quite a difficult term to describe really!

Pete.

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Like I said - Private Walker.

Yes. Precisely!

Pete.