Tyres!

Jesus, we've already covered this.

The safety regulations don't cover wear or grip. Which means you can be driving around on something with all the grip properties of a puppy on ice, but it wouldn't break any laws.

But you cannot plan for all possible situations anyway. It helps that I don't drive like a madman, although I used to in my younger days. But that helped me experience the limit and what happens when you are close to the limit. But I don't need to do that any more. I don't need to slide and make smoke. I am fully aware of what can happen and how little protection you have. Keep distance, that's what matters. The 'distance' is your bank account when you need it.

But the distance needed on LingLongs can be more thna double the distance needed on a branded tyre!

Thing that I don't understand is that LongLongs weren't actually all that cheap when I was looking for tyres for my MX5 - which is running Uniroyal Rainexperts for £48 a corner, incl. fitting.

At that kind of price, it doesn't make sense to cut corners.

Yeo, looks like that's about right!

Clue: It's nothing whatsoever about how *you* drive...

Chris

Ha, I remember that Uniroyals were considered budget tyres before it got brand name status. In fact all Japanese tyres were viewed with suspicion for a while until they gained acceptance.

I think it is very much about how *you* drive.

On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:54:07 +0100, johannes drooled:

So what? That doesn't mean some tyres are absolute s**te.

BUt they're not exclusive, you can drive sensibly & have a decent of tyres for the day you encounter an idiot.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:41:21 +0000, Chris Whelan drooled:

Is your head not hurting from banging it against that wall yet Chris?

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:58:48 +0100, johannes drooled:

You appear to be a danger to other road users.

It is not to do with how you drive if some idiot pulls out in front of you, and your cheapo tyres don't have enough grip, ABS or not, to stop in time. It's all their fault, but *you'll* still hit and injure or kill someone..

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:22:06 +0000, Steve H moand:

I want to buy one of these just for the name. The lad could use it as a rope swing in the garden or something!

Well, it could be anything, but LingLong are the most amusingly titled cheap tyre.

But you could be using Nankang, Event, Triangle, Dark Horse, Roadstone or one of a multitude of others.

In the wet, the distances are very often much greater than 35m. I'd prefer something that actually offers more grip than a teflon tray.

yup, & it's not very hypothetical, there's lot's of other things you could economise on 1st.

Would you recommend the same tyres for Granny who does 2K a year to the shops? (genuine question)

Theo

Why wouldn't you? - in fact, they're probably a good candidate for, as they say in F1 circles, 'super softs' as they need all the help they can get!

He He!

Sometimes you just can't resist, regardless of the pain...

Chris

You'll do a lot more of that on crap tyres.

I am fully aware of what can happen and how

Yes, but you can't always do that.

Completely and absolutely wrong; if you regularly drive to the limit of handling and grip, you are much more likely to be able to instinctively deal with an emergency situation.

How do you know if:

a) You are such a good driver, you are able to foresee any emergency?

b) You only ever drive well inside the performance envelope of your tyres?

Chris