Tyres Question

Ah, well that's why modern vehicles have standard traction control. I've had no such problems in my FWD car.

Eh ?

The poster was me.

Why are you under the impression that I can't afford to run branded rubber ?

I *choose* to do so - you seem to think this means I have no other choice ? I fail to see how the two are related ?

I could go out tomorrow and spend £220 on four tyres, or £700 on four tyres. The choice is mine to make. It's not limited by budget - I just choose what I think offer the best value for my money.

What a constructive contibution.

I fail to see how resorting to insults, is going to get you anywhere - it'll just make people think you're a numpty :)

Think about it though Nom, why have a nice car with nice rims but the tyres look like s**te, personally I think there is nothing worse then seeing a crap tread pattern on a nice set of 18's or 19's, but then i'm anal about things like that :)

SteveF that is, not SteveH although he knows he is a tosser :)

There's plenty of nice looking tyres that are crap though - construction and compound matter too.

So it was.

Because I remembered the wording of your post differently. But you're right, you never said you couldn't afford to.

In a FWD car I doubt I would either although there'd maybe be the odd chance of understeer. Don't know what it is about that particular roundabout but its always been the same for as long as I can remember.

I wouldn't buy a car with ludicrous prices for replacement tyres. I certainly wouldn't fit stupid wheels and then buy s*it tyres because tyres for them cost 3x what normal ones cost.

And yes, if I were running something modern with low profile rubber, I'd buy decent tyres.

Or someone's pulled out in front of you, or you've got s*it tyres. I've experienced chronic understeer at very low speeds (20mph round a carpark, and not yanking the steering like a loon) and wheels locking under moderate braking pressure with crap cheap tyres.

I've got 15" rims on my Golf GTi, ta very much. 185/65/15s I think the tyres are. Goodyear Venturas on the back and Contis on the front. But as it's a common size so Goodyear Eagles cost me £60 a corner, and s***ty nonamers cost £25.

Not forgetting that s**te tyres + ABS = stupidly long breaking distances.

Then you're going to be driving s*it for the rest of your life...

Who said he was a prick? I just happened to mention plenty of people think that he is.

I am not known for my name calling, but why is it the same people try and annoy others instead of just having a normal conversation.

And yeah I am a numpty anyway :P

The Federals ATC has on the alloys on his 405 have an awesome tread pattern :)

Cannot remember - the 924 sat on quite high profile 185's though.. I don't recall them being anything spectacular otherwise I'd remember.

Now, IIRC, the 944 has 225/50 tyres all round. I would of course go for a high speed rating, don't see much point in fitting anything else. Being RWD I want something that will hold on pretty well, but I would be keen to try something 'no name' rather than shelling out for a brand. I'm trying to keep within an certain budget as I need to invest some money in other areas of the car and I'm not exactly loaded! I remember we fitted 'Champiro' tyres all round to the RX-7 a couple of years back. From memory, I think they were from Australia and a company was shipping them in bulk when they had enough orders. Turned out to be a good price - low profile and Z rated. Never had any problems with them, so they would probably be on my list of choices when I come to buy a set.

Chris.

Nope, I just won't buy something with strange sized tyres, unless I can afford to pay for good tyres in the strange size...

The Metro with its metric sized tyres being the exception that proves the rule?

Are metro metric tyres cheap? I know Jag ones aren't. When we swapped wheels on the XJ40 tyres went from £150 a corner to £50...

Grip or traction is also standardised, cost of tyre is not a factor here. If your tyre is marked "b" for example it grips like a b, no matter what it costs. Go read your tyres!

A quote from the standards: (relates to wet grip) Traction: Tyre traction is rated AA, A, B or C, with AA at the top of the scale.