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 shit 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 shit 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 shitty nonamers cost £25.

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

Then you're going to be driving shit 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.