Tyre's
Word of advice, dont go cheap on Tyre's.

I bought 4 of these "new" bastards 2 days before xmas for $100 from some cowboy garage. Driving to a mates on boxing day doing about 100k 2 decided to fall off. Then when parked on the side of the road another decided to somehow implode.

Not really tat but i kept some of the rubber as a souvenir.

The last one is now my spare tyre in the boot
(Lanceuppercut, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 5:49, 5 replies)

damn, that's bad
and even more disturbing, how you can keep one as a spare? :(
( Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 9:29, closed)

remoulds?
They sound like they were probably remoulds/retreads where they take an old tyre and in a factory sand/scour off the old tread to make a smooth surface then glue a fresh strip of tread on the tyre.

Almost but not quite illegal here in the UK, most garages refuse to fit them as they're so dangerous.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:33, closed)

Just don't
The number of cars I see coming in with steering/brake 'problems' which are down to the shit tyres... some downright dangerous.

Serious point folks (for once)

The amount of rubber actually touching the road is smaller than a sheet of A4. Add a couple of tons of metal capable of going really quite fast, with you, your family etc depending for their lives on that sheet of A4. In rain, snow, ice and so forth.

Cheapo tyres can blow, but more importantly they can add a sod of a lot to your stopping distance in the wet especially.

Don't do it. Go without the furry dice, mortgage the children, but do not skimp on your tyres.

Because you might die. Worse, you might hit me.



(Top tip laydeez and gennelmen. Go onto one of t'internet tyre places called something like verydarkroundthings and get a price. Then phone your local independant tyre place and 99/100 he'll price match or at least be pretty close. You'll be talking to someone who knows what's what and can take advantage of the temporary offers from the tyre manufacturers. Forget Kwikfit/Halfords)
(osok Rebel without a clue, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:42, closed)

@ osok
What's your verdict on part-worn's? I understand that these are imported from foreign shores whose regulations demand greater tread depth than us, providing decent half-life tyres for budget prices?
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 11:08, closed)

@Greencloud
Partworns aren't a problem (as long as they've not been kerbed etc). There are lots around, not just imports: f'rexample when I was a hardworking employee of Mercedes we used to change tyres on used cars at a certain tread depth (3mm ish) that would give you a few months use depending on mileage before they got close to the 1.6mm limit. When you're talking Pirelli P-Zeros and the like that's some seriously expensive rubber - our 'scrap' tyres were collected by a dealer so someone was making a profit somewhere...

I'd rather have a partworn set of decent tyres than remoulds or 'super budget' any day.

Rule remains the same, find a good local tyre place, rather than a 'household name'.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 11:25, closed)