Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Yep. I am highly amused by the number of folk on here who seem to think that they 'need' 'super tyres' to save them from their own lunatic driving.
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Yep. I am highly amused by the number of folk on here who seem to think that they 'need' 'super tyres' to save them from their own lunatic driving.
The four contact patches are small relative to the mass of the car and its occupants. I would never sacrifice grip to save a few bucks. The thing is you never know when you need maximum adhesion. You don't need to drive on the Nurburgring to appreciate the confidence imparted by max performance tyres.Not quite sure which folk you’re aiming this at, but my predilection for decent tyres is essentially about getting the best grip for cornering and braking at any speed.
John Peel famously talked about driving around Essex to get back home to Suffolk when leaving the studio in London. Being an Essex boy I know a bit about Essex drivers and they can be a bit 'pushy'.
The four contact patches are small relative to the mass of the car and its occupants. I would never sacrifice grip to save a few bucks. The thing is you never know when you need maximum adhesion. You don't need to drive on the Nurburgring to appreciate the confidence imparted by max performance tyres.
This.
Michelin cross climates are a good idea if you drive all year in most weather conditions.
I am particularly impressed by these tyres, especially the +Plus variant. Seems to offer all - good grip in summer, great grip in winter wet in damp, ice and sludgy; adequate to get you home in full on snow - very long tread life, and not breaking the bank.
Just fitted a set to third car - daughters Honda Jazz - £320 a set fitted, to keep her mobile and safe in and around S Wales valleys on Phisio duty. I stopped her buying budget crap she was looking at for £220 all in.
you really want the best rubber underneath you and on ALL 4 corners
So you change your tyres every month? Wow.
Four wheel drive is a different kettle of fish, obvs.
It's one thing fitting Long Wangs to a shopper and school run family workhorse that seldom gets beyond third gear, another to cheap out on a performance car.
The same goes for everything else on the ca r however. Too many people think it's all about the tyres because that's what they can see. Just as important are shocks and bushes, loads of drivers neglect these, including those who think that by fitting premium tyres they cover the bases and that nothing else wears out.
It's easy to tell whether a fancy car is owned by someone who appreciates driving or just wants their mates to know they have a nice car: Just look at the tyres. I've lost count of the number of Porsches, BMWs and Mercs fitted with LingLongs, Triangles and other sh!tty black donuts pretending to be sports tyres.
What do you mean, not true at all? Very true in my experience and that of the thousands of drivers pootling about town on cheap tyres without the car hurling itself off the road. You had one car running one brand of cheap tyres of unknown history that drove badly and that makes everyone else's experience "not true at all" . Apparently.Not true at all - I have a workhorse car and have had the dreaded Accelera's fitted to a used car when I bought it,those tyres were taken off within a month,they were not only like driving on threepenny bits (if you remember them) but they also had zero grip.
Have a look at the tyres used car dealers fit - not a pleasant sight.
Actually that's always been one of my acid tests in viewing s/hand cars; if the description of 'service history, great care blah blah blah' is matched by simple things such as good quality tyres in pairs in reasonable condition - and I don't just mean 'properly inflated' but evenness & state of wear around the visible (=alignment and general maintenance reflected) - well, its a very quick to-do, but essential part of the subjective appraisal.It's easy to tell whether a fancy car is owned by someone who appreciates driving or just wants their mates to know they have a nice car: Just look at the tyres
... with matching kerbiage on the wheels, or lack thereof.Actually that's always been one of my acid tests in viewing s/hand cars ...