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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: feeutfo on 27 September 2012, 11:06:53
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Continental sports contact 3 are becoming hard to find. Being replaced with sports contact 5.
As title does anyone have first hand experience of sc5 on the omega...?
Long shot, but ya never know.
Ta :)
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Not yet, but I'm having similar thoughts once everything is sorted ;)
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Nope, is a contender for replacement tyres on the Omega though.
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I've had no fist hand at all thank goodness :D :D ;D
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Thanks Mark. Whoops. ;D
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I thought we all fitted dodgy North Korean remoulds? Is that not the done thing? Oh, damn. :-[ ;D
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I thought we all fitted dodgy North Korean remoulds? Is that not the done thing? Oh, damn. :-[ ;D
No! Remoulds are dangerous. :o
What we do is to buy part-worns, and dremel some more tread into them. :y
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I thought we all fitted dodgy North Korean remoulds? Is that not the done thing? Oh, damn. :-[ ;D
No! Remoulds are dangerous. :o
What we do is to buy part-worns, and dremel some more tread into them. :y
Hm, I'm out of dremel discs, can I use a soldering iron? :-\
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I thought we all fitted dodgy North Korean remoulds? Is that not the done thing? Oh, damn. :-[ ;D
Your not wrong Aaron, not wrong at all. I think that's why the whole countries average speed drops to 10mph when it rains. >:( in fact, yes, why spend the money and die loosing grip at a higher speed? A Matiz and slingalongs slicks are where its at. :D ;D :y must be great fun. :-\ it's cirtainly amazing sat behind watching them. Perfectly safe, as they can't go fast enough to spin out of their own lane. :(
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Not first hand experience but my brothers dogs friends owner said its the 'dangle berries' :y
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;D
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What? You want beef bruv? ;D
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Seriously now, I want to know if they are quieter than the SC3. If they are, might get these instead of Goodyear F1s
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As title does anyone have first hand experience of sc5 on omega
Yes
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As title does anyone have first hand experience of sc5 on omega
Yes
TFFT. ;D
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As title does anyone have first hand experience of sc5 on omega
Yes
TFFT. ;D
You'd have thought he'd share, although I assume it's probably too early for any real impressions at the moment ::)
We could at least have the initial feelings though ::)
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Too early
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Too early
Initial thoughts re noise?
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Too early
Initial thoughts re noise?
Indifferent to what I've had in the recent past.
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Too early
Initial thoughts re noise?
Indifferent to what I've had in the recent past.
So quite noisy then. They certainly get a very good write up and rate better then SC3's (if you believe that sort of thing ::)) :-\
Not overly concerned with noise if they work and wear well :y
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I remember that, when fitting SC3s after Dunlops, the lack of noise on the way home was quite eerie. A dramatic difference, so either Dunlop have got better since then, or SC5s are noisier than SC3s of that time.
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Tbh, I thought the Dunlops on ttrb where quieter. But getting back in mine, with sc3, I wasn't so sure. :-\
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SC5 are supposedly softer and wear rate is higher than the 3s. If you believe the reviews
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SC5 are supposedly softer and wear rate is higher than the 3s. If you believe the reviews
From a corporate point of view sc3 last too well. They aren't as grippy as TB's Dunlop TT, but last better.
So actually, "might" suit TB even better. And conti might sell more tyres.
I guess we'll see... :)
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I remember that, when fitting SC3s after Dunlops, the lack of noise on the way home was quite eerie. A dramatic difference, so either Dunlop have got better since then, or SC5s are noisier than SC3s of that time.
Its a while since I had SC3s on mine. I wasn't hugely impressed with them, so went back to SP9000, as grip was important, and I found the SP9000 had similar life as the SC3 (about 15k/1yr). Tyres were cheaper anyway, so it wasn't that much of a burden. The SC3 was quieter than the SP9000, noticibly so.
When I couldn't get SP9000, I went, after much debate here, for Sport Maxx TT. My initial impression of them at the time was:
It was lashing down when I left WIM - the sort of rain where, in their workshop, you couldn't hold a conversation due to rain in the roof. Got about 4m up the road, have to pull out of a roundabout on a busy road, no choice but to go for small gap. I was expecting tyres to light up, and the back end to overtake, but, no, it gripped, and took off.
Ever since, I continue to be impressed. Wet and dry grip (stopping, cornering, accelerating), brilliant. In snow, "OK", but drive carefully. Life, really struggle to get 10k from them.
Cheapest TT's I could get were £600 for 4, so although cheaper than Conti, still a financial hit to replace in less than a year.
As I grow older, I have slowed down, esp since the Rover incident. So sacrificing a bit of grip for a more durable tyre is more viable than previously.
Moving on to SC5, too early to comment, they are still wearing in. Initial impressions aren't good, though, from grip perspective. Although it could be they give plenty of audible feedback way before the limit. Note, I have not pushed them hard yet.
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SC5 are supposedly softer and wear rate is higher than the 3s. If you believe the reviews
From a corporate point of view sc3 last too well. They aren't as grippy as TB's Dunlop TT, but last better.
So actually, "might" suit TB even better. And conti might sell more tyres.
I guess we'll see... :)
Unless their durability is significantly better than TT (in the order of 100% more), they won't be replaced with the same ;)
(based on initial impressions)
In fact, there may be some barely part worn SC5s for sale soon ::)
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SC5 are supposedly softer and wear rate is higher than the 3s. If you believe the reviews
From a corporate point of view sc3 last too well. They aren't as grippy as TB's Dunlop TT, but last better.
So actually, "might" suit TB even better. And conti might sell more tyres.
I guess we'll see... :)
Unless their durability is significantly better than TT (in the order of 100% more), they won't be replaced with the same ;)
(based on initial impressions)
In fact, there may be some barely part worn SC5s for sale soon ::)
...what happened to "too early to tell" ???
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Now you've had them a while, what do you think?
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Only done about 200 miles - this car only gets used when we both need a car. So still too early to pass judgement. What I will say, is I hope they improve.
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In your opinion, are the sc3 better?
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In your opinion, are the sc3 better?
Thats a tough one. I remember my SC3s not being overly impressive, compared to the SC2s I had before. But this chassis is different, and set up differently from a geometry point of view, so can't make a direct comparison.
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Fair enough. Are they quieter than the sc3? :)
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Dunno. Noise isn't an issue for me. I'll compare with gayboy's next time he's over...