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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: 4x4 on 30 October 2014, 19:26:59

Title: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: 4x4 on 30 October 2014, 19:26:59
my mixture of bridgestone and infinity tyres seem to work ok for both on road and off road  ;D
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: biggriffin on 30 October 2014, 19:29:13
my mixture of bridgestone and infinity tyres seem to work ok for both on road and off road  ;D
Surprised your not dead running a mixture of inappropriate rubber. :D
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: 4x4 on 30 October 2014, 19:30:42
Lol,Is that because they are pattern rubber tyres  :-X
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: biggriffin on 30 October 2014, 19:33:17
Lol,Is that because they are pattern rubber tyres  :-X
They have a chunky pattern  :)
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: 4x4 on 30 October 2014, 19:34:43
Thats so i can go on the grass verge and not get stuck  ;D
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: Vamps on 31 October 2014, 00:25:01
Thats so i can go on the grass verge and not get stuck  ;D

Don't underestimate wet grass, on a good grass hill even M+S tyres may not help, can be worse than ice....... ::) ::). I remember some years ago in my Matra Rancho having a problem when camping on a green field, even with M+S front tyres it took me by surprise...... ::) ::) ;)
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: 4x4 on 31 October 2014, 23:58:55
All tyres are black and round,cant really see what all the fuss is about with these tyre threads  ;D
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 01 November 2014, 00:51:46
I remember some years ago in my Matra Rancho having a problem when camping on a green field, even with M+S front tyres it took me by surprise...... ::) ::) ;)

Oooo I always fancied one of those!  ::)   Especially one with the spotlights...  :D
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: Vamps on 01 November 2014, 01:04:11
I remember some years ago in my Matra Rancho having a problem when camping on a green field, even with M+S front tyres it took me by surprise...... ::) ::) ;)

Oooo I always fancied one of those!  ::)   Especially one with the spotlights...  :D
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You mean the ones on the wings don't you, they were actually work lights, you could control their direction by hand............ :y :y

A car well ahead of it's time when you think of what is available today, Simca mechanics meant reliable but basic mechanicals, we won't talk about rust...... :D :D
Title: Re: Sooooo many tyre threads
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 01 November 2014, 08:32:29
I remember some years ago in my Matra Rancho having a problem when camping on a green field, even with M+S front tyres it took me by surprise...... ::) ::) ;)

Oooo I always fancied one of those!  ::)   Especially one with the spotlights...  :D
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You mean the ones on the wings don't you, they were actually work lights, you could control their direction by hand............ :y :y

A car well ahead of it's time when you think of what is available today, Simca mechanics meant reliable but basic mechanicals, we won't talk about rust...... :D :D

I think that Land Rover must have nicked the design for the first Disco!  ::)  They even included the bio-degradabilty feature!  ;D