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Re: What a day!! Need to rob a bank!!
« Reply #15 on: 05 October 2008, 00:15:17 »
Oh my I seem to have started a tyre thread, well sorry about that.... ::)
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« Reply #16 on: 05 October 2008, 00:25:10 »
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Oh my I seem to have started a tyre thread, well sorry about that.... ::)

good needs saying budget tyres are shite !! :o
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« Reply #17 on: 05 October 2008, 00:35:41 »
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.... good needs saying budget tyres are shite !! :o

Unless you need tyres and are on a budget.....   ;)
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« Reply #18 on: 05 October 2008, 00:37:48 »
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.... good needs saying budget tyres are shite !! :o

Unless you need tyres and are on a budget.....   ;)

And remember remoulds, we all used them when young ::) do they still exist?  :)
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« Reply #19 on: 05 October 2008, 00:39:24 »
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.... good needs saying budget tyres are shite !! :o

Unless you need tyres and are on a budget.....   ;)

no they are still shite broocie sorry !  :(
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« Reply #20 on: 05 October 2008, 00:46:15 »
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.... good needs saying budget tyres are shite !! :o

Unless you need tyres and are on a budget.....   ;)

no they are still shite broocie sorry !  :(

True.

But not everyone can afford to buy top range new, sticky, superfantastic tyre.  Sometimes budget is all that is available to a persons wallet.

Not the first time that I have put part worns on a car 'cos I was absolutely skint with too many bills to pay at the same time.....  
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« Reply #21 on: 05 October 2008, 00:49:51 »
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.... good needs saying budget tyres are shite !! :o

Unless you need tyres and are on a budget.....   ;)

no they are still shite broocie sorry !  :(

True.

But not everyone can afford to buy top range new, sticky, superfantastic tyre.  Sometimes budget is all that is available to a persons wallet.

Not the first time that I have put part worns on a car 'cos I was absolutely skint with too many bills to pay at the same time.....  

yep have fitted part worns mesen rather then budgets matey !  :y
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« Reply #22 on: 05 October 2008, 00:51:45 »
So are remoulds still available?
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« Reply #23 on: 05 October 2008, 00:54:08 »
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So are remoulds still available?

yep but wouldmt put them on me lawn mower mike !  :D
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« Reply #24 on: 05 October 2008, 01:00:32 »
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So are remoulds still available?

yep but wouldmt put them on me lawn mower mike !  :D

Maybe but we used to............. :)
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« Reply #25 on: 05 October 2008, 01:04:08 »
T1-Rs are quite soft, grippy tyres. Popular with kit cars and the like. They last well on a light car, but might be a bit soft for an Omega. Time will tell.

Oh, and I have worn tyres and a performance meter so might have a play with stopping distances "before and after", although thinking about it I've just put on new disks and pads and it's wet. ::)

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« Reply #26 on: 05 October 2008, 01:05:54 »
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So are remoulds still available?

yep but wouldmt put them on me lawn mower mike !  :D

Maybe but we used to............. :)

yep remember me dad had them on back of a rover 3.5 v8 towing a caravan (wen i was a kid ) and my side blew out !!! shite mesen !!  :'(
promised mesen to never use them from that day !!  :(
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« Reply #27 on: 05 October 2008, 01:07:44 »
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T1-Rs are quite soft, grippy tyres. Popular with kit cars and the like. They last well on a light car, but might be a bit soft for an Omega. Time will tell.

Oh, and I have worn tyres and a performance meter so might have a play with stopping distances "before and after", although thinking about it I've just put on new disks and pads and it's wet. ::)

Kevin


5th gear did a test the other nite would make you think twice about using anything other than well know branded tyres !!  :o :o
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« Reply #28 on: 05 October 2008, 08:28:21 »
There used to be also a choice between the more-expensive Radial tyres and the cheaper Cross-ply.... and 'steel-belted' was another expensive option... but I am talking about way back now...
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« Reply #29 on: 05 October 2008, 11:45:38 »
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So are remoulds still available?

yep but wouldmt put them on me lawn mower mike !  :D

Maybe but we used to............. :)

yep remember me dad had them on back of a rover 3.5 v8 towing a caravan (wen i was a kid ) and my side blew out !!! shite mesen !!  :'(
promised mesen to never use them from that day !!  :(

Last time I used them was on my lovely 1960 A40, and I paid less than £20 for a full set at Woolwich from a company who specialized in them.   They were great, but there again I never got above 45 mph in that A40 :o :o ;D ;D ;D ;)
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