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Del Boy

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This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« on: 17 February 2012, 21:50:14 »
Please don't buy cheap tyres. Very close to stuffing a 350z tonight because of cheap tyres, little bit of throttle and the arse end starts sliding out, caught it just in time. Shit stuff though and a proper brown trouser moment, they're not worth it!
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #1 on: 17 February 2012, 22:06:35 »
My tyres werent cheap.They were free. :P ;D ;D
I cant even remember what brand they are - Jimny,Jimnu....breaks knows,something beginning with J anyway. :D ;D
Wheres the fun in having a car with loads of grip anyway ? ;D
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #2 on: 17 February 2012, 22:10:11 »
Just out of curiosity, what tyres were fitted to the 350?
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« Reply #3 on: 17 February 2012, 22:10:57 »
Quote from: Del Boy on 17 February 2012, 21:50:14
Please don't buy cheap tyres. Very close to stuffing a 350z tonight because of cheap tyres, little bit of throttle and the arse end starts sliding out, caught it just in time. Shit stuff though and a proper brown trouser moment, they're not worth it!

Glad your ok , had a few moments on shinwongt tyres on my old astra ...slightest bit of damp on the roads made the car feeling like it was floating in the corners  ::) mind it was the astra  :-X
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #4 on: 17 February 2012, 22:20:42 »
Quote from: sticka_v8_init on 17 February 2012, 22:10:11
Just out of curiosity, what tyres were fitted to the 350?

Whatever brand they are if you are able to buy top brand tyres for these ,
Drives , 2011 '60' BMW 520d SE Auto, 2007 '57' BMW 730Ld SE - Black Leather, 2007 '57' BMW 730Ld SE - Cream Leather, 2008 '08' Mercedes E280 CDi, 2006 '06' Nissan 350z, 1995 'N' Aston Martin DB7.
you're a very fortunate man........ :)
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #5 on: 17 February 2012, 22:34:47 »
Quote from: Olympia5776 on 17 February 2012, 22:20:42
Quote from: sticka_v8_init on 17 February 2012, 22:10:11
Just out of curiosity, what tyres were fitted to the 350?

Whatever brand they are if you are able to buy top brand tyres for these ,
Drives , 2011 '60' BMW 520d SE Auto, 2007 '57' BMW 730Ld SE - Black Leather, 2007 '57' BMW 730Ld SE - Cream Leather, 2008 '08' Mercedes E280 CDi, 2006 '06' Nissan 350z, 1995 'N' Aston Martin DB7.
you're a very fortunate man........ :)



or may be not.......??????... :y
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #6 on: 17 February 2012, 23:57:47 »
Quote from: the alarming man on 17 February 2012, 22:34:47
Quote from: Olympia5776 on 17 February 2012, 22:20:42
Quote from: sticka_v8_init on 17 February 2012, 22:10:11
Just out of curiosity, what tyres were fitted to the 350?

Whatever brand they are if you are able to buy top brand tyres for these ,
Drives , 2011 '60' BMW 520d SE Auto, 2007 '57' BMW 730Ld SE - Black Leather, 2007 '57' BMW 730Ld SE - Cream Leather, 2008 '08' Mercedes E280 CDi, 2006 '06' Nissan 350z, 1995 'N' Aston Martin DB7.
you're a very fortunate man........ :)



or may be not.......??????... :y

Couldn't afford to tyre all of them  :o. If I tyre all of them with decent brands, it's one hell of a chunk out of any profit :o. Only the cars I use everyday get the best tyres :).
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #7 on: 18 February 2012, 01:08:43 »
Quote from: Del Boy on 17 February 2012, 23:57:47
Only the cars I use everyday get the best tyres :).

That's an odd way to look at it. Costed out per mile the difference is negligible...
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #8 on: 18 February 2012, 01:33:18 »
Quote from: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 18 February 2012, 01:08:43
Quote from: Del Boy on 17 February 2012, 23:57:47
Only the cars I use everyday get the best tyres :).

That's an odd way to look at it. Costed out per mile the difference is negligible...
Not if your business is used cars. ;)
« Last Edit: 18 February 2012, 01:44:06 by chrisgixer »
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« Reply #9 on: 18 February 2012, 01:43:33 »
Just (well, in the last few weeks) had a new set of Pirelli Snow Sports fitted to the back, and got some Michelin Pilot on the fronts.

The Goodyear Eagle F1's all-round where superb, but pants in the snow...  :-[
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« Reply #10 on: 18 February 2012, 01:45:40 »
Sc3's also pants in the snow. Worse than pants actually. Good job we didn't get much down here...

...so far.  :-X
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #11 on: 18 February 2012, 01:49:33 »
Zeetex HP101 are on the 350, honestly one of the most dangerous tyres ever used by myself. Good fun when the roads are quiet though  :D
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #12 on: 18 February 2012, 09:04:00 »
Quote from: Del Boy on 17 February 2012, 21:50:14
Please don't buy cheap tyres. Very close to stuffing a 350z tonight because of cheap tyres, little bit of throttle and the arse end starts sliding out, caught it just in time. Shit stuff though and a proper brown trouser moment, they're not worth it!

bad tyres or bad driving?
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« Reply #13 on: 18 February 2012, 09:24:30 »
I personally don't pay top dollar for tyres, but certainly don't skimp by any means either. Regardless of driving style, mod cons like TT and ABS etc., even upgraded brakes, it is tyres that stop a car, whether that be in a straight line or otherwise.
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Re: This keeps coming up, but tyres!
« Reply #14 on: 18 February 2012, 09:44:53 »
Quote from: Del Boy on 18 February 2012, 01:49:33
Zeetex HP101 are on the 350, honestly one of the most dangerous tyres ever used by myself. Good fun when the roads are quiet though  :D
Autogrip are the worse I've come across, due to being very poor in the dry, and zero grip in the wet. Yet if you wheelspin them up badly, they grip OK for a couple of hundrd miles, then go to lethal again, without warning - Michelin style. Its the unpredictability that makes it bad
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