Comedy tyre names
Discussion
Many years back, attending a Sunday race meet at Mallory park (might have been Eurocar), we parked up next to a car (think it was an early Ford Mondeo), 4 of us guys in the car, my mate looks at the Mondeo's tyre's and says "hey, look at this guys tyre's, they're called Mahna Mahna (or something very similar).
We all look at each other (admittedly we'd had a few beers from the bar in the paddock), stopped for a second and then at absolutely the same split second, broke into the song by the same name ( Mahna Mahna - The Muppets)
Mondeo driver got bored of hearing our drunken singing after about 2 hours and decided to move
Good times!
We all look at each other (admittedly we'd had a few beers from the bar in the paddock), stopped for a second and then at absolutely the same split second, broke into the song by the same name ( Mahna Mahna - The Muppets)
Mondeo driver got bored of hearing our drunken singing after about 2 hours and decided to move
Good times!
I work in a garage and have fitted may of those names, some I havent heard of made me laugh ! Fitted some 2 of the cheapest tyres i could get through work to the front of my A4 to get me by until I found some 18" S4 alloys, they are called "Land Sail" , More like land slide as they are the worst things I have EVER driven on ! got Wanli tyres on the back which were originally on the front, they were far better than these land sail ones
About 3 years ago I hired a Toyota Aurion to drive from Brisbane to Cairns. It kept pulling to the right and none of the branches of the hire company between Brisbane and Cairns had anything to swap it for. So they sent me to 'Bob Jane T Marts' which I gather is a down-under Kwik Fit.
My 280bhp FWD Aurion emerged 30 minutes later with two new tyres - 'Bobs All Rounders'.
No joke - thats what they were called!
I spent the rest of the hire chirping the tyres off every set of lights.
My 280bhp FWD Aurion emerged 30 minutes later with two new tyres - 'Bobs All Rounders'.
No joke - thats what they were called!
I spent the rest of the hire chirping the tyres off every set of lights.
The Crack Fox said:
I test drove a Honda S2000 from a main Honda dealer, went OK, but was twitchier than expected. Saleschimp said "but it has had new tyres already", it had, they were called 'Triangle'. I walked...
Triangle Talons, possibly? "Talon" suggests grip............Triangle Talons don't - much in the dry, at all in the wet. Wheelspin at 70mph in 4th? Wanli
Auto Grip
2 that I would walk away from if I ever see on a car again!
Oh, and Alpha performance
I just bought an S2000 with a brand new set on it, It was the worsed handling car Ive ever driven. Turns out one was slightly bigger than the other (Although supposedly the same size)
Auto Grip
2 that I would walk away from if I ever see on a car again!
Oh, and Alpha performance
I just bought an S2000 with a brand new set on it, It was the worsed handling car Ive ever driven. Turns out one was slightly bigger than the other (Although supposedly the same size)
Edited by nottyash on Tuesday 24th April 23:05
Edited by nottyash on Tuesday 24th April 23:08
Vladimir said:
MTB tyres are quite good for names - Schwalbe make Rocket Rons, Nobby Nics, Smart Sams and many other similarly daft named tyres.
Insa Turbos are pretty silly in name. Do the tyres actually have turbos fitted?
Well my bike currently runs WTB Graffiti tyres (my bike is consequently often seen tagging the 'hood all by itself..), but Tioga really take the biscuit... yellow kirin? psycho genius? black turtle?Insa Turbos are pretty silly in name. Do the tyres actually have turbos fitted?
Anyway, mock Insa Turbo specials all you like but they are a bloody good tyre! There is a reason pretty much every challenge truck driver in the land uses them....
Wafflesmk2 said:
Tyres are tyres. It doesnt really matter what make/brand they are for normal driving. As long as you aren't driving like a knob, then tyre choice/price doesnt really matter.
you idiot. what happens in an emergency when you need to stop or swerve to save yours or someone elses life?Wafflesmk2 said:
Tyres are tyres. It doesnt really matter what make/brand they are for normal driving. As long as you aren't driving like a knob, then tyre choice/price doesnt really matter.
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I've just taken "Linglong Winter Heros" off Mrs Muppet's Civic. They were excellent in snow, excellent on wet cold roads and OK on dry tarmac at 20 degrees. I put her summer tyres back on last week (Avons of some description) and she hasn't noticed the difference. With her in the car I don't drive hard enough to spot the difference either.
I bought them because she wanted winter tyres and they had the funniest name of all the cheap tyres I could find. I've been very happy with them.
I had some excellent Marangoni Zetas on my MX5 - loads of grip wet or dry and without the terrifying warming up needed on the Yokohama A048s I had on there before.
I replaced them with Toyo R1Rs but I'll swap back to Marangonis when the Toyos wear out (any minute now).
I bought them because she wanted winter tyres and they had the funniest name of all the cheap tyres I could find. I've been very happy with them.
Chicharito said:
Gad-Westy said:
marangoni tyres - I always read it as margarini tyres. Doesn't suggest high coefficients of friction!
Yet, strangely, they're a pretty good tyre. Just not all that well known outside of Italy.I replaced them with Toyo R1Rs but I'll swap back to Marangonis when the Toyos wear out (any minute now).
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