Comedy tyre names

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lyonspride

2,978 posts

154 months

Monday 12th December 2011
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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)laugh

Mondeo driver got bored of hearing our drunken singing after about 2 hours and decided to move tongue out

Good times! biggrin

Classic Grad 98

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 12th December 2011
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ArosaMike said:
I'm impressed no one's mentioned Runways yet!
Just watched an episode of 'Wheeler Dealers' where a set of Runways was fitted to a Sierra Cosworth.

chris1008

1 posts

160 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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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

Fox-

13,228 posts

245 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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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.

sjabrown

1,910 posts

159 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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I've still got winter tyres on my Accord.

Fronts are Infinity Winter Heros
Rears are Achilles!!

hairykrishna

13,159 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Lippy Kid said:
Bonefish Blues said:
For years I thought this was just a generic Forum name for any budget Far Eastern tyre paperbag
You and me both.
I literally just realised, due to this thread, that it isn't hehe

mat777

10,360 posts

159 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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I had a quad bike once with "Golden Boy" tyres fitted once - they were a generic square knobbly pattern and utterly defeated by a slight bit of mud or even wet grass (powerslides a-go-go)


matchmaker

8,463 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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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? eekeek

Vladimir

6,917 posts

157 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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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?

nottyash

4,670 posts

194 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Wanli
Auto Grip
2 that I would walk away from if I ever see on a car again!


Oh, and Alpha performanceirked
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)eek




Edited by nottyash on Tuesday 24th April 23:05


Edited by nottyash on Tuesday 24th April 23:08

mat777

10,360 posts

159 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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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?

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....

littlebasher

3,767 posts

170 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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The wife's car is fitted with a mix including quality Tigar, Hifly and Jinyu tyres

I've seen to it that she has handsome life insurance cover

Wafflesmk2

1,347 posts

153 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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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.


mat777

10,360 posts

159 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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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?

ch427

8,864 posts

232 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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got a set of mohawks on my van!

matchmaker

8,463 posts

199 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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ch427 said:
got a set of mohawks on my van!

Howard-

4,950 posts

201 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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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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Obvious troll is obvious.




uncinqsix

3,239 posts

209 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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To get the thread back on topic, I nominate "Supercat."

It's actually a Bridgestone brand, but honestly.

gherkins

483 posts

230 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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I bought my ZX Volcane with Matadors on the back, Goodyear Eagles on the front. It made for some very interesting lift-off oversteer - couldn't say it was progressive. They got changed rather quickly.

Captain Muppet

8,540 posts

264 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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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.

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 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).