Need some ditchfinders

[Johnny Rocco]

A colleague is running a tyre safety demo and needs a set of the worst tyres it's possible to buy (not remoulds).

Any recommendations for a truly terrible tyre?

[Marf]

P6000!

Probably the only time they will ever be recommended on PH

[Thudd]

Bottom of the range Matadors. Made from recycled Tesco carriers, and woodchips.

[GravelBen]

kingstar/triangle/GT radial all have a reputation for being made of teflon

[The Wookie]

Any Chinese make will probably do you proud

If you want a branded make, go no further than Yokohama S306. Reasonable in a straight line, but corners in the wet are a fairly entertaining, if dangerous experience. The P6000, while roundly slated, is an average tyre, not a terrible one.

[briSk]

shouldn't you get something that's not really a road tyre like some mud&snows..!?

what are those chinese efforts called..? ling langs or something..?

[Monki]

Antyre

they're chinese goodyear eagle f1 replicas with the grip of KYJelly

[Mr Will]

briSk said:

shouldn't you get something that's not really a road tyre like some mud&snows..!?

what are those chinese efforts called..? ling langs or something..?

Ling-Longs.

Also see Wanli and Triangle...

[Mattt]

briSk said:

shouldn't you get something that's not really a road tyre like some mud&snows..!?

what are those chinese efforts called..? ling langs or something..?

A friend had some called Sunny or Sunshine or some rubbish.

[Paul 8v]

Go to Burnt Mills Tyres in Basildon and ask for Pirellis, your car will return with "Hero" Tyres, I think the reason they are called hero is you need to be one to keep the thing on the road with them on, especially in the wet

[monthefish]

I'd recommend (for the first time ever) Nankangs...

In the wet they were great fun lethal.

[Johnny Rocco]

Paul 8v said:

Go to Burnt Mills Tyres in Basildon and ask for Pirellis, your car will return with "Hero" Tyres, I think the reason they are called hero is you need to be one to keep the thing on the road with them on, especially in the wet

That is brilliant.

[carmadgaz]

Just go in and ask for the cheapest budget tyre they have in any garage. I had a set of £20 a corners on my 340, never seen a RWD understeer like it in the wet!

[HellDiver]

Event tyres are pretty dire. It really is an event every time you go out on them.

[dcb]

carmadgaz said:

Just go in and ask for the cheapest budget tyre they have in any garage. I had a set of £20 a corners on my 340, never seen a RWD understeer like it in the wet!

+1

I've just been pricing up some tyres. All manufacturers
offer something in my size, from 110 quid a corner to 160 quid.

Except one manufacturer, who can do that tyre size for 50 quid, less
than half the price of anyone else !

Trust my life and the lives of my nearest and dearest
to those - I think not.

[brum]

This is my speciality. Get some P6000's - THE worst tyre in the world.

My Puma used to have p6000's all round (apart from OS rear which was a BFG) and in anything other than bone dry conditions it was a scrabbly understeery mess. The unloaded front tyre would spin away merrily on part throttle round corners which necessitated me changing them to BFG's recently.

HOWEVER - the NS Rear is still a P6000. The net result of this is HUGE OVERSTEER on wet roundabouts at pedestrian speeds - you don't even have to lift to provoke it. It's huge fun but you have to be so aware and ready to catch it once the road is wet.

I cannot imagine a worse performing tyre than a P6000.

[The Wookie]

Errrrrrr, different brand of tyres front and rear = not recommended

different brand of tyres over an axle = pretty bad

3 different brands of tyre on one car.... oh dear

[monthefish]

The Wookie said:

Errrrrrr, different brand of tyres front and rear = not recommended

Why?

I understand that car wouldn't have been set up nor tested to this condition, but just becasue it's unproven, doesn't mean it's dangerous.

[rsstman]

"event" tyres are simply shocking, but true to their name it really is an event driving on them.

pirelli p6000`s arent all thet bad and in fact are awesome compared to the "event" tyres, but can be very unpredictable when they lose grip as i found out when i rolled my brand new fiesta zetec-s through someones front garden about 7 years ago.

EVENT is the way of the ditchfinder.

[Roan]

Stunner. Such a name does not imply the performance credentials.

Sunew - I have two of these on the back of my W8 (put there by tight previous owner prior to sale). Shortly to be binned in favour of rubber bands which will no doubt improve grip tremendously.