Tyres - Warning - Accelera
Discussion
t man, that is bad news.
Hi to all and thanks for welcome and the comments, good and bad. My initials are J G W R.
Prior to this car with the Accelera tyres fitted I have used a few good brands including some economy brands. I have never experienced the back end of a car sliding to the near side when accelerating out of a bend and when leaving a roundabout, until now. The reason for posting my initial comment was to tell people of my experience and that I would not recommend these to anyone. I am not an expert in any way nor do I drive badly, I'm just a car driver of 32 years.
Due to the comments that have come back I am wondering if it's due to the Stone Mastic Asphalt used on the roads up here and parts of the A90 when I drive through Dundee. SMA is not allowed in many countries, please dont ask me why, have a search on Google under Stone Mastic Asphalt Banned and read all the facts.
If you have Accelera tyres fitted to your car and do not have a problem then please carry on.
I will think harder prior to posting again as the last thing I would wish to do is worry anyone over my experience, but dont shoot me for speaking about it.
Cheers
JgwR
Prior to this car with the Accelera tyres fitted I have used a few good brands including some economy brands. I have never experienced the back end of a car sliding to the near side when accelerating out of a bend and when leaving a roundabout, until now. The reason for posting my initial comment was to tell people of my experience and that I would not recommend these to anyone. I am not an expert in any way nor do I drive badly, I'm just a car driver of 32 years.
Due to the comments that have come back I am wondering if it's due to the Stone Mastic Asphalt used on the roads up here and parts of the A90 when I drive through Dundee. SMA is not allowed in many countries, please dont ask me why, have a search on Google under Stone Mastic Asphalt Banned and read all the facts.
If you have Accelera tyres fitted to your car and do not have a problem then please carry on.
I will think harder prior to posting again as the last thing I would wish to do is worry anyone over my experience, but dont shoot me for speaking about it.
Cheers
JgwR
R26Andy said:
Ive found Accelera's very good in the dry and just as bad as Bridgestone Potenza RE040's in the wet. I wouldnt class them as dangerous at all.
Same, MissB has them on the S60...she had them on her Golf tdi too without issue.I call Troll on this thread anyway, it just smells a bit off.
y2blade said:
R26Andy said:
Ive found Accelera's very good in the dry and just as bad as Bridgestone Potenza RE040's in the wet. I wouldnt class them as dangerous at all.
Same, MissB has them on the S60...she had them on her Golf tdi too without issue.I call Troll on this thread anyway, it just smells a bit off.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Accelera/Alpha.h...
I think a lot depends on size / vehicle weight.
You'd be surprised just how different a small VS big tyre is, sometimes the only constant is the name (as the tread patterns can change slightly between sizes)
The premium guys have this nailed. The budgets... less so.
I know of someone else who suffered the same thing. Used car from a main dealer. "We'll put new tyres on it sir" and they put Acceleras on it. Now this chap is a pretty handy club racer and not a Billy Bigpants at all, and he reckoned they were lethal in the wet. Certainly wouldn't be top of my list of new tyres.
I call a noob who isn't quite accustomed to the PH ways, who just wanted to dip his toe in the water and offer a little advice to the people.
OP, Pistonheads is full of pedantic, custard fancying grammar nazis. You get used to it.
PS. I had acceleras once. The fact that the tracking is out on my car made mincemeat out of them very bloody quickly. I didn't think they were lethal, but the wheels needed a crap load of balancing weights just to get them to balance. They are not the worst tyre in the world, P6000s are.
OP, Pistonheads is full of pedantic, custard fancying grammar nazis. You get used to it.
PS. I had acceleras once. The fact that the tracking is out on my car made mincemeat out of them very bloody quickly. I didn't think they were lethal, but the wheels needed a crap load of balancing weights just to get them to balance. They are not the worst tyre in the world, P6000s are.
fjord said:
Honestly, anyone who classes tyres as 'dangerous' is clearly just driving like a dick.
Like bald tyres or those with cracks in them?If you know the tyre isn't going to grip well you can drive accordingly, if it's behaviour is unpredictable then it's definitely unsafe. But some people seem to think anything's safe as long as you go slow enough...
The Chinese made Runway tyres I had on a couple of secondhand wheels for my MG TF were pretty much new (I'd inspected them carefully as had the vendors - a company that prepares racing Elises). After a bit of spirited (but safe) road driving they started cracking up like the treadblocks wanted to part company with the carcass. Luckily I inspect my tyres fairly often and they were replaced with excellent Toyo Proxies (as recommended by the MGOC)
Besides I've had "dangerous" Bridgestones on my MR2 insofar that the back could breakaway without warning. Other makes were far more progressive and this appears to be down to the sidewall construction - it wasn't really suitable for a mid engined car but the tyre centre didn't tell me this...
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