I drove home last night on a set of £60 'sunny' tyres.
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monthefish said:
I did this once, Nankangs on the rear of a 328i.
It wasgreat fun lethal in the wet.
I can raise that with a full set of Linglangs on my old 323i (on when I bought it but they were new so silly / expensive to swap) - nasty tyres - very playful but very dangerous in the wet. Not something I'd allow on my wifes car.It was
muthaducka said:
I can raise that with a full set of Linglangs on my old 323i (on when I bought it but they were new so silly / expensive to swap) - nasty tyres - very playful but very dangerous in the wet. Not something I'd allow on my wifes car.
Dangerous how? Are they like Gremlins - go mental when they get wet? Did they jump up and stab you? No. If they've got less grip then drive slower. Not rocket surgery.
I had 4 Sunnys on my astra for a few weeks during the summer, only reason I had them was they came fitted with the new wheels I had bought for it. I knew they where crap but also thought they would be OK for a week or two while I got money together for replacements and it was summer so I wasn't worried about rain.
Cut to two weeks later a light rain shower on my way to work resulted in a 4 wheel drift whilst tackling a roundabout at 15mph during rush hour. Suffice to say car was booked in to the local fitters as soon as I stopped the poo running down my legs. Definitely the hairiest moment I've had in a car worse than the time the brake servo packed in on a motorway off slip in my Polo.
Cut to two weeks later a light rain shower on my way to work resulted in a 4 wheel drift whilst tackling a roundabout at 15mph during rush hour. Suffice to say car was booked in to the local fitters as soon as I stopped the poo running down my legs. Definitely the hairiest moment I've had in a car worse than the time the brake servo packed in on a motorway off slip in my Polo.
mrmr96 said:
muthaducka said:
I can raise that with a full set of Linglangs on my old 323i (on when I bought it but they were new so silly / expensive to swap) - nasty tyres - very playful but very dangerous in the wet. Not something I'd allow on my wifes car.
Dangerous how? Are they like Gremlins - go mental when they get wet? Did they jump up and stab you? No. If they've got less grip then drive slower. Not rocket surgery.
Tyres that have extremely low levels of grip, or unpredictable breakaway/handling charaterictics, are dangerous.
If a low level of grip isn't dangerous, why do think minimum tread levels on tyres are stipulated?
(Other than to stop idiots allowing tyres to wear down to carcass)
monthefish said:
mrmr96 said:
muthaducka said:
I can raise that with a full set of Linglangs on my old 323i (on when I bought it but they were new so silly / expensive to swap) - nasty tyres - very playful but very dangerous in the wet. Not something I'd allow on my wifes car.
Dangerous how? Are they like Gremlins - go mental when they get wet? Did they jump up and stab you? No. If they've got less grip then drive slower. Not rocket surgery.
Tyres that have extremely low levels of grip, or unpredictable breakaway/handling charaterictics, are dangerous.
If a low level of grip isn't dangerous, why do think minimum tread levels on tyres are stipulated?
(Other than to stop idiots allowing tyres to wear down to carcass)
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