Tyres - Warning - Accelera

[JgwR]

Bought a secondhand Jag with Accelera tyres all good tread, absolute lethal, booked in to get these changed. If you are thinking of using Accelera, think hard, it's worth paying that bit more for a quality tyre. I wouldn't fit these to any car.

[scorcher]

Accelera PHI's seem to get reasonable reviews despite their budget price. Got them on my Transorter van, absolutely no problems what so ever. But then if I was running a high performance car, i'd put something decent on it anyway.

[jshell]

I bought a 59 plate Cayenne, advertised as having new tyres. Great, I thought, until I spotted they were Accelera Iotas. Part of the deal was to have them removed. They are bloody cheap though, at £94/each.

[LuS1fer]

A Mustang workshop I know of swear by them...weird.

[Bill]

I got an Impreza with new Champiros on the front Not what you need on something that quick. So I put them on the back until I was bored of going sideways everywhere

[daveco]

Good in the dry, good in snow, absolutely lethal in the wet.

Taking corners at any more than 25mph will cause the car to slide. Great fun for sticking the back out when the conditions permits, but as the OP states they should be taken off the market.

[Captain Muppet]

JgwR said:

Bought a secondhand Jag with Accelera tyres all good tread, absolute lethal, booked in to get these changed. If you are thinking of using Accelera, think hard, it's worth paying that bit more for a quality tyre. I wouldn't fit these to any car.

Hello. Welcome to Pistonheads.

Given that yout tyres clearly weren't literally lethal would you mind giving more details as to how they failed to work acceptably?

Low overall grip, unpredictable loss of traction, fine in the dry but rubbish in the wet, good lateral grip but rubbish braking, that sort of thing.

Details basically. Size, age and model of tyre might help too.

Also it'd help if you said which tyres you'd replaced them with and in what ways they were better. A bit of Ying and Yang. Some balance, plus useful data for other users.

[Andyjc86]

Budget tyre not as good as premium shock!

[Bill]

It would be hhelpful if you updated this too: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[mnkiboy]

Since it's also a new car to you, perhaps there's a chance it's not solely down to the tyres. Warn shocks, faulty brakes or the tracking being way out could also cause issues.

I do agree though that you can tell the difference between 'ditchfinders' and premium tyres, especially in the wet.

[northwest monkey]

Captain Muppet said:

A bit of Ying and Yang.

They're even worse tyres. Not only do they kill you, but they then go round your house & shack up with your missus.

[Captain Muppet]

northwest monkey said:

Captain Muppet said:

A bit of Ying and Yang.

They're even worse tyres. Not only do they kill you, but they then go round your house & shack up with your missus.

I've got some LingLong winter tyres. Great in snow, but one of them fingered me after a Christmas party.

[s_zigmond]

The alfa 159 lads seem to rate the new ones

[Matt UK]

Captain Muppet said:

I've got some LingLong winter tyres. Great in snow, but one of them fingered me after a Christmas party.

You can't write that

[northwest monkey]

Captain Muppet said:

northwest monkey said:

Captain Muppet said:

A bit of Ying and Yang.

They're even worse tyres. Not only do they kill you, but they then go round your house & shack up with your missus.

I've got some LingLong winter tyres. Great in snow, but one of them fingered me after a Christmas party.

Not heard "fingered" for many years

P.s - I found your tyre....

[BGarside]

Had Accelera Alphas on my Seat Leon when I bought it with plenty of tread left. Like banana skins in the wet...

[CYMR0]

Years back I had Accelera tyres on an old E39. They were actually rather good.

[lbc]

I have used Accelera Beta's and they seemed ok.

You have to know the limits of the tyres and drive accordingly.

The Accelera's do slide a bit on wet roundabouts, but any sensible driver would take it easy anyway in such conditions.

[northwest monkey]

CYMR0 said:

Years back I had Accelera tyres on an old E39. They were actually rather good.

Woah there tiger - by "rather good", I assume you mean you kept crashing into trees at 30mph in the dry?

I've had some really odd named tyres in the past yet haven't died once - I'm guessing some people on here must commute to work round a wet Nurburgring

[LuS1fer]

northwest monkey said:

Woah there tiger - by "rather good", I assume you mean you kept crashing into trees at 30mph in the dry?

I've had some really odd named tyres in the past yet haven't died once - I'm guessing some people on here must commute to work round a wet Nurburgring

Very true. I tend to drive only as far as the grip will let me. Call it a new concept in safe driving.

I have lost the back end, on more than one occasion but, needless to say, with good tyres, the car saved itself by intelligent sensors in the rubber whereas, with the cheaper tyres, I died instantly and was repeatedly stabbed by the slippery carcasses before they made good their escape.