RE: PH Blog: right wheels, wrong wheels
Discussion
infernal said:
45 mins to change one wheel? I don't quite understand
Well, I exaggerate for the purposes of storytelling, but 45 mins for - finding trolley jack, finding tools, loosening all four wheels, getting one of the new alloys on and getting most of the way to putting the second one on...Still not very impressive, I admit
Maybe I'm missing something here, but what was wrong with buying a second set of GTI wheels, and fitting them with winter tyres? The best of both worlds: Looks and safety..
Seems to be wide spread here in Germany, having a tasty car, and then completely ruining the looks between November and April with winter tyres fitted onto naff cheapo sh#te-looking alloys, or worse still, black 16"steel wheels without wheel trims.Looks f*cking dreadfull IMO
Seems to be wide spread here in Germany, having a tasty car, and then completely ruining the looks between November and April with winter tyres fitted onto naff cheapo sh#te-looking alloys, or worse still, black 16"steel wheels without wheel trims.Looks f*cking dreadfull IMO
Riggers said:
Well, I exaggerate for the purposes of storytelling, but 45 mins for - finding trolley jack, finding tools, loosening all four wheels, getting one of the new alloys on and getting most of the way to putting the second one on...
Still not very impressive, I admit
Buy a proper wheel spanner or spider and do it properly before you damage something / hurt someone. Standing on it, i ask you.Still not very impressive, I admit
Oddball RS said:
Riggers said:
Well, I exaggerate for the purposes of storytelling, but 45 mins for - finding trolley jack, finding tools, loosening all four wheels, getting one of the new alloys on and getting most of the way to putting the second one on...
Still not very impressive, I admit
Buy a proper wheel spanner or spider and do it properly before you damage something / hurt someone. Standing on it, i ask you.Still not very impressive, I admit
Riggers said:
It was actually much more controlled than it looks (honestly)
I may have accidentally mixed up my right from my left as a teenager and tightened one of the bolts on my first car so tight by jumping on it that even a garage with an impact wrench couldn't move it. 
I'll hand in my membership card on the way out...
GuitarTech said:
Maybe I'm missing something here, but what was wrong with buying a second set of GTI wheels, and fitting them with winter tyres? The best of both worlds: Looks and safety..
Seems to be wide spread here in Germany, having a tasty car, and then completely ruining the looks between November and April with winter tyres fitted onto naff cheapo sh#te-looking alloys, or worse still, black 16"steel wheels without wheel trims.Looks f*cking dreadfull IMO
I have to disagree. I think that 5 Series and S Class etc. look mean on black steelies; like they mean business. Besides, the many Germans I spoke to said why ruin your expensive alloys on salted raods or risk kerbing them when you can trash a set of cheapo steelies. But you have to remember that they apply a modicum of logic to what they do.Seems to be wide spread here in Germany, having a tasty car, and then completely ruining the looks between November and April with winter tyres fitted onto naff cheapo sh#te-looking alloys, or worse still, black 16"steel wheels without wheel trims.Looks f*cking dreadfull IMO
IMO, winter tyres Nov-March no question. They're also far superior than summers in heavey rain, so perhaps there's an argument for having them on all year round in this country.
LewisR said:
GuitarTech said:
Maybe I'm missing something here, but what was wrong with buying a second set of GTI wheels, and fitting them with winter tyres? The best of both worlds: Looks and safety..
Seems to be wide spread here in Germany, having a tasty car, and then completely ruining the looks between November and April with winter tyres fitted onto naff cheapo sh#te-looking alloys, or worse still, black 16"steel wheels without wheel trims.Looks f*cking dreadfull IMO
I have to disagree. I think that 5 Series and S Class etc. look mean on black steelies; like they mean business. Besides, the many Germans I spoke to said why ruin your expensive alloys on salted raods or risk kerbing them when you can trash a set of cheapo steelies. But you have to remember that they apply a modicum of logic to what they do.Seems to be wide spread here in Germany, having a tasty car, and then completely ruining the looks between November and April with winter tyres fitted onto naff cheapo sh#te-looking alloys, or worse still, black 16"steel wheels without wheel trims.Looks f*cking dreadfull IMO
IMO, winter tyres Nov-March no question. They're also far superior than summers in heavey rain, so perhaps there's an argument for having them on all year round in this country.
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