Never get a shared ownership car.
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Well I have an old mx5 shared 50/50 with my dad, its red and last week i noticed he has had a massive decal put on the bonnet saying "rust-eeze racing" in an effort to look like lightning mcqueen for cars in order to please my 2 1/2 year old nephew who is obsessed with the film. I understand his reasons for doing this but we had a frank discussion about asking in future before he does anything to make the car look crap.
So fast forward to today I go to see him to find out he has replaced the oem wheels i spent a couple of days refurbing last month with some new ripspeed bling alloys from halfrauds wearing some nangkang ditchfinder tyres. The oem alloys had perfectly good dunlop tyres on them. No doubt these new alloys will weigh about 3 times what the oem ones do and the tyres will be lethal in the wet. He has done the new wheels.tyres at his expense but why?
To say I am pissed off by this is a bit of an understatement especially as only a week earlier we had the discussion about not tampering with the car without me knowing. Now i will have to drive round looking like some deranged barry boy every time i use the car and he has probably ruined the handling.
So fast forward to today I go to see him to find out he has replaced the oem wheels i spent a couple of days refurbing last month with some new ripspeed bling alloys from halfrauds wearing some nangkang ditchfinder tyres. The oem alloys had perfectly good dunlop tyres on them. No doubt these new alloys will weigh about 3 times what the oem ones do and the tyres will be lethal in the wet. He has done the new wheels.tyres at his expense but why?
To say I am pissed off by this is a bit of an understatement especially as only a week earlier we had the discussion about not tampering with the car without me knowing. Now i will have to drive round looking like some deranged barry boy every time i use the car and he has probably ruined the handling.
He's your Dad, more than likely a top fella, if a little 'off message'. Tell him you'd like him to have the car and NEVER EVER get involved again. Otherwise it will do your head in, you'll have to drive some P.O.S. and you will risk offending one of the best blokes you'll ever know if it all comes to a head.
ED209 said:
Having thought about it, i suppose i now have a set of alloys and tyres i could use on a track if i was of that persuasion.
That's the spirit! Take it to a track / disused car park and rag the tits off of it until the thing's running on rims and the ditchfinder supremes are naught but dust. then do it some more. Then give it back to your dad. If you and your dad are grown up enough to be driving, he should be comfortably old enough to know better. You'll be doing him a favour.
Motorrad said:
He's your Dad, more than likely a top fella, if a little 'off message'. Tell him you'd like him to have the car and NEVER EVER get involved again. Otherwise it will do your head in, you'll have to drive some P.O.S. and you will risk offending one of the best blokes you'll ever know if it all comes to a head.
Are you his dad? Motorrad said:
He's your Dad, more than likely a top fella, if a little 'off message'. Tell him you'd like him to have the car and NEVER EVER get involved again. Otherwise it will do your head in, you'll have to drive some P.O.S. and you will risk offending one of the best blokes you'll ever know if it all comes to a head.
You're making some pretty big assumptions there...These are the tyres that are on,
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b115s99p545/Nankang_T...
They actually get mixed reviews, most positive but some that make them out to be worse than ebola.
I think the wheels are ripspeed nurburgs, though im not sure as i was a bit too angry to check properly.
Now i think i might go and get the car and use it for work today, theres heavy rain forecast for tonight, might be a good chance to test the alledgedly dodgy wet grip.
And yes my dad is a top fella! I would however rather him waste his money on some coilovers or a roll bar.
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b115s99p545/Nankang_T...
They actually get mixed reviews, most positive but some that make them out to be worse than ebola.
I think the wheels are ripspeed nurburgs, though im not sure as i was a bit too angry to check properly.
Now i think i might go and get the car and use it for work today, theres heavy rain forecast for tonight, might be a good chance to test the alledgedly dodgy wet grip.
And yes my dad is a top fella! I would however rather him waste his money on some coilovers or a roll bar.
ED209 said:
These are the tyres that are on,
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b115s99p545/Nankang_T...
They actually get mixed reviews, most positive but some that make them out to be worse than ebola.
I think the wheels are ripspeed nurburgs, though im not sure as i was a bit too angry to check properly.
Now i think i might go and get the car and use it for work today, theres heavy rain forecast for tonight, might be a good chance to test the alledgedly dodgy wet grip.
And yes my dad is a top fella! I would however rather him waste his money on some coilovers or a roll bar.
They aint that bad. I ran them on my M5 with no problems at all in all weathers.http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b115s99p545/Nankang_T...
They actually get mixed reviews, most positive but some that make them out to be worse than ebola.
I think the wheels are ripspeed nurburgs, though im not sure as i was a bit too angry to check properly.
Now i think i might go and get the car and use it for work today, theres heavy rain forecast for tonight, might be a good chance to test the alledgedly dodgy wet grip.
And yes my dad is a top fella! I would however rather him waste his money on some coilovers or a roll bar.
Stinkfoot said:
ED209 said:
These are the tyres that are on,
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b115s99p545/Nankang_T...
They actually get mixed reviews, most positive but some that make them out to be worse than ebola.
Now i think i might go and get the car and use it for work today, theres heavy rain forecast for tonight, might be a good chance to test the alledgedly dodgy wet grip.
And yes my dad is a top fella! I would however rather him waste his money on some coilovers or a roll bar.
They aint that bad. I ran them on my M5 with no problems at all in all weathers.http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b115s99p545/Nankang_T...
They actually get mixed reviews, most positive but some that make them out to be worse than ebola.
Now i think i might go and get the car and use it for work today, theres heavy rain forecast for tonight, might be a good chance to test the alledgedly dodgy wet grip.
And yes my dad is a top fella! I would however rather him waste his money on some coilovers or a roll bar.
They have shocking grip on the wet. I tried some on the rears of a E36 328i and the wet grip was comical/downright lethal, depending on your viewpoint.
OP - if the ownership is 50:50, how do you decide whose modifications are right?
I've actually considered buying an MX-5 and deliberately putting Nankangs on the rear, so you should just get out there an enjoy it. In the wet, it will be like driving on ice.
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