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Did anyone else see this program this evening with that annoying little short arse cockney prick presenting it?
They had a feature with a tyre test with some cheapo copy of the Continental Sport Contact did anyone spot what the copy was?
The feature where a young people bought a people carrier, with no boot floor, a leaky exhaust and a petrol tank held on with rubber hangers. Cue shock horror man saying the first they would have known about it was that upon arriving at their destination, where they would find their childrens lifeless bodies, poisoned due to carbon monoxide!
Surely they are fools for buying a car with no boot floor, didn't they check!?
They had a feature with a tyre test with some cheapo copy of the Continental Sport Contact did anyone spot what the copy was?
The feature where a young people bought a people carrier, with no boot floor, a leaky exhaust and a petrol tank held on with rubber hangers. Cue shock horror man saying the first they would have known about it was that upon arriving at their destination, where they would find their childrens lifeless bodies, poisoned due to carbon monoxide!
Surely they are fools for buying a car with no boot floor, didn't they check!?
Dunclane said:
Car cloning is hardly a new crime either Is it. I know those tyres weren't as good as the continentals but if it means people can afford to change them before they are illegal than is it really a problem.
This.I would rather see someone running legal 'budget' tyres than illegal/dangerous ones.
I have el cheapo's on the Audi for now, apart from being a tad understeerey when pressing on (and noisy at speed) I havent had any issue with them. I'd probably guess that in the rain they have more grip than the P6000's one of my other cars wore.
williamp said:
a lot of people dont check these things. They buy a car as a mode of transport, nothing more. Does it start? is it a nice colour? Then we'll have it...
Totally agree. So many people just 'presume' that they aren't buying a dog and have no idea about horrors until they are pointed out to them. The Riddler said:
I would rather see someone running legal 'budget' tyres than illegal/dangerous ones.
I'm actually absolutely the opposite, tread depth only really does anything at high speed on very wet roads, and, if there's 2 inches of water on the road and you're still doing 70mph, you deserve every thing you get! my pilot sport 2's, would run rings around any of the "yhaphoo death master - skid + " brands even when completely illegal in the wet, and just leave them for dead in the dry!!!If you know anything about modern tyres then you realise how much work the tread compound does compared to the tread depth, a lot of which actually reduces grip in the dry significantly. Now on old tyres (like 15 years ago) without all the trick silica compunds, when they wore and lost the tread height, the lack of tread shuffle significantly reduced tyre carcase heating, and they would skate around like mad even on a slightly damp surface. But that is no longer the case
However, the most intersting thing, is i'm not actually sure there is any link between absolute lateral and longitudinal grip and accident frequency. If you've got more grip, then you just drive faster and closer to the other car as you feel more secure.
Max_Torque said:
The Riddler said:
I would rather see someone running legal 'budget' tyres than illegal/dangerous ones.
I'm actually absolutely the opposite, tread depth only really does anything at high speed on very wet roads, and, if there's 2 inches of water on the road and you're still doing 70mph, you deserve every thing you get! my pilot sport 2's, would run rings around any of the "yhaphoo death master - skid + " brands even when completely illegal in the wet, and just leave them for dead in the dry!!!If you know anything about modern tyres then you realise how much work the tread compound does compared to the tread depth, a lot of which actually reduces grip in the dry significantly. Now on old tyres (like 15 years ago) without all the trick silica compunds, when they wore and lost the tread height, the lack of tread shuffle significantly reduced tyre carcase heating, and they would skate around like mad even on a slightly damp surface. But that is no longer the case
However, the most intersting thing, is i'm not actually sure there is any link between absolute lateral and longitudinal grip and accident frequency. If you've got more grip, then you just drive faster and closer to the other car as you feel more secure.
Personally, I always adjust my driving to the conditions and traffic around me. If you feel safe running slicks in the wet, best of luck.
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